2006 Georgia Code - 21-2-130

21-2-130. Candidates may qualify for an election by virtue of: (1) Nomination in a primary conducted by a political party; (2) Filing a nomination petition 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; (3) 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; (4) In the case of an election for presidential electors, nomination as prescribed by rules of a political party; (5) Substitute nomination by a political party or body as prescribed in Code Sections 21-2-134 and 21-2-155, respectively; (6) Candidacy in a special election as prescribed in subsection (e) of Code Section 21-2-132; or (7) Being an incumbent qualifying as a candidate to succeed such incumbent as prescribed in subsection (e) of Code Section 21-2-132.

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