§ 21-2-156. Payment of Primary Expenses
The expenses of a primary shall be paid by the respective county, except that the expenses of municipal primaries shall be governed by subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section, and forms listed under paragraph (5) of Code Section 21-2-50 shall be furnished upon request by the Secretary of State. The expenses of a […]
§ 21-2-157. Municipal Nonpartisan Primary; Qualifying as a Candidate; Payment of Expenses
The governing authority of any municipality may call and hold a nonpartisan primary for the purpose of nominating candidates to seek municipal office in a subsequent election. If held, such a nonpartisan primary shall be held at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the date of the election for which nominations […]
§ 21-2-158. Unopposed Candidate Failing to Receive a Single Vote
In any general primary where an unopposed candidate is seeking party nomination for a public office, where such candidate’s name appears on the primary ballot but such candidate fails to receive a single vote, such candidate shall not be nominated for such public office and such party shall not have a candidate for that public […]
§ 21-2-150. Date of General Primary
Whenever any political party holds a primary to nominate candidates for public offices to be filled in the ensuing November election, such primary shall be held on the Tuesday of the twenty-fourth week prior to the November general election in each even-numbered year or, in the case of municipalities, on the third Tuesday in July […]
§ 21-2-151. Conduct of Political Party Primaries
A political party shall nominate its candidates for public office in a primary. Except for substitute nominations as provided in Code Section 21-2-134 and nomination of presidential electors, all nominees of a political party for public office shall be nominated in the primary preceding the general election in which the candidates’ names will be listed […]
§ 21-2-152. Conduct of Primaries Generally; Run-Off Primary
Primaries shall be held and conducted in all respects in accordance with this chapter relating to general elections and the provisions of this chapter relating to general elections shall apply thereto, insofar as practicable and not inconsistent with any other provisions of this chapter. All such primaries shall be conducted in each precinct by the […]
§ 21-2-153. Qualification of Candidates for Party Nomination in a State or County Primary; Posting of List of All Qualified Candidates; Filing of Affidavit With Political Party by Each Qualifying Candidate; Performance of Military Service Does Not Create Vacancy
A candidate for any party nomination in a state or county primary may qualify by either of the two following methods: Payment of a qualifying fee pursuant to Code Section 21-2-131; or The submission of a pauper’s affidavit by any candidate who has filed a qualifying petition as provided for in subsection (a.1) of this […]
§ 21-2-153.1. Qualification of Candidates for Party Nomination in a Municipal Primary; Unopposed Candidates; Filing of Affidavit With Political Party; Posting of List of All Qualified Candidates
Unless otherwise provided by law, all candidates for party nomination in a municipal primary shall qualify as such candidates in accordance with the rules of their party. In the case of a general municipal primary, the candidates, or their agents, shall qualify at least 15 but not more than 45 days prior to the date […]
§ 21-2-154. Certification of Political Party Candidates
At or before 12:00 Noon on the third day after the deadline for qualifying, the county executive committee of each political party shall certify to the superintendent and the state executive committee of each political party shall certify to the Secretary of State, on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State, all those candidates who […]
§ 21-2-155. Reopening of Qualification for Office in Event of Candidate’s Death or Withdrawal of Incumbent Who Qualified as Candidate Prior to Political Party Primary
In the event of the death of a candidate or the withdrawal of an incumbent who qualified as a candidate to succeed himself or herself in office, either of which occurs after the close of qualifying for candidates for such office but prior to the date of a political party primary, the state executive committee […]