O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-1 (2019)
Short title; references to Chapter 3 of Title 21 or the municipal election code
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Election Code.” (b) References in general and local law to the “Georgia Municipal Election Code,” the “Municipal Election Code,” or “Chapter 3 of Title 21” shall be deemed to refer to this chapter.
History
Code 1933, § 34-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.
Annotations
Law reviews. For article, “Constitutional Text,
Founding-Era History, and the Independent-State-Legislature Theory,” see 57 Ga. L. Rev. 539 (2023).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. What changes in voting practices or procedures must be precleared under § 5
of Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 USCA § 1973c) - Supreme Court cases, 146 A.L.R. Fed. 619.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: Williams v. the Stats, 315 Ga. 498 (Ga. 2023).
Williams v. the Stats, 315 Ga. 498 (Ga. 2023). “Moreover, we could not locate, and the Intervenor-Appellees do not point out, any authority in the Election Code, OCGA § 21-2-1 et seq., or otherwise that would allow the County to file a caveat or any other objection before an election and contest an application to submit a…”
Rhonda J. Martin v. Fulton Cnty. Bd. of Reg. & Elections, 307 Ga. 193 (Ga. 2019). “” OCGA § 21-2-1 (b). As explained above in Division 2 (a), we held in Head that the precursor to OCGA § 21-2-525 (a) “provides a deadline by which the judge must set a date for a hearing.”
McCreary v. Martin, 642 S.E.2d 80 (Ga. 2007). “e his affidavit was insufficient under OCGA § 21-2-524 (d) 2 and failed to comply with the statutory procedures for serving the State Election Board; the motion further asserted that Bobbie Burnette, in her capacity as Voting Registrar and Bobby Burnette, in his capacity as…”
Repub. Nat'l Comm. v. Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. (two Cases), 321 Ga. 771 (Ga. 2025). “Thus, when a rule is consistent with the specific statutory provisions it allegedly implements, it is also likely that the statute pursuant to which the rule was adopted supplies the objective, judicially enforceable guidelines needed to comply with the nondelegation doctrine.”
Holton v. Hollingsworth, 514 S.E.2d 6 (Ga. 1999). “, and amended the Georgia Election Code, OCGA § 21-2-1 et seq., so as to make it applicable to municipal elections.”
Julie Adams v. Fulton Cnty. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). “1 She 1 Under Georgia’s Election Code found in Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia (OCGA § 21-2-1 et seq.), the proper designation for a county board such as this appears to be “board of elections and registration.”
Camden Cnty. v. Sweatt, Judge (Ga. 2023). “Moreover, we could not locate, and the Intervenor-Appellees do not point out, any authority in the Election Code, OCGA § 21-2-1 et seq., or otherwise that would allow the County to file a caveat or any other objection before an election and contest an application to submit a…”
Repub. Nat'l Comm. v. Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. (two Cases) (Ga. 2025). “Thus, when a rule is consistent with the specific statutory provisions it allegedly implements, it is also likely that the statute pursuant to which the rule was adopted supplies the objective, judicially enforceable guidelines needed to comply with the nondelegation doctrine.”
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