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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-2-320. Power of municipal governing authority to authorize use of and to procure voting machines.
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# O.C.G.A. § 21-2-320. Power of municipal governing authority to authorize use of and to procure voting machines.

The governing authority of any municipality may at any regular meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose, by a majority vote, authorize and direct the use of voting machines for recording and computing the vote at all elections held in the municipality; and thereupon the governing authority shall purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise procure voting machines conforming to the requirements of this part.

## History

Code 1933, § 34-1202, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 253, § 38/HB 244.