§ 21-2-564. Willful Destruction, Fraudulent Filing, or Suppression of Nomination Materials
Any person who willfully makes any false nomination certificate or defaces or destroys any nomination petition, nomination certificate, or nomination paper, or letter of withdrawal, knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be made falsely, or suppresses any nomination petition, nomination certificate, or nomination paper or any part thereof which has been duly filed […]
§ 21-2-565. Making of False Statements in Connection With Filing Notice of Candidacy or Qualifying as Candidate for Party Nomination; Duties of District Attorney as to Violations
Any person knowingly making any false statement in connection with filing a notice of candidacy under Code Section 21-2-132 or in connection with qualifying as a candidate for party nomination under Code Section 21-2-153 commits the offense of false swearing. The district attorney of any judicial circuit or of the county in which all or […]
§ 21-2-566. Interference With Primaries and Elections Generally
Any person who: Willfully prevents or attempts to prevent any poll officer from holding any primary or election under this chapter; Uses or threatens violence in a manner that would prevent a reasonable poll officer or actually prevents a poll officer from the execution of his or her duties or materially interrupts or improperly and […]
§ 21-2-541. Holding of Special Primary or Special Election at Time of General Primary or General Election; Inclusion of Candidates and Questions in Special Primary or Special Election on Ballot
A special primary or election may be held at the time of a general primary or election. If the times specified for the closing of the registration list for a special primary or special election are the same as those for a general primary or general election, the candidates and questions in such special primary […]
§ 21-2-541.1. Terms for All Municipal Offices Elected at General Municipal Elections
All municipal offices elected at general municipal elections shall be for terms of four years unless otherwise provided by local law in accordance with Code Section 21-2-541.2. Unless otherwise provided for by the municipal charter, municipal officeholders shall be sworn in at their first organizational meeting of the new year and will hold office until […]
§ 21-2-504. Special Primary or Election Upon Failure to Nominate or Elect or Upon Death, Withdrawal, or Failure of Officer-Elect to Qualify
Whenever any primary or election shall fail to fill a particular nomination or office and such failure cannot be cured by a run-off primary or election, whenever any person elected to public office shall die or withdraw prior to taking office, or whenever any person elected to public office shall fail to take that office […]
§ 21-2-541.2. Providing by Local Law for Terms of Office
Notwithstanding Code Section 1-3-11 or any other provision of this chapter, the General Assembly is authorized to provide by local law: For terms of two years for municipal offices, with the local law designating the offices to be elected and the time periods covered by such terms for each office; For municipal offices to change […]
§ 21-2-520. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Contestant” means any person or persons entitled under Code Section 21-2-521 to contest the result of any primary or election. “Defendant” means: The person whose nomination or election is contested; The person or persons whose eligibility to seek any nomination or office in a run-off primary or election […]
§ 21-2-542. Special Primary and Special Election for United States Senator Vacancy; Temporary Appointment by Governor
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the representation of this state in the Senate of the United States, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the vote of the electors of the state at a special primary to be held at the time of the next general primary followed by a special […]
§ 21-2-521. Primaries and Elections Which Are Subject to Contest; Persons Who May Bring Contest
The nomination of any person who is declared nominated at a primary as a candidate for any federal, state, county, or municipal office; the election of any person who is declared elected to any such office (except when otherwise prescribed by the federal Constitution or the Constitution of Georgia); the eligibility of any person declared […]