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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-2-590. Poll officer permitting unregistered or unqualified persons to vote; refusing to permit registered and qualified persons to vote; unlawful rendering of assistance.
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# O.C.G.A. § 21-2-590. Poll officer permitting unregistered or unqualified persons to vote; refusing to permit registered and qualified persons to vote; unlawful rendering of assistance.

Any poll officer who:

(1) Permits any unregistered person to vote at any primary or election, knowing such person is unregistered;

(2) Permits any person registered as an elector to vote, knowing that such person is not qualified to vote, whether or not such person has been challenged;

(3) Refuses to permit any duly registered and qualified person to vote at any primary or election, with the knowledge that such person is entitled to vote; or

(4) Renders assistance to an elector in voting in violation of Code Section 21-2-409, or knowingly permits another person to render such assistance in violation of Code Section 21-2-409

shall be guilty of a felony.

## History

Code 1933, § 34-1920, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 12/SB 40.