Georgia Commons21-2-563. Improper signing or alteration of nomination petitions or affidavits.
The only printed version. Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Any person who knowingly and willfully:
(1) Signs any nomination petition without having the qualifications prescribed by this chapter;
(2) Sets any false statement opposite the signature on a nomination petition;
(3) Signs more nomination petitions than permitted by this chapter;
(4) Makes a false statement in any affidavit required by this chapter to be appended to or to accompany a nomination petition;
(5) Signs any name not his or her own to any nomination petition; or
(6) Materially alters any nomination petition without the consent of the signers
shall be guilty of a felony.