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Georgia Statutes § 21-2-130 Procedures for qualification of candidates generally

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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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