History. Ga. L. 1941, p. 432, §§ 1-4, 8; Ga. L. 1962, p. 678, § 1; Code 1933, § 34-1505, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 806, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 248, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 140, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 382, § 5; Ga. L. 1986, p. 855, § 5; Ga. L. 1987, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1027, § 11; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 269, § 24; Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 56; Ga. L. 2011, p. 683, § 19/SB 82; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 41/HB 316.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, inserted “or scanning ballots” near the beginning of the first sentence of subsection (a); inserted “one-half of” twice in the first sentence of paragraph (c)(1) and in the first sentence of paragraph (c)(2); and added subsection (e).
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For note on the 2001 amendment to this Code section, see 18 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 96 (2001).
For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).