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title: Title 21, Chapter 4. Recall of Public Officers
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date: 2025
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heading: RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
title_heading: ELECTIONS
section_count: 21
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# Title 21, Chapter 4. Recall of Public Officers

Title 21. Elections

21 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 21-4-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-1.md
- 21-4-2, Legislative intent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-2.md
- 21-4-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-3.md
- 21-4-4, Officers subject to recall; number of electors needed to demand recall; limitation on number of officers subject to a recall, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-4.md
- 21-4-5, Sponsor applications for recall petition; procedures; duties of election superintendents and Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-5.md
- 21-4-6, Review of grounds for recall petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-6.md
- 21-4-7, Form of recall petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-7.md
- 21-4-8, Circulation of recall petition; electors eligible to sign; procedures for collection and verification of signatures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-8.md
- 21-4-9, Withdrawal of signatures from recall application or petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-9.md
- 21-4-10, Persons who may not circulate recall application or petition; effect of signatures obtained by unqualified persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-10.md
- 21-4-11, Determination of legal sufficiency of recall petition; time period for filing; amendments; notification of legal sufficiency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-11.md
- 21-4-12, No recall election when officeholder resigns prior to the holding of a recall election, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-12.md
- 21-4-13, Procedures for recall election; number of votes required to effectuate recall; special election to fill vacancy created, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-13.md
- 21-4-14, Limitations on subsequent recall petitions following recall election, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-14.md
- 21-4-15, Manner of conducting recall elections, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-15.md
- 21-4-16, Campaign and financial disclosure requirements, restrictions, and qualifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-16.md
- 21-4-17, Promulgation of rules and regulations by Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-17.md
- 21-4-18, Application to court to compel election superintendent to comply with chapter; jurisdiction and venue of actions against election superintendent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-18.md
- 21-4-19, Determination of eligibility to sign application for recall petition or petition for recall, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-19.md
- 21-4-20, Giving or receiving money or other thing of value to sign petition or affidavit; compelling person to sign petition or to remove name; signing another’s name to petition; signing more than one; signing by ineligible person, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-20.md
- 21-4-21, Construction of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/21-4-21.md