Elections and Primaries; increased penalties for certain election fraud; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for increased penalties for certain election fraud; to provide that it shall be illegal to knowingly and willfully and without authorization tamper with, alter, destroy, modify, or falsify the electronic data constituting the official returns or votes cast in a primary, election, or runoff or cause the electronic data constituting the official returns or votes cast in a primary, election, or runoff to display incorrectly; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2021
Last action Feb 16, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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