Georgia Code
Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses
§ 21-2-587. Frauds by Poll Officers

Any poll officer who willfully:
shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1238; Code 1868, § 1319; Code 1873, § 1292; Code 1882, § 1292; Civil Code 1895, § 74; Civil Code 1910, § 84; Code 1933, § 34-1501; Code 1933, § 34-1921, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 206, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 65; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 11/SB 40; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 33/HB 540; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 49/HB 316.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, in paragraph (6), inserted “, electronic ballot marker”, and substituted “tabulating machine” for “tabulating computer”; and, in paragraph (8), substituted semicolons for commas throughout, and inserted “, electronic ballot marker, or tabulating machine” near the end.
Cross references.
Poll officers, § 21-2-90 et seq.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Spoiled ballot definition, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Absentee Voting, § 183-1-14-.07.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).

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