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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-2-486. Votes for write-in candidates.
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# O.C.G.A. § 21-2-486. Votes for write-in candidates.

The superintendent, in computing the votes cast at any election, shall compute and certify only those write-in votes properly cast for candidates who have given proper notice of intent to be write-in candidates pursuant to Code Section 21-2-133 exactly as such names were written by the elector.

## History

Code 1981, § 21-2-486, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, § 41.