Georgia § 21-2-71 - Payment by county or municipality of superintendent's expenses.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 21-2-71 — Payment by county or municipality of superintendent's expenses., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-2-71. Payment by county or municipality of superintendent's expenses.
The governing authority of each county or municipality shall appropriate annually and from time to time, to the superintendent of such county or municipality, the funds that it shall deem necessary for the conduct of primaries and elections in such county or municipality and for the performance of his or her other duties under this chapter, including: Compensation of the poll officers, custodians, and other assistants and employees provided for in this chapter; Expenditures and contracts for expenditures by the superintendent for polling places; Purchase or printing, under contracts made by the superintendent, of all ballots and other election supplies required by this chapter, or which the superintendent shall consider necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; Maintenance of all voting equipment required by this chapter, or which the superintendent shall consider necessary to carry out this chapter; and All other expenses arising out of the performance of his or her duties under this chapter. (Code 1933, § 34-402, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 7.)
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