Candidates may qualify for an election as follows:
History. Code 1933, § 34-1001, enacted by Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 13; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1190, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 890, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 590, § 6; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 269, § 3; Ga. L. 2017, p. 697, § 2/HB 268.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted “as follows” for “by virtue of” at the end of the introductory paragraph; substituted “through a political party primary” for “in a primary conducted by a political party” at the end of paragraph (1); rewrote paragraph (2); added subparagraphs (2)(A) through (2)(E); deleted former paragraph (3), which read: “Nomination for a state-wide office by a duly constituted political body convention as prescribed in Code Section 21-2-172 if the political body making the nomination has qualified to nominate candidates for state-wide public office under the provisions of Code Section 21-2-180;”; redesignated former paragraphs (4) and (5) as present paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; in paragraph (3), inserted “and subsection (f) of Code Section 21-2-153” and added “or” at the end; substituted “Code Section 21-2-134” for “Code Sections 21-2-134 and 21-2-155, respectively;” at the end of paragraph (4); deleted former paragraph (6), which read: “Candidacy in a special election as prescribed in subsection (e) of Code Section 21-2-132; or”; and deleted former paragraph (7), which read: “Being an incumbent qualifying as a candidate to succeed such incumbent as prescribed in subsection (e) of Code Section 21-2-132.”
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1983, p. 1190, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that it was the intent of that Act to implement the provisions of Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VII, Para. I.
Law reviews.
For article discussing the impact on bond issues of challenges to voting procedures, see 15 Ga. St. B. J. 15 (1978).
For note, “Georgia’s Runoff Election System Has Run Its Course,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 1063 (2020).