Georgia Code
Article 12 - Returns
§ 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

History. Ga. L. 1893, p. 124, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 107; Ga. L. 1898, p. 44, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 121; Code 1933, § 34-2801; Code 1933, § 34-1512, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 30; Ga. L. 1993, p. 118, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 683, § 20/SB 82.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

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