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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76)
Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604)
Article 13 - CONTESTED ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES (§§ 21-2-520 — 21-2-529)
Section 21-2-522 - Grounds for contest
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GA Code § 21-2-522 (2024)
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A result of a primary or election may be contested on one or more of the following grounds:
- (1) Misconduct, fraud, or irregularity by any primary or election official or officials sufficient to change or place in doubt the result;
- (2) When the defendant is ineligible for the nomination or office in dispute;
- (3) When illegal votes have been received or legal votes rejected at the polls sufficient to change or place in doubt the result;
- (4) For any error in counting the votes or declaring the result of the primary or election, if such error would change the result; or
- (5) For any other cause which shows that another was the person legally nominated, elected, or eligible to compete in a run-off primary or election.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 453,§ 1, eff. 5/6/2008.
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