--- title: Title 21. Elections collection: code id: code:title:21 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/21 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/21.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/22.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: ELECTIONS section_count: 454 chapter_count: 5 --- # Title 21. Elections 454 sections in 5 chapters. Each chapter's twin lists its sections. ## Chapter 1. Congressional Districts https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-1.md (3 sections; 21-1-1 to 21-1-3) ## Chapter 2. Elections and Primaries Generally https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-2.md (381 sections; 21-2-1 to 21-2-604) - Article 1. General Provisions (20 sections; 21-2-1 to 21-2-19) - Article 2. Supervisory Boards and Officers (45 sections; 21-2-30 to 21-2-108) - Part 1. State Election Board, County Board of Elections, and County Board of Elections and Registration (13 sections; 21-2-30 to 21-2-45.1) - Subpart 1. State Election Board (9 sections; 21-2-30 to 21-2-36) - Subpart 2. County Board of Elections and County Board of Elections and Registration (2 sections; 21-2-40 to 21-2-40.1) - Subpart 3. Municipal Elections Conducted by Counties (2 sections; 21-2-45 to 21-2-45.1) - Part 2. Secretary of State (5 sections; 21-2-50 to 21-2-52) - Part 3. Superintendents (11 sections; 21-2-70 to 21-2-78) - Part 4. Poll Officers (12 sections; 21-2-90 to 21-2-101) - Part 5. Local Election Officials (4 sections; 21-2-105 to 21-2-108) - Article 3. Registration of and Committee Organization of Political Parties and Bodies (4 sections; 21-2-110 to 21-2-113) - Article 4. Selection and Qualification of Candidates and Presidential Electors (33 sections; 21-2-130 to 21-2-187) - Part 1. General Provisions (12 sections; 21-2-130 to 21-2-140) - Part 2. Political Party and Nonpartisan Primaries (10 sections; 21-2-150 to 21-2-158) - Part 3. Nomination and Qualification of Independent Candidates, Candidates of Political Bodies, and Presidential Electors (3 sections; 21-2-170 to 21-2-172) - Part 4. Nomination of Candidates of Political Bodies for State-wide Public Office by Convention (8 sections; 21-2-180 to 21-2-187) - Article 5. Presidential Preference Primary (11 sections; 21-2-190 to 21-2-200) - Article 6. Registration of Voters (32 sections; 21-2-210 to 21-2-236) - Article 7. Precincts and Polling Places (12 sections; 21-2-260 to 21-2-270) - Article 8. Voting by Ballot (18 sections; 21-2-280 to 21-2-294) - Article 8A. State-wide Voting Equipment (2 sections; 21-2-300 to 21-2-301) - Article 9. Voting Machines and Vote Recorders Generally (51 sections; 21-2-310 to 21-2-379.26) - Part 1. General Provisions (1 sections; 21-2-310 to 21-2-310) - Part 2. Voting Machines (16 sections; 21-2-320 to 21-2-334) - Part 3. Vote Recorders and Tabulating Machines (1 sections; 21-2-350 to 21-2-350) - Part 4. Optical Scanning Voting Systems (16 sections; 21-2-365 to 21-2-379) - Part 5. Electronic Recording Voting Systems (11 sections; 21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11) - Part 6. Electronic Balloting (6 sections; 21-2-379.21 to 21-2-379.26) - Article 10. Absentee Voting (15 sections; 21-2-380 to 21-2-390) - Article 11. Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections (51 sections; 21-2-400 to 21-2-486) - Part 1. General Provisions (24 sections; 21-2-400 to 21-2-421) - Part 2. Precincts Using Paper Ballots (11 sections; 21-2-430 to 21-2-440) - Part 3. Precincts Using Voting Machines (8 sections; 21-2-450 to 21-2-457) - Part 4. Precincts Using Vote Recorders (1 sections; 21-2-470 to 21-2-470) - Part 5. Precincts Using Optical Scanning Voting Equipment (7 sections; 21-2-480 to 21-2-486) - Article 12. Returns (17 sections; 21-2-490 to 21-2-504) - Article 13. Contested Elections and Primaries (12 sections; 21-2-520 to 21-2-529) - Article 14. Special Elections and Primaries Generally; Municipal Terms of Office (10 sections; 21-2-540 to 21-2-546) - Article 15. Miscellaneous Offenses (48 sections; 21-2-560 to 21-2-604) ## Chapter 3. Municipal Elections and Primaries https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-3.md (1 sections; 21-3-1 to 21-3-1) ## Chapter 4. Recall of Public Officers https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4.md (21 sections; 21-4-1 to 21-4-21) ## Chapter 5. Government Transparency and Campaign Finance https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-5.md (48 sections; 21-5-1 to 21-5-76) - Article 1. General Provisions (18 sections; 21-5-1 to 21-5-16) - Article 2. Campaign Contributions (11 sections; 21-5-30 to 21-5-36) - Article 2A. Contributions to Candidates for Public Office (7 sections; 21-5-40 to 21-5-45) - Article 3. Financial Disclosure Statements (4 sections; 21-5-50 to 21-5-53) - Article 4. Public Officials’ Conduct and Lobbyist Disclosure (8 sections; 21-5-70 to 21-5-76)