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GA Code § 21-2-525 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 13 - Contested Elections and Primaries|§ 21-2-525. Hearing; Powers of Court Generally

  Within 20 days after the return day fixed in the notice as provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 21-2-524 to the defendant, the presiding judge shall fix a place and time for the hearing of the contest proceeding. Such judge may fix additional hearings at such other times and places as are necessary to decide the contest promptly.   The court having jurisdiction of the action shall have plenary power, throughout the area in which the contested primary or election was conducted, to make, issue, and enforce all necessary orders, rules, processes, and decrees for a full and proper understanding and final determination and enforcement of the decision of every such case, according to the course of practice in other civil cases under the laws of this state, or which may be necessary and proper to carry out this chapter. The court shall have authority to subpoena and to compel the attendance of any officer of the primary or election complained of and of any person capable of testifying concerning the same; to compel the production of evidence which may be required at such hearing, in like manner and to the same extent as in other civil cases litigated before such court; to take testimony; and to proceed without delay to the hearing and determination of such contest, postponing for the purpose, if necessary, all other business.   The court may, in its discretion, limit the time to be consumed in taking testimony, dividing such time equitably among all litigants concerned, with a view therein to the circumstances of the matter and to the proximity of the next succeeding primary or election.    (Ga. L. 1893, p. 124, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 107; Civil Code 1910, § 121; Code 1933, § 34-2801; Code 1933, § 34-1706, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, §§ 413 et seq., 424 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 534 et seq.
GA Code § 21-2-527.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 13 - Contested Elections and Primaries|§ 21-2-527.1. Right of Parties to Object to Settlement; Court Approval

 No settlement of any case under this article shall become effective unless:    All parties to such case have been given an opportunity to object to such settlement before the court; and   The court has approved such settlement.     (Code 1981, §21-2-527.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1050, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)
GA Code § 21-2-529 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 13 - Contested Elections and Primaries|§ 21-2-529. Liability for Costs; Methods of Collecting

 The contestant and the defendant shall be liable to the officers and witnesses for the costs made by them, respectively. If the result of the primary or election is confirmed, the petition dismissed, or the prosecution fails, judgment shall be rendered against the contestant for costs; and, if the judgment is against the defendant or the result of the primary or election is set aside, he or she shall pay the costs at the discretion of the court. After entry of judgment, the costs may be collected by attachment or otherwise.   (Code 1933, § 34-1710, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 327.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 561 et seq.   ALR.    - Costs or reimbursement for expenses incident to election contest or recount, 106 A.L.R. 928.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in McCreary v. Martin, 281 Ga. 668, 642 S.E.2d 80 (2007).
GA Code § 21-2-541.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 14 - Special Elections and Primaries Generally; Municipal Terms of Office|§ 21-2-541.1. Terms for All Municipal Offices Elected at General Municipal Elections

 All municipal offices elected at general municipal elections shall be for terms of four years unless otherwise provided by local law in accordance with Code Section 21-2-541.2. Unless otherwise provided for by the municipal charter, municipal officeholders shall be sworn in at their first organizational meeting of the new year and will hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified and take said oath of office.    (Code 1981, §21-2-541.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 240, § 45.)
GA Code § 21-2-541.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 14 - Special Elections and Primaries Generally; Municipal Terms of Office|§ 21-2-541.2. Providing by Local Law for Terms of Office

 Notwithstanding Code Section 1-3-11 or any other provision of this chapter, the General Assembly is authorized to provide by local law:    For terms of two years for municipal offices, with the local law designating the offices to be elected and the time periods covered by such terms for each office;   For municipal offices to change from concurrent terms to staggered terms or from staggered terms to concurrent terms, with the local law designating the terms for each office;   For such terms to be staggered terms, with the local law designating the terms for each office;   For general municipal elections to fill such offices to be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November in even-numbered years and on such day biennially thereafter and on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years and on such day biennially thereafter;   For municipal offices elected pursuant to a prior local law authorized by this Code section to change to terms of office of four years, with the local law designating the offices to be elected and the time periods covered by such terms for each office;   For general municipal elections to fill such offices to be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November in any year during the first six years immediately following the enactment of a local law pursuant to this Code section as necessary for the purpose of changing the election and terms of any such municipal offices to conform to this Code section;   For initial terms of one, two, three, or four years as necessary to change the terms of such offices to four-year concurrent or staggered terms of office; and   Except as authorized in paragraph (6) of this Code section, for general municipal elections to be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of any odd-numbered year.     (Code 1981, §21-2-541.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)
GA Code § 21-2-543 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 14 - Special Elections and Primaries Generally; Municipal Terms of Office|§ 21-2-543. Special Election for United States Congressional Representative Vacancy

