§ 21-2-324. Examination and Approval of Voting Machines by Secretary of State; Appointment and Compensation of Examiners; Revocation of Approval; Written Verification and Certification Prior to Election or Primary; Penalties; Conflicts of Interest
Any person or organization owning, manufacturing, or selling, or being interested in the manufacture or sale of, any voting machine may request the Secretary of State to examine the machine. Any ten or more electors of this state may, at any time, request the Secretary of State to reexamine any voting machine previously examined and […]
§ 21-2-286. Printing Specifications, Numbering, and Binding of Ballots
In any primary or election, the superintendent shall cause the ballots to be printed in the form prescribed by this chapter. Paper ballots other than those printed for optical scanning voting systems shall be at least six inches long and four inches wide and shall have a margin extending beyond any printing thereon. They shall […]
§ 21-2-287. Form of Absentee Ballot
The form for the absentee ballot shall be in substantially the same form as the official ballots used in the precincts, except it shall be printed with only the name stub and without a number strip and shall have the precinct name and designation printed or stamped thereon. History. Code 1933, § 34-1104, enacted by […]
§ 21-2-264. Reimbursement of Counties and Municipalities for Costs Incurred Pursuant to Alteration of Precinct Boundaries
In all cases of the division, redivision, alteration, formation, or consolidation of precincts, the costs of the proceedings shall be paid by the county or municipal governing authority, as appropriate. There may be appropriated to the Secretary of State funds to be granted to counties or municipalities for purposes of meeting the requirements of Code […]
§ 21-2-265. Duty of Superintendent to Select Polling Places; Change; Notice of Change; Objecting to Proposed Change; Space for Political Parties Holding Primaries; Facilities for Disabled Voters; Selection of Polling Place Outside Precinct; Restriction on Changing Polling Place
The superintendent of a county or the governing authority of a municipality shall select and fix the polling place within each precinct and may, either on his, her, or its own motion or on petition of ten electors of a precinct, change the polling place within any precinct. Except in case of an emergency or […]
§ 21-2-266. Polling Places and Advance Voting Locations — Use of Public Buildings; Use of Portable or Movable Facilities; Unrestricted Access to Residential Communities
In selecting polling places and advance voting locations, the superintendent of a county or the governing authority of a municipality shall select, wherever practicable and consistent with subsection (d) of Code Section 21-2-265, schoolhouses, municipal buildings or rooms, or other public buildings for that purpose. In selecting polling places and advance voting locations, the superintendent […]
§ 21-2-267. Polling Places — Equipment; Arrangement; Storage
The governing authority of each county and municipality shall provide and the superintendent shall cause all rooms used as polling places to be provided with suitable heat and light and, in precincts in which ballots are used, with a sufficient number of voting compartments or booths with proper supplies in which the electors may conveniently […]
§ 21-2-268. Compensation for Rent, Heat, Light, and Janitorial Services
The superintendent or county or municipal governing authority shall fix the compensation for rent, heat, light, and janitorial services to be paid for the use of polling places for primaries and elections; provided, however, that no compensation for rent, heat, or light shall be paid in the case of schoolhouses, municipal buildings or rooms, or […]
§ 21-2-269. Construction of Rooms for Use as Temporary Polling Places
If, in any precinct, no proper polling place can be obtained, the superintendent shall cause to be constructed for such precinct a temporary room of adequate size to be used as a polling place. History. Code 1933, § 34-707, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512, […]
§ 21-2-232. Removal of Elector’s Name From List of Electors
An elector may request to have such elector’s name removed from the list of electors by making a written request to the registrars of such elector’s county of residence. Upon receipt of such request, the registrars shall remove such elector’s name from the list of electors and shall confirm such removal by written notice by […]