§ 21-2-437. Procedure as to Count and Return of Votes Generally; Void Ballots
After the polls close and as soon as all the ballots have been properly accounted for and those outside the ballot box as well as the voter’s certificates, numbered list of voters, and electors list have been sealed, the poll officers shall open the ballot box and take therefrom all ballots contained therein. In primaries […]
§ 21-2-438. Ballots Identifying Voter, Not Marked, or Improperly Marked Declared Void
Any ballot marked so as to identify the voter shall be void and not counted, except a ballot cast by a challenged elector whose name appears on the electors list; such challenged vote shall be counted as prima facie valid but may be voided in the event of an election contest. Any ballot marked by […]
§ 21-2-439. Decisions Concerning Questionable Marks or Defaced or Mutilated Ballots
Decisions concerning questionable marks on ballots or defacing or mutilation of ballots and the count to be recorded thereon shall be made by the assistant managers; and, if they disagree, the chief manager shall make the decision. History. Code 1933, § 34-1323, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Code 1933, […]
§ 21-2-440. Duty of Poll Officers to Sign General Returns; Posting of Copy of Returns; Delivery of Copy of Materials to Superintendent
Immediately after the vote has been counted in precincts in which paper ballots are used, all of the general returns shall be signed by the poll officers. If any poll officer shall refuse to sign or certify the general returns, he or she shall write his or her reasons therefor upon the general return sheets. […]
§ 21-2-430. Opening of Ballot Boxes; Destruction of Irrelevant Materials; Locking of Ballot Box; Public Breaking of Seals; Instruction Cards and Notices of Penalties
In precincts in which ballots are used, the poll officers shall, after taking the oath, publicly open the ballot boxes which have been furnished to them and shall, prior to opening of the polls, totally destroy any ballots and other papers which they may find therein which are not intended for use in such primary […]
§ 21-2-431. Execution of Voter’s Certificate; Procedure Upon Qualification of Elector; Elector Unable to Sign Name; Voting Outside Precinct of Residence; Registration as Prerequisite to Voting
At every primary and election, each elector who desires to vote shall first execute a voter’s certificate and hand the same to the poll officer in charge of the electors list. When an elector has been found entitled to vote, the poll officer who examined his or her voter’s certificate shall sign his or her […]
§ 21-2-432. Voter’s Certificate Binder as Constituting Official List of Electors; Separate Preservation and Disposition of Refused Applications
After each elector has been admitted to vote, his or her voter’s certificate shall be inserted in the binder provided therefor by the registrars, and known as the “voter’s certificate binder,” and such voter’s certificates so bound shall constitute the official list of electors voting at such primary or election. All voter’s certificates prepared by […]
§ 21-2-433. Admission of Electors to Enclosed Space; Detachment of Ballots From Stubs and Distribution of Ballots to Electors; Return of Canceled Ballots to Superintendent
No elector shall enter the enclosed space behind the guardrail provided for in subsection (a) of Code Section 21-2-267 until he or she is found entitled to vote. As soon as an elector has been admitted within the enclosed space, the poll officer having charge of the ballots in precincts in which ballots are used […]
§ 21-2-434. Restrictions as to Removal of Ballots From Book or Polling Place; Deposit of Official Ballots in Box; Disposition of Unofficial Ballots
No official ballot shall be taken or detached from its stub in any book of ballots, except by a poll officer when a person desiring to vote has been found to be an elector entitled to vote. Not more than one ballot shall be removed at any one time or given to an elector, except […]
§ 21-2-435. Procedure as to Marking and Depositing of Ballots
In precincts in which ballots are used, the elector, after receiving his or her ballot, shall retire to one of the voting compartments and draw the curtain or shut the screen or door and shall then prepare his or her ballot; provided, however, that an elector may, before entering the voting booth, ask for instructions […]