 Whenever a vacancy shall occur or exist in the office of Representative in the United States Congress from this state the Governor shall issue, within ten days after the occurrence of such vacancy, a writ of election to the Secretary of State for a special election to fill such vacancy, which election shall be held on the date named in the writ, which shall not be less than 30 days after its issuance. Upon receiving the writ of election from the Governor, the Secretary of State shall then transmit the writ of election to the superintendent of each county involved and shall publish the call of the election.   (Code 1933, § 34-804, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 638, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 270.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 144 et seq.   ALR.    - Statutory provision as to manner and time of notice of special election as mandatory or directory, 119 A.L.R. 661.    Construction and application of vacancies in house of representatives clause of United States Constitution, U.S. Const. Art. I, § 2, cl. 4, and state provisions concerning such elections, 62 A.L.R. 6th 143.
GA Code § 21-2-543.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 14 - Special Elections and Primaries Generally; Municipal Terms of Office|§ 21-2-543.1. Procedures for Filling Vacancies in Federal House of Representatives

 In extraordinary circumstances, where the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States Congress announces that there are more than 100 vacancies in the federal House of Representatives, the Governor shall issue, within five days after the speaker announces that such number of vacancies exists, a writ of election to the Secretary of State for a special election to fill any such vacancy from this state, which election shall be held on the date named in the writ, which shall not be more than 49 days after the speaker announces that such number of vacancies exists.    (Code 1981, §21-2-543.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 781, § 15/HB 1112; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 21/SB 429.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "vacancies exists" for "vacancies exist" in the middle of this Code section.
GA Code § 21-2-545 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 14 - Special Elections and Primaries Generally; Municipal Terms of Office|§ 21-2-545. Procedure as to Unopposed Candidates

 Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event there is no opposed candidate in a precinct in a special primary, no special primary shall be held in such precinct. The proper officials of the unopposed candidate's political party shall certify him or her as the party nominee for the office involved for the purpose of having his or her name placed upon the special election ballots or ballot labels. Where feasible, the superintendent shall provide notice reasonably calculated to inform the affected electorate that no special primary election is to be conducted. Each such unopposed candidate shall be deemed to have voted for himself or herself. The superintendent shall certify any such unopposed candidate as nominated in the same manner as he or she certifies other candidates nominated pursuant to Code Section 21-2-493.    (Code 1981, §21-2-545, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1, § 15; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)
GA Code § 21-2-560 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-560. Making of False Statements Generally

 Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 21-2-565, any person who shall make a false statement under oath or affirmation regarding any material matter or thing relating to any subject being investigated, heard, determined, or acted upon by any public official, in accordance with this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1894, p. 115, § 13; Penal Code 1895, § 625; Penal Code 1910, § 660; Code 1933, § 34-9901; Code 1933, § 34-1901, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Cross references.   - False swearing generally, § 16-10-71.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Hogan v. State, 316 Ga. App. 708, 730 S.E.2d 178 (2012).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting not required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-560 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
GA Code § 21-2-561 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-561. False Registration

 Any person who:    Registers as an elector knowing that such elector does not possess the qualifications required by law;   Registers as an elector under any other name than the elector's own name; or   Knowingly gives false information when registering as an elector  shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.     (Ga. L. 1894, p. 115, § 13; Penal Code 1895, § 625; Penal Code 1910, § 660; Code 1933, § 34-9901; Code 1933, § 34-1902, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 11; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 3/SB 40.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Changing racial designation.   - Person may change the racial designation given on that voter's registration card without penalty. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-28.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 448.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 572, 573.
GA Code § 21-2-562 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-562. Fraudulent Entries; Unlawful Alteration or Destruction of Entries; Unlawful Removal of Documents; Neglect or Refusal to Deliver Documents

  Any person who willfully:   Inserts or permits to be inserted any fictitious name, false figure, false statement, or other fraudulent entry on or in any registration card, electors list, voter's certificate, affidavit, tally paper, general or duplicate return sheet, statement, certificate, oath, voucher, account, ballot, or other record or document authorized or required to be made, used, signed, returned, or preserved for any public purpose in connection with any primary or election;   Alters materially or intentionally destroys any entry which has been lawfully made therein; or   Takes or removes any book, affidavit, return, account, ballot, or other document or record from the custody of any person having lawful charge thereof, in order to prevent the same from being used or inspected or copied as required or permitted by this chapter  shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.      Any person who willfully neglects or refuses, within the time and in the manner required by this chapter, to deliver any such document described in subsection (a) of this Code section into the custody of the officers who are required by this chapter to use or keep the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1958, p. 269, § 46; Code 1933, § 34-1905, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 313, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 4/SB 40; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 26/HB 540.)   Cross references.   - Fraud generally, § 23-2-50 et seq. and T. 51, C. 6.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting not required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-562 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, §§ 448, 449.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 568, 572 et seq., 575 et seq.
GA Code § 21-2-563 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-563. Improper Signing or Alteration of Nomination Petitions or Affidavits

 Any person who knowingly and willfully:    Signs any nomination petition without having the qualifications prescribed by this chapter;   Sets any false statement opposite the signature on a nomination petition;   Signs more nomination petitions than permitted by this chapter;   Makes a false statement in any affidavit required by this chapter to be appended to or to accompany a nomination petition;   Signs any name not his or her own to any nomination petition; or   Materially alters any nomination petition without the consent of the signers  shall be guilty of a felony.     (Code 1933, §§ 34-1908, 34-1909, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Nonregistration as affecting one's qualification as signer of petition for special election, submission of proposition, or nominating petition, 100 A.L.R. 1308.
GA Code § 21-2-564 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-564. Willful Destruction, Fraudulent Filing, or Suppression of Nomination Materials

