| ELECTION OFFICIALS |
The Election Superintendent shall appoint (OCGA 21-2-90) and train (OCGA 21-2-99) all poll officers prior
to each general primary and general election and each special primary and special election; provided,
however, such training shall not be required for a special election held between the date of the general
primary and the general election. The superintendent shall keep records of those appointed and shall
transmit to each poll officer a certificate that such person has been found qualified to conduct such
primary or election. Said certificate shall contain the name, address, title, precinct assigned, and type
and date of election being held. The superintendent shall notify the Secretary of State on forms to be
provided by the Secretary of State of the date when such instruction was held and the number of persons
attending and completing such instruction.
Poll officers shall be judicious, intelligent, and upright citizens of the United States, residents of the
County in which they are appointed or, in the case of municipal elections, residents of the municipality in
which the election is to be held or of the county in which that municipality is located, 16 years of age or
over, and shall be able to read, write and speak the English language.
No poll officer shall be eligible for any nomination for public office or to be voted for at a primary or
election at which the poll officer shall serve. No person who is otherwise holding public office, other
than a political party office, shall be eligible to be appointed as or to serve as a poll officer. A parent,
spouse, child, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law,
or sister-in-law of a candidate shall not be eligible to serve as a poll officer in any precinct in which such
candidate’s name appears on the ballot in any primary or election. OCGA 21-2-92
The Election Superintendent shall supply a badge for each poll officer showing his or her name and
office. OCGA 21-2-97
to each general primary and general election and each special primary and special election; provided,
however, such training shall not be required for a special election held between the date of the general
primary and the general election. The superintendent shall keep records of those appointed and shall
transmit to each poll officer a certificate that such person has been found qualified to conduct such
primary or election. Said certificate shall contain the name, address, title, precinct assigned, and type
and date of election being held. The superintendent shall notify the Secretary of State on forms to be
provided by the Secretary of State of the date when such instruction was held and the number of persons
attending and completing such instruction.
Poll officers shall be judicious, intelligent, and upright citizens of the United States, residents of the
County in which they are appointed or, in the case of municipal elections, residents of the municipality in
which the election is to be held or of the county in which that municipality is located, 16 years of age or
over, and shall be able to read, write and speak the English language.
No poll officer shall be eligible for any nomination for public office or to be voted for at a primary or
election at which the poll officer shall serve. No person who is otherwise holding public office, other
than a political party office, shall be eligible to be appointed as or to serve as a poll officer. A parent,
spouse, child, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law,
or sister-in-law of a candidate shall not be eligible to serve as a poll officer in any precinct in which such
candidate’s name appears on the ballot in any primary or election. OCGA 21-2-92
The Election Superintendent shall supply a badge for each poll officer showing his or her name and
office. OCGA 21-2-97
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