O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-150 (2019)

Date of general primary

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

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Whenever any political party holds a primary to nominate candidates for public offices to be filled in the ensuing November election, such primary shall be held on the Tuesday of the twenty-fourth week prior to the November general election in each even-numbered year or, in the case of municipalities, on the third Tuesday in July in each oddnumbered year.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 244, § 8; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 335, § 2; Ga. L. 1961, p. 432, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 15, § 1; Code 1933, § 34-801, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 602, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1256, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1190, § 8; Ga. L. 1984, p. 133, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 643, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 101, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 590, § 11; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 269, § 11; Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 325, § 6; Ga. L. 2011, p. 535, § 1/HB 302; Ga. L. 2014, p. 1, § 2/HB 310.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1983, p. 1190, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that it was the intent of that Act to implement the provisions of Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VII, Para. I. Law reviews. For note on the 2001 amendment of this Code section, see 18 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 96 (2001). For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 93 (2014).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 225.

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2024 · leading case: Catoosa Cnty. Repub. Party v. Henry, 906 S.E.2d 750 (Ga. 2024).

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Catoosa Cnty. Repub. Party v. Henry, 906 S.E.2d 750 (Ga. 2024). · cites it 8× “See OCGA § 21-2-150 (setting primary election for May 21, 2024, the Tuesday of the twenty-fourth week prior to the November general election in an even-numbered year); OCGA § 21-2-153 (c) (1) (A) (setting qualification for the eleventh week immediately prior to state or county…”

Barrow v. Raffensperger (two Cases), 308 Ga. 660 (Ga. 2020). · cites it 2× “See also OCGA §§ 21-2-150 (establishing the date of general primary elections), 21-2-501 (a) (2) (establishing the date of primary runoff elections).”

Georgia v. Ashcroft, 195 F. Supp. 2d 25 (D.D.C. 2002). “O.C.G.A. § 21-2-150(b)(1); PPFF ¶ 14. Any run-off election necessary after the August 20 primary election will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2002.”

Roosevelt Love v. Emit C. Deal, 5 F.3d 1406 (11th Cir. 1993). “See O.C.G.A. § 21-2-150 (Michie Supp.1993). Although this change in primary date could have had the effect of advancing the deadline for the submission of plans from March 27, 1992 to February 27, 1992, the Decree was never amended to reflect the change.”

David Bergland, the Citizens Party of Georgia, Intervenors-Appellants, Gene K. Robinson, Intervenor-Appellant v. Joe Frank Harris, 767 F.2d 1551 (11th Cir. 1985). “Candidates for offices voted on statewide, who are unable to qualify as candidates of a "political party" in the manner specified by O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-150 to -156, may be placed on the ballot if they submit a nomination petition: (b) A nomination petition of a candidate seeking…”

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