EIIElection Integrity Index

§ 21-2-379.25 codifies ballot-design programming verification by superintendent. § 21-2-379.11 codifies tabulation procedure. § 21-2-379.6 codifies maintenance. § 21-2-72 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies that primary and election records are open to public. Building blocks of public verification, though not a single signed downloadable package.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 21-2-334 codifies paper-ballot fallback when voting machines are impracticable. § 21-2-281 codifies parallel. Georgia's statewide regime since 2020 uses Dominion ICX BMDs that produce printed paper ballots scanned by optical scanners — voter-verifiable paper trail exists per § 21-2-300 ('uniform system') in conjunction with § 21-2-379.1 (DRE secrecy + paper-record requirements).

“paper ballots shall be printed for such candidates, offices, or questions, and the primary or election shall be conducted by the poll officers, and the ballots shall be counted and return thereof made in the manner required by law”

§ 21-2-72 codifies that primary and election records of each superintendent, registrar, and political-party committee 'shall be open to public'. § 21-2-51 codifies parallel for Secretary of State records. § 21-2-586 codifies criminal penalty for refusing public inspection. § 21-2-73 codifies preservation of election records. Citizen re-tally is enabled through open-records access.

“Except when otherwise provided by law or court order, the primary and election records of each superintendent, registrar, municipal governing authority, and committee of a politica”

§ 21-2-328 codifies delivery, set up, and sealing of voting machines. § 21-2-454 codifies that after polls close 'the poll officers shall immediately lock and seal the operating lever or mechanism of the machine so that the voting' results are preserved. § 21-2-450 codifies that 'the seals of the package furnished by the superintendent shall be publicly broken at the opening of the polls.' § 21-2-329 codifies key delivery to chief manager. Tamper-evident sealing required throughout.

“The superintendent shall deliver the proper voting machine or voting machines, properly furnished with ballot labels, to the polling places of the respective precincts at least one”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 21-2-379.11 codifies DRE tabulation procedure (votes counted at precinct or tabulating center) but does not codify network-isolation/air-gap requirement for vote-casting equipment. § 21-2-211 (statewide list maintenance) is unrelated to tabulation isolation.

§ 21-2-377 codifies custody and storage of ballot scanners: 'The superintendent shall designate a person or persons who shall have custody of the ballot scanners of the county or municipality when they are not in use at a primary or election'. § 21-2-331 codifies parallel for voting-machine custody. § 21-2-405 codifies poll-officer custody at polling places. § 21-2-51 codifies public-record access to chain-of-custody documentation.

§ 21-2-580 makes unlawful tampering with voting machines/BMDs/tabulating machines a felony. § 21-2-582 specifically covers DRE/BMD tampering. § 21-2-566 makes broader election-interference (including ballot box / voting-machine tampering) a felony punishable by 1-10 years imprisonment + $100,000 fine. § 21-2-582.1 (penalty for voting-equipment modification) provides additional sanctions.

§ 21-2-498 codifies mandatory precertification tabulation audits 'for any federal or state general election' beginning November 2020. Audits performed by manual inspection of random samples of paper official ballots, completed before final certification.

“the local election superintendents shall conduct precertification tabulation audits for any federal or state general election in accordance with requirements set forth by rule or regulation of the State Election Board.”

§ 21-2-498 codifies risk-limiting audits (RLA) with statutory definitions of 'risk limit' and 'incorrect outcome'. Ordinal level 3: risk-limiting audit codified by name with statistical-methods requirement — among the strongest audit-method codifications in the US.

““Risk-limiting audit” means an audit protocol that makes use of statistical methods and is designed to limit to acceptable levels the risk of certifying a preliminary election outcome that constitutes an incorrect outcome.”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 21-2-498 codifies that the audit must be completed 'in public view' with details provided to the public within 48 hours of completion, plus public posting of unofficial final tabulated results before the audit begins. Comprehensive public-observation mandate.

“Complete the audit in public view; and Provide details of the audit to the public within 48 hours of completion.”

§ 21-2-498 codifies that the precertification audit is 'completed prior to final certification of the contest' — making the audit findings necessarily binding on the certified outcome via the State Election Board's implementing rules.

“Complete the audit prior to final certification of the contest;”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 21-2-379.26 codifies storage/security of BMD equipment but not source-code disclosure. § 21-2-225 covers voter registration confidentiality. Georgia does not codify voting-system source-code disclosure (Dominion ICX source is proprietary, with limited escrow access via court order).

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 21-2-294 codifies superintendent's record of ballots printed and furnished per precinct. § 21-2-292 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies that ballot forms be on file open to public inspection at least 5 days before each primary/election. § 21-2-500 codifies post-election delivery of voting materials. Public commitment of ballot definitions exists, though without cryptographic signature.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 21-2-408 codifies poll-watcher regime: each candidate submits names through party executive committee 21 days before primary / 14 days before run-off, party designates up to 2 per precinct, with training and conduct provisions. § 21-2-413 codifies voter/campaigner/poll-watcher conduct at polling places. § 21-2-230 codifies elector-by-elector challenge rights. Comprehensive observer regime.

“each candidate entitled to have his or her name placed on the primary or run-off primary ballot may submit the name of one poll watcher for each precinct in which he or she wishes to have an observer”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 21-2-421 codifies posting of preliminary results 'not later than 10:00 P.M. following the close of the polls' (Election Integrity Act of 2021, SB 202). § 21-2-456 codifies posting on polling-place door immediately after vote ascertained. § 21-2-440 codifies poll-officer general-returns posting. Ordinal level 4: precinct-level results within ~3 hours of poll close — fastest in the corpus.

“As soon as possible but not later than 10:00 P.M. following the close of the polls on the day of a primary, election, or runoff, the election superintendent shall report to the Secretary of State and post in a prominent public place”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 21-2-379.24 codifies BMD examination + approval process — any person/organization may request Secretary of State examination, with approval/revocation procedure. § 21-2-379.2 codifies parallel for DRE voting systems. § 21-2-368 codifies optical-scan systems. § 21-2-324 codifies general voting machine examination. Multiple vendors may seek certification.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 21-2-300 codifies state provision of new voting equipment + uniform system requirement. § 21-2-8 (eligibility), § 21-2-71 (county/municipal funding), § 21-2-225 (confidentiality) are unrelated. No statutory contract-duration cap codified.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

§ 21-2-379.1(6) codifies that DRE voting systems must 'permit voting in absolute secrecy so that no person can see or know for whom any other elector has voted or is voting'. § 21-2-365 codifies parallel for optical scan. § 21-2-322 codifies general voting machine secrecy. § 21-2-373 codifies write-in vote secrecy. § 21-2-579 makes ballot-disclosure intent a misdemeanor. Comprehensive secret-ballot mandate.

“It shall permit voting in absolute secrecy so that no person can see or know for whom any other elector has voted or is voting”

§ 21-2-579 codifies penalty for fraudulent allowing of ballot to be seen. § 21-2-379.1(13) (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies BMD accessibility requirements (audio ballot, large-print, etc. — required by HAVA). Accessibility is partially codified through the BMD-requirements framework but not as a comprehensive standalone accessibility chapter.

§ 21-2-265 codifies that the superintendent of a county or governing authority of a municipality 'shall select and fix the polling place within each precinct'. § 21-2-403 codifies polling hours 7:00 AM. § 21-2-235 codifies inactive-elector list maintenance. Polling-place provision is codified per precinct; a strict voters-per-place statutory floor is not specified.