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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-2-602. Compensation for soliciting persons to register to vote prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 21-2-602. Compensation for soliciting persons to register to vote prohibited.

It shall be illegal to receive, accept, offer, or provide compensation for soliciting persons to register to vote based upon the number of persons registered and any person who knowingly receives, accepts, offers, or provides such compensation on such basis shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Code 1981, § 21-2-600, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 14; Code 1981, § 21-2-602, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1998, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-601 as present Code Section 21-2-602.