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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 11. PREPARATION FOR AND CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS · Part 5. PRECINCTS USING OPTICAL SCANNING VOTING EQUIPMENT

21-2-484. Requirements for ballot recap form; delivery.

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

  1. Upon completion of voting, the manager shall prepare and sign a ballot recap form, in sufficient counterparts, showing:

  2. (1)

    The number of valid ballots, including any that are damaged;#

  3. (2)

    The number of spoiled and invalid ballots; and#

  4. (3)

    The number of unused ballots.#

  5. The manager shall then place one copy of the recap form and the defective, spoiled, and invalid ballots, each enclosed in an envelope, in the ballot container or in the case of counties using a central count tabulating system, in a separate envelope container, along with the voted ballots, which shall be sealed by the manager so that it cannot be opened without breaking the seal. The manager and one poll officer shall then deliver the ballot container and the envelope container, if applicable, to the tabulating machine center or other place designated by the superintendent and shall receive a receipt therefor. The copies of the recap forms, unused ballots, records, and other materials shall be returned to the designated location.

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 1981, § 21-2-484, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, § 41; Ga. L. 1999, p. 21, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 29, § 5.

Administrative rules and regulations

Spoiled ballot definition, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Absentee Voting, § 183-1-14-.07.

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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, pages 530 to 531; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0bbec62b36ec.