Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 12. RETURNS

21-2-498.1. Pilot program to audit paper ballots using optical character recognition.

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

The Secretary of State shall create a pilot program for the auditing of paper ballot images using optical character recognition technology or other related technology which shall verify the human-readable text portion of the ballot. Such auditing program shall not be based on or tabulate any QR code, bar code, or similar machine coding that may be printed on such ballots. Such audits shall include all ballot types, and the audit findings shall be reported prior to final certification of the election.

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, § 21-2-498.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 758, § 6/HB 974, effective July 1, 2024; Code 1981, § 21-2-498.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 1028, § 11/SB 189, effective July 1, 2024.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2024. See Editor’s note for clarification on enactments.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 758, § 6/HB 974 and Ga. L. 2024, p. 1028, § 11/SB 189 both enacted identical versions of this Code section, effective July 1, 2024.

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For article on the 2024 enactment of this Code section, see 41 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2024).

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