Georgia Statutes § 21-2-130 Procedures for qualification of candidates generally
Statute Text
Candidates may qualify for an election as follows:
(1)
Nomination through a political party primary;
(2)
Filing a notice of candidacy and affidavit and paying a qualifying fee or filing a pauper's affidavit with a pauper's petition in conjunction with:
(A)
Filing a nomination petition declared lawful pursuant to Code Section
21-2-171
either as an independent candidate or as a nominee of a political body, if duly certified by the chairperson and the secretary of the political body as having been nominated in a duly constituted political body convention as prescribed in Code Section
21-2-172
;
(B)
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
;
(C)
Candidacy in a special election as prescribed in subsection (e) of Code Section
21-2-132
;
(D)
Qualifying as an incumbent candidate to succeed such incumbent as prescribed in subsection (e) of Code Section
21-2-132
; or
(E)
Candidacy for election to a nonpartisan office;
(3)
In the case of an election for presidential electors, nomination as prescribed by rules of a political party and subsection (f) of Code Section
21-2-153
; or
(4)
Substitute nomination by a political party or body as prescribed in Code Section
21-2-134
.
History
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 250 , § 2 , eff. 7/1/2017 .
Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 166 , § 3 , eff. 7/1/2001 .
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