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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 15. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

21-2-561. False registration; unlawful disclosure of voter registration information.

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

  1. Any person who:

  2. (1)

    Registers as an elector knowing that such elector does not possess the qualifications required by law;#

  3. (2)

    Registers as an elector under any other name than the elector’s own name;#

  4. (3)

    Knowingly gives false information when registering as an elector; or#

  5. (4)

    Discloses to an unauthorized person any information that is exempted from public inspection pursuant to Code Section 21-2-225 or is confidential pursuant to Code Section 21-2-225.1#

  6. shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.

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

Ga. L. 1894, p. 115, § 13; Penal Code 1895, § 625; Penal Code 1910, § 660; Code 1933, § 34-9901; Code 1933, § 34-1902, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 11; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 3/SB 40; Ga. L. 2025, p. 877, § 2/SB 212, effective May 14, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective May 14, 2025, deleted “or” at the end of paragraph (2), added “; or” at the end of paragraph (3), and added paragraph (4).

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

Text read from t21-(v18)-pdf.pdf, Volume V18, 2023 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 91 to 92; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 8651e769068e.