O.C.G.A.
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.
History
Code 1981, § 21-2-140, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2015, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1612,
§§ 1-3; repealed by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1999.
PART 2 POLITICAL PARTY AND NONPARTISAN PRIMARIES
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions decided under former Code 1933, Title 34 are included in the annotations for this part. Applicability of state election laws to party primary. - Whenever a politi-
cal party holds a primary in this state, it is by law an integral part of the election machinery. Once a decision to hold a primary is made, state statutes take hold and direct every essential step from registration and qualification of voters to the placing of the names of the nominees on
T.21, C.2, A.4, P.2
ELECTIONS & PRIMARIES
the general election ballot. King v. Chapman, 62 F. Supp. 639, 1945 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1841 (D. Ga. 1945), aff’d, 154 F.2d
460, 1946 U.S. App. LEXIS 2069 (5th Cir. 1946) (decided under former Code 1933, Title 34).
Notes of Decisions
Chandler v. Miller, 520 U.S. 305 (1997).
“Ga. Code Ann. §21-2-140 (1993) (hereinafter §21-2-140).”
Chandler v. Miller, 73 F.3d 1543 (11th Cir. 1996).
· cites it 7× “I think not, and the majority's analysis does not support 2 O.C.G.A. § 21-2-140 bars from public office either candidates who refuse to take the test because they are ideologically opposed to the government's intrusion upon their privacy, or candidates who fail the test and are…”
Wenzel v. Bankhead, 351 F. Supp. 2d 1316 (N.D. Fla. 2004).
“Ga.Code Ann. § 21-2-140 (1993) (hereinafter § 21-2-140).”
Chandler v. Miller, 952 F. Supp. 804 (N.D. Ga. 1994).
· cites it 12× “Plaintiffs seek a declaration that O.C.G.A. § 21-2-140 is unconstitutional, coupled with an injunction forbidding Defendants from enforcing § 21-2-140.”
Chandler v. Miller (11th Cir. 1996).
· cites it 5× “1 The offices to which the statute applies include, among others, those of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, 1 O.C.G.A. § 21-2-140 provides: At the time a candidate for state office qualifies for nomination or election, each such candidate shall file a…”
Chandler v. Miller (11th Cir. 1996).
· cites it 4× “1 O.C.G.A. § 21-2-140 provides: At the time a candidate for state office qualifies for nomination or election, each such candidate shall file a certificate .”
— 21-2-140(b) — 1 case
Chandler v. Miller, 952 F. Supp. 804 (N.D. Ga. 1994).
“Plaintiffs seek a declaration that O.C.G.A. § 21-2-140 is unconstitutional, coupled with an injunction forbidding Defendants from enforcing § 21-2-140.”
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