Georgia § 21-2-582 - Tampering with, damaging, or preventing of proper operation of direct recording electronic equipment or electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine or device.
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§ 21-2-582. Tampering with, damaging, or preventing of proper operation of direct recording electronic equipment or electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine or device.
Any person who tampers with or damages any direct recording electronic (DRE) equipment or electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine or device to be used or being used at or in connection with any primary or election or who prevents or attempts to prevent the correct operation of any direct recording electronic (DRE) equipment or electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine or device shall be guilty of a felony. (Code 1933, § 34-1917, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 63; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 47/HB 316.) The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, twice inserted "or electronic ballot marker", and twice substituted "tabulating machine" for "tabulating computer" in this Code section. Law reviews. - For article, "Local Government Law," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001). For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).
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