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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 4. SELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS · Part 2. POLITICAL PARTY AND NONPARTISAN PRIMARIES

21-2-158. Unopposed candidate failing to receive a single vote.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. 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 office on the ballot in the ensuing general election.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 21-2-158, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 325, § 4.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t21-(v18)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V18, 2023 edition, page 185; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0bbec62b36ec.