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2018 Georgia Code 21-4-10 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 21 ELECTIONS

Section 4. Recall of Public Officers, 21-4-1 through 21-4-21.

ARTICLE 15 MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

21-4-10. Recall petition or application - Persons who may not circulate petition or application; effect of signatures obtained by unqualified persons.

No registration officer or other person authorized by law to register electors and no person other than an elector of the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled shall circulate a recall application or petition. No employee of the state shall circulate a recall application or petition. All signatures obtained by any such unqualified person shall be void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition.

(Code 1981, §21-4-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1721, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the provisions, cases decided prior to the 1989 revision of this chapter are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Cited in Highsmith v. Clark, 245 Ga. 158, 264 S.E.2d 1 (1980).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 212.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 183.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 21-4-10 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 1

Howell v. Tidwell

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1987-01-28

Citation: 256 Ga. 647, 352 S.E.2d 372, 1987 Ga. LEXIS 560

Snippet: she disqualified 1950 of them. OCGA §§ 21-4-7; 21-4-10. As a result, the total number of verified signatures