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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-2-589. Willful omissions by poll officers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 21-2-589. Willful omissions by poll officers.

Any poll officer who willfully:

(1) Fails to file the voter’s certificate of any elector actually voting at any primary or election;

(2) Fails to record voting information as required by this chapter; or

(3) Fails to insert in the numbered list of voters the name of any person actually voting

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Code 1933, § 34-1922, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.