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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

21-2-17. Designation of candidate’s chief deputy clerk in elections for clerk of state court of certain counties.

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

  1. (a)

    This Code section shall apply only to counties with a population of 425,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census.#

  2. (b)

    When a candidate for election to clerk of the state court of a county is required by law at any time before election to name the person whom such candidate will appoint as chief deputy if elected to office, the ballot for office shall include, below the name of the candidate, the name of each candidate’s designated chief deputy, labeled as such.#

  3. (c)

    This Code section shall not be construed to require any action to fill a vacancy in the position of chief deputy of clerk of the state court of a county.#

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, § 21-2-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2590, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

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

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