O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-7 (2019)

Eligibility of subversive persons for nomination or election to public office

✓ 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 who has been adjudged a “subversive person,” as defined in Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, the “Sedition and Subversive Activities Act of 1953,” shall be nominated or elected in accordance with this chapter.

History

Code 1933, § 34-106, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. Persons not eligible to hold office, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. II, Sec. II, Para. III.

Ineligibility of subversive persons to hold office or position in government, § 16-11-12. Eligibility and qualifications of persons for public office generally, T. 45, C. 2. Loyalty oath for state officers and employees, § 45-3-11 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 250 et seq. 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sedition, Subversive Activities, and Treason, § 2 et seq. C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 234, 235. ALR. Validity of legislation directed against political, social, or industrial propaganda

deemed to be of a dangerous tendency, 73 A.L.R. 1494. Political principles or affiliations as ground for refusal of government officials to file certificate of nomination or take other steps necessary to representation of party or candidate upon official ticket, 130 A.L.R. 1471.