Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-9-11. Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Individual Elected

History. Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 50, § 1; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 91, § 13; Code 1863, §§ 298, 299; Code 1868, §§ 358, 359; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 28, § 1; Code 1873, §§ 323, 324; Code 1882, §§ 323, 324; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4224, 4225; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4782, 4783; Code 1933, §§ 24-1707, 24-1708; Ga. L. 1951, p. 129, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 290, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 827, § 3/HB 495; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-11/SB 436.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted “individual” for “person” in the first sentence of subsection (a) and in the middle of subsection (b); substituted “The election superintendent” for “He or she” at the beginning of the second sentence of subsection (a); designated the fourth sentence of subsection (a) as subsection (b), and, in subsection (b), substituted “subsection (a) of this Code section” for “the provisions of this subsection” near the middle; redesignated former subsection (b) as present subsection (c), and, in subsection (c), substituted “If a special election is held, the individual” for “The person” at the beginning.
Cross references.
Filling of vacancies in public office generally, § 45-5-1 et seq.

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