 Any person who willfully makes any false nomination certificate or defaces or destroys any nomination petition, nomination certificate, or nomination paper, or letter of withdrawal, knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be made falsely, or suppresses any nomination petition, nomination certificate, or nomination paper or any part thereof which has been duly filed shall be guilty of a felony.   (Code 1933, § 34-1910, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 21/SB 429.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in this Code section.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Nonregistration as affecting one's qualification as signer of petition for special election, submission of proposition, or nominating petition, 100 A.L.R. 1308.
GA Code § 21-2-565 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-565. Making of False Statements in Connection With Filing Notice of Candidacy or Qualifying as Candidate for Party Nomination; Duties of District Attorney as to Violations

  Any person knowingly making any false statement in connection with filing a notice of candidacy under Code Section 21-2-132 or in connection with qualifying as a candidate for party nomination under Code Section 21-2-153 commits the offense of false swearing.   The district attorney of any judicial circuit or of the county in which all or the greater portion of any municipality is situated shall furnish all investigative personnel and facilities to the Secretary of State, the superintendent, or political party, as the case may be, as needed to determine the accuracy and correctness of all facts set forth in the affidavits filed pursuant to Code Sections 21-2-132 and 21-2-153 and shall commence prosecution of any person when it appears that a violation of this Code section has occurred.   Where proper venue of any such prosecution would be in another county, the district attorney whose office conducted the investigation shall forward all evidence and other data to the district attorney of the county where venue is proper; and prosecution shall be commenced by such official.    (Code 1933, § 34-1901.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 522, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 205, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Cross references.   - False swearing generally, § 16-10-71.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Sufficiency of indictment.    - Indictment for "making false statements in notice of candidacy" was sufficient even though it did not expressly allege that defendant filed an affidavit at the time of qualifying; the indictment did expressly allege that defendant knowingly and willfully made a false statement about being a resident for one year in the district and the defendant's eligibility to hold office in connection with qualifying as a candidate. State v. Kindberg, 211 Ga. App. 117, 438 S.E.2d 116 (1993).   Classification of offense.    - Jolley v. Grantham, 206 Ga. App. 100, 424 S.E.2d 362 (1992), to the extent that it states that the offense of false swearing under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-565 is punishable as a misdemeanor, rather than as a felony, is disapproved. Hogan v. State, 316 Ga. App. 708, 730 S.E.2d 178 (2012).   Sentence affirmed because the offense constituted a felony.    - Defendant was not entitled to relief from the defendant's sentence for false swearing, in violation of O.C.G.A. § 21-2-565, because the rule of lenity did not apply in that there was no uncertainty as to the applicable sentence for the crime, and the imposition of a five-year sentence was appropriate and within the sentencing range, under O.C.G.A. § 16-10-71, for the offense, which constituted a felony under O.C.G.A. § 16-1-3. Hogan v. State, 316 Ga. App. 708, 730 S.E.2d 178 (2012).    Cited in Spillers v. State, 299 Ga. App. 854, 683 S.E.2d 903 (2009).
GA Code § 21-2-566 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-566. Interference With Primaries and Elections Generally

 Any person who:    Willfully prevents or attempts to prevent any poll officer from holding any primary or election under this chapter;   Uses or threatens violence in a manner that would prevent a reasonable poll officer or actually prevents a poll officer from the execution of his or her duties or materially interrupts or improperly and materially interferes with the execution of a poll officer's duties;   Willfully blocks or attempts to block the avenue to the door of any polling place;   Uses or threatens violence in a manner that would prevent a reasonable elector from voting or actually prevents any elector from voting;   Willfully prepares or presents to any poll officer a fraudulent voter's certificate not signed by the elector whose certificate it purports to be;   Knowingly deposits fraudulent ballots in the ballot box;   Knowingly registers fraudulent votes upon any voting machine; or   Willfully tampers with any electors list, voter's certificate, numbered list of voters, ballot box, voting machine, direct recording electronic (DRE) equipment, electronic ballot marker, or tabulating machine  shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.     (Code 1933, § 34-1924, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 206, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 61; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 5/SB 40; Ga. L. 2008, p. 781, § 16/HB 1112; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 44/HB 316.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective April 2, 2019, inserted "electronic ballot marker," near the end of paragraph (8).   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, a period was deleted at the end of paragraph (8).   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Penal Code 1910, § 660 are included in the annotations for this Code section.    Primary elections content of section 660, subsection 6, Penal Code 1910, which provided that any person who shall deposit a ballot at any election in any name other than that person's own name, as it appears on the list of registered voters prescribed by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. George v. State, 18 Ga. App. 753, 90 S.E. 493 (1916); Mark v. State, 18 Ga. App. 754, 90 S.E. 493 (1916) (decided under former Penal Code 1910, § 660).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 454.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 568, 572, 575 et seq.