O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-136 (2019)

Restriction on number of offices for which an individual may be nominated or be a candidate at any one election

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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No person shall be nominated, nor shall any person be a candidate in a primary, election, or special election, for more than one of the following public offices to be filled at any one election or special election: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Labor, United States senator or representative in Congress, Public Service Commissioner, Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly, judge of superior court, district attorney, any elected county officer, and any elected municipal officer.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1014, enacted by Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 13; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1, § 1;

Ga. L. 1986, p. 855, § 4; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 52, § 8; Ga. L. 2001, p. 240, § 8.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Application. - Candidate on ballot in special congressional primary may not be permitted to run at same time in general election for General Assembly. 1982 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U82-30. Candidate who was on ballot in the

August 10, 1982, general primary for state senator, State House of Representatives, or county commissioner may qualify and have that candidate’s name placed on ballot in special congressional primary. 1982 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 82-67.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, §§ 219, 230.

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 198 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Barrow v. Raffensperger (two Cases), 308 Ga. 660 (Ga. 2020).

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Barrow v. Raffensperger (two Cases), 308 Ga. 660 (Ga. 2020). · cites it 4× “On appeal, the Secretary points to OCGA § 21-2-136, which says that a person cannot “be a candidate” for more than one office as a Justice to be filled in the same election.”

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