Section 21-2-590 - Poll officer permitting unregistered or unqualified persons to vote; refusing to permit registered and qualified persons to vote; unlawful rendering of assistance

Any poll officer who:(1) Permits any unregistered person to vote at any primary or election, knowing such person is unregistered;(2) Permits any person registered as an elector to vote, knowing that such person is not qualified to vote, whether or not such person has been challenged;(3) Refuses to permit any duly registered and qualified person to vote at any primary or election, with the knowledge that such person is entitled to vote; or(4) Renders assistance to an elector in voting in violation of Code Section 21-2-409, or knowingly permits another person to render such assistance in violation of Code Section 21-2-409shall be guilty of a felony.Amended by 2007 Ga. Laws 259,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2007.