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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 9. VOTING MACHINES AND VOTE RECORDERS GENERALLY · Part 2. VOTING MACHINES

21-2-329. Delivery of voting machine keys to chief manager.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. The superintendent shall deliver the keys which unlock the operating mechanism and the registering counters or counter compartment of the voting machine to the chief manager not later than one hour before the time set for the opening of the polls and shall take his or her receipt therefor. The keys shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope on which shall be written or printed:

  2. (1)

    The number of the voting machine;#

  3. (2)

    The designation of the precinct;#

  4. (3)

    The number of the seal; and#

  5. (4)

    The number registered on the protective counter or device as reported by the custodian;#

  6. provided, however, that, if the type of voting machine used requires the simultaneous use of three keys to unlock the registering counters or counter compartment, only two of the said keys shall be enclosed in such sealed envelope, the third key being retained by the custodian or the superintendent.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1212, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512, § 5; Ga. L. 1987, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

Cross references

Unauthorized making or possession of voting machine key, § 21-2-581.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t21-(v18)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V18, 2023 edition, page 352; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0bbec62b36ec.