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

21-2-604. Criminal solicitation to commit election fraud; penalties.

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

  1. (a)
    1. (1)

      A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.#

    2. (2)

      A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the second degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a misdemeanor under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.#

  2. (b)
    1. (1)

      A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.#

    2. (2)

      A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the second degree shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.#

  3. (c)

    It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation to commit election fraud that the person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited.#

  4. (d)

    The provisions of subsections (a) through (c) of this Code section are cumulative and shall not supersede any other penal law of this state.#

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

Code 1981, § 21-2-604, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 683, § 21/SB 82.

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

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