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O.C.G.A. § 15-6-57 — Election to break tie | Georgia Code

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TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 6. Superior Courts, 15-6-1 through 15-6-100.

ARTICLE 2 CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS

15-6-57. Election to break tie.

Should any two or more candidates at an election to fill a vacancy in the office of superior court clerk, or at a regular election, have the highest and an equal number of votes, the judge of the probate court shall set a date and advertise another election in the manner prescribed in Code Section 15-6-53 and shall do so until a choice is made.

(Laws 1826, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 213; Code 1863, § 253; Code 1868, § 247; Code 1873, § 259; Code 1882, § 259; Civil Code 1895, § 4352; Civil Code 1910, § 4883; Code 1933, § 24-2706; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 2-3/HB 665.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Clerks of Court, § 7.

C.J.S.

- 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 331.

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