§ § 21-2-350through 21-2-364. [Reserved]

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History.

Ga. L. 2002, p. 598, § 2-10 provided for the repeal of this part effective April 1, 2003. This part consisted of Code Sections

21-2-350

through 21-2-364, relating to voting machines and vote recorders, and was based on Code 1933, §§ 34-1217—34-1230, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 226, § 2; Ga. L. 1968, p. 851, §§ 5, 6; Ga. L. 1968, p. 861, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 871, §§ 9, 9a, 16a; Ga. L. 1969, p. 329, §§ 16, 17; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, §§ 17, 18; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1004, § 22; Ga. L. 1979, p. 955, § 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 21; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1292, § 9; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 140, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 133, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 675, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1087, §§ 3-7; Ga. L. 1985, p. 206, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 118, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 279, § 6; Ga. L. 1997, p. 590, § 30; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, §§ 12, 36; Ga. L. 2001, p. 230, § 11; Code 1981, § 21-2-354.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 240, § 26; Ga. L. 2001, p. 240, §§ 25, 27; repealed by Ga. L. 2002, p. 598, § 2-10, effective April 1, 2003.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 2002, p. 598, § 2-10 repealed and reserved this article, effective April 1, 2003.

PART 4 Optical Scanning Voting Systems

21-2-365.  Requirements for use of optical scanning voting systems.

21-2-366.  Authorization for utilization of optical scanning systems.

21-2-367.  Installation of systems; number of systems; good working order.

21-2-368.  Review of manufacturer’s systems by Secretary of State; appointment and compensation of examiners; revocation of approval; written verification and certification prior to election or primary; penalties; conflicts of interest.

21-2-369.  Printing of ballots; arrangement.

21-2-369.1.  Candidates with similar names.

21-2-370.  [Reserved] Separate optical scanners for primary elections.

21-2-371.  Unofficial ballots; out-of-order systems.

21-2-372.  Ballot description.

21-2-373.  Write-in votes; secrecy.

21-2-374.  Proper programming; proper order; testing; supplies.

21-2-375.  Delivery of equipment to polling places; protection for equipment; required accessories.

21-2-376.  Demonstration of equipment.

21-2-377.  Custody and storage when not in use.

21-2-378.  Payment for systems.

21-2-379.  Arrangements for appropriate ballots when use of optical scanning voting systems impracticable.

Cross references.

Precincts using optical scanning voting equipment, §

21-2-480

et seq.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1999, repealed Code Section

21-2-365

, based on Code 1981, §

21-2-365

, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 964, § 2. Section 14 of Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, enacted a Part 4 which was reenacted by § 37 of Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, effective January 1, 1999.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor’s notes.

In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, annotations decided under former Code 1933, § 34-1220 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

It is the duty of the voter to make the voter’s intention clear

and certain, upon pain of having the vote cast out if that does not appear. Blackburn v. Hall,

115 Ga. App. 235

,

154 S.E.2d 392

, 1967 Ga. App. LEXIS 1074 (1967) (decided under former Code 1933, § 34-1220).

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