Georgia Statutes § 21-2-571 Voting by unqualified elector or giving false information
Statute Text
Any person who votes or attempts to vote at any primary or election, knowing that such person does not possess all the qualifications of an elector at such primary or election, as required by law, or who votes or attempts to vote at any primary in violation of Code Section
21-2-223
or who knowingly gives false information to poll officers in an attempt to vote in any primary or election shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.
History
Amended by 2007 Ga. Laws 259 , § 8 , eff. 7/1/2007 .
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