Code Section 21-2-413 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of voters, campaigners, and others at polling places, is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting in its place a new subsection to read as follows:
"(e) All persons except poll officers, poll watchers, persons in the course of voting and such persons´ children or grandchildren under 12 18 years of age accompanying such persons, persons lawfully giving assistance to electors, duly authorized investigators of the State Election Board, and peace officers when necessary for the preservation of order, must remain outside the enclosed space during the progress of the voting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any elector shall be permitted to be accompanied into the enclosed area and into a voting compartment or voting machine booth while voting by such elector´s child or children or grandchild or grandchildren under 12 18 years of age unless the poll manager or an assistant manager determines in his or her sole discretion that such child or children or grandchild or grandchildren are causing a disturbance or are interfering with the conduct of voting. Children or grandchildren accompanying an elector in the enclosed space pursuant to this subsection shall not in any manner handle any ballot nor operate any function of a voting machine or vote recorder under any circumstances."