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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 13. CONTESTED ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES

21-2-520. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Contestant” means any person or persons entitled under Code Section 21-2-521 to contest the result of any primary or election.#

  3. (2)

    “Defendant” means:#

    1. (A)

      The person whose nomination or election is contested;#

    2. (B)

      The person or persons whose eligibility to seek any nomination or office in a run-off primary or election is contested;#

    3. (C)

      The election superintendent or superintendents who conducted the contested primary or election; or#

    4. (D)

      The public officer who formally declared the number of votes for and against any question submitted to electors at an 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 1933, § 34-1701, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1050, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

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