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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 21 - Elections (Chs. 1 — 5)
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally (Arts. 1 — 15)
Article 14 - Special Elections and Primaries Generally; Municipal Terms of Office (§§ 21-2-540 — 21-2-546)
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Cross references.Special elections pertaining to prohibition of package sales of distilled spirits in counties and municipalities, § 3-4-40 et seq.
Special elections in counties and municipalities pertaining to authorization of sale of distilled spirits by private clubs, § 3-7-41.
Registration of voters for special primaries and elections, § 21-2-228.
Circumstances giving rise to special primary or election, § 21-2-504.
Conducting of recall elections in same manner as special elections, § 21-4-14.
Law reviews.For article, “SB 202: Revisions to Georgia’s Election and Voting Procedures,” see 38 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 105 (2021).
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 21
O. C. G. A. Title 21, Ch. 2
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O.C.G.A. Title 21, Ch. 2, Art. 14
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- § 21-2-540. Conduct and timing of special primaries and special elections generally
- § 21-2-541. Holding of special primary or special election at time of general primary or general election
- § 21-2-541.1. Terms for all municipal offices elected at general municipal elections
- § 21-2-541.2. Providing by local law for terms of office
- § 21-2-542. Special primary and special election for United States senator vacancy; temporary appointment by Governor
- § 21-2-543. Special election for United States congressional representative vacancy
- § 21-2-543.1. Procedures for filling vacancies in federal House of Representatives
- § 21-2-544. Special election for General Assembly vacancy
- § 21-2-545. Procedure as to unopposed candidates
- § 21-2-546. Filling chief judge vacancies in civil and magistrate courts
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