Georgia Code
Article 12 - Returns
§ 21-2-502. Issuance of Certificates of Election and Commission; Governor’s Proclamation as to Constitutional Amendments

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1252; Code 1868, § 1333; Code 1873, § 1312; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 67, § 1; Code 1882, § 1312; Ga. L. 1888, p. 33, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 90; Civil Code 1910, § 104; Code 1933, § 34-2502; Ga. L. 1958, p. 208, § 7; Code 1933, § 34-1511, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 30; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 6-7; Ga. L. 1984, p. 565, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 206, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 32, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 279, § 12; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1027, § 15; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1984, p. 565, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that that Act would apply to judges of the juvenile court elected or appointed after July 1, 1984.

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Title 21 - Elections

Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally

Article 12 - Returns

§ 21-2-490. Hours of Operation of Office of Superintendent and Chairperson of County Board of Registrars on Primary and Election Days; Applicability to Counties Having Population of 550,000 or More

§ 21-2-491. Public Inspection of Unsealed Returns at Office of Superintendent; Opening of Sealed Envelopes Upon Order of Superintendent or Court

§ 21-2-492. Computation and Canvassing of Returns; Notice of Place Where Returns Will Be Computed and Canvassed; Blank Forms for Making Statements of Returns; Swearing of Assistants

§ 21-2-493. Computation, Canvassing, and Tabulation of Returns; Investigation of Discrepancies in Vote Counts; Recount Procedure; Pilot Program for Posting of Digital Images of Scanned Paper Ballots; Certification of Returns; Change in Returns

§ 21-2-494. Computation and Certification of Write-in Votes

§ 21-2-495. Procedure for Recount or Recanvass of Votes; Losing Candidate’s Right to a Recount; Rules and Regulations

§ 21-2-496. Preparation and Filing by Superintendent of Four Copies of Consolidated Return of Primary; Electronic Filing; Superintendent to Furnish Final Copy of Each Ballot Used for Primary

§ 21-2-497. Preparation and Filing by Superintendent of Four Copies of Consolidated Return of Elections; Superintendent to Furnish Final Copy of Each Ballot Used for Election

§ 21-2-498. Precertification Tabulation Audits

§ 21-2-499. Duty of Secretary of State as to Tabulation, Computation, and Canvassing of Votes for State and Federal Officers; Certification of Presidential Electors by Governor

§ 21-2-500. Delivery of Voting Materials; Presentation to Grand Jury in Certain Cases; Preservation and Destruction; Destruction of Unused Ballots

§ 21-2-501. Number of Votes Required for Election; Runoff

§ 21-2-502. Issuance of Certificates of Election and Commission; Governor’s Proclamation as to Constitutional Amendments

§ 21-2-503. Issuance of Commission to Person Whose Election Is Contested; Procedure Upon Finding That Person to Whom Commission Was Issued Was Not Legally Elected; Swearing Into Office of Person Whose Election Is Contested

§ 21-2-504. Special Primary or Election Upon Failure to Nominate or Elect or Upon Death, Withdrawal, or Failure of Officer-Elect to Qualify