Georgia § 21-2-563 - Improper signing or alteration of nomination petitions or affidavits.
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§ 21-2-563. Improper signing or alteration of nomination petitions or affidavits.
Any person who knowingly and willfully: Signs any nomination petition without having the qualifications prescribed by this chapter; Sets any false statement opposite the signature on a nomination petition; Signs more nomination petitions than permitted by this chapter; Makes a false statement in any affidavit required by this chapter to be appended to or to accompany a nomination petition; Signs any name not his or her own to any nomination petition; or Materially alters any nomination petition without the consent of the signers shall be guilty of a felony. (Code 1933, §§ 34-1908, 34-1909, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)
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