Ground for contest applicable in municipal election.

- Although the Georgia Election Code was not applicable by its terms to municipal elections, in the absence of any statutory grounds for contest in the Georgia Municipal Election Code, the ground for contest in former Code 1933, § 34-1703 (see O.C.G.A. § 21-2-522(c)) was a good ground of contest in a municipal election. Davidson v. Bryan, 242 Ga. 282, 248 S.E.2d 657 (1978).

Cited in Jones v. Fortson, 223 Ga. 7, 152 S.E.2d 847 (1967); Campbell v. Hunt, 115 Ga. App. 682, 155 S.E.2d 682 (1967); Hollifield v. Vickers, 118 Ga. App. 229, 162 S.E.2d 905 (1968); League of Women Voters v. Board of Elections, 237 Ga. 40, 227 S.E.2d 225 (1976); Jarnagin v. Harris, 138 Ga. App. 318, 226 S.E.2d 108 (1976); Dolvin v. Town of Siloam, 246 Ga. 131, 269 S.E.2d 23 (1980).

Applicability to city elections.

- The provisions of the Election Code relating to the "nomination of candidates" shall apply to city elections, except where the provisions of the charter differ from the code. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-239.

In the absence of pertinent provisions in the municipal charter or any other local law, a city need not provide for absentee voting at all. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-422.

Hospital or school bond elections.

- Law, which made it a misdemeanor to sell intoxicating beverages on election days, applied to school or hospital bond elections. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-17.

Election Code provisions not limited by malt beverage regulations.

- Malt beverage regulations may not be modified so as to permit the sale of malt beverages after the hours of the election, or changed to limit the prohibition on election days only with respect to state-wide elections, such as a general election or a state-wide primary. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-13.

"Election day" construed.

- The term "election day", as used in the Constitution, has been construed by the Supreme Court of this state as encompassing a period of time from midnight preceding the opening of the polls until midnight succeeding the closing of the polls. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-13.