O.C.G.A. § 21-2-486 (2019)
Votes for write-in candidates
The superintendent, in computing the votes cast at any election, shall compute and certify only those write-in votes properly cast for candidates who have given proper notice of intent to be write-in candidates pursuant to Code Section 21-2-133 exactly as such names were written by the elector.
History
Code 1981, § 21-2-486, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, § 41.
ARTICLE 12 RETURNS
Annotations
Law reviews. For article, “SB 202: Revisions to Geor-
gia’s Election and Voting Procedures,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2021).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, Chapter 34-32 are included in the annotations for this article. Once a decision to hold a primary is made, state statutes take hold and direct every essential step from registra-
tion and qualification of voters to the placing of the names of the nominees on 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, Ch. 34-32).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Failure to comply with statutory provisions relating to the form or manner in which election returns from voting dis-
tricts or precincts are to be made, 106 A.L.R. 398. Power of election officers to withdraw or change their returns, 168 A.L.R. 855.
ELECTIONS & PRIMARIES