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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-2-439. Decisions concerning questionable marks or defaced or mutilated ballots.
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# O.C.G.A. § 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, § 34-1325, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1969, p. 308, § 25; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Definition of vote, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Returns of Primaries and Elections, § 183-1-15-.02.