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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-4-10 (2019)

Persons who may not circulate recall application or petition; effect of signatures obtained by unqualified persons

✓ 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 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.

History

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

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 209.

C.J.S. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 272.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1985–1985 · leading case: 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).
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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). “§ 21-2-134(c) (death, disqualification or withdrawal of candidate prior to election) and O.C.G.A. § 21-2-501(b) (run-off elections).”
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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). “§ 21-2-134(c) (death, disqualification or withdrawal of candidate prior to election) and O.C.G.A. § 21-2-501(b) (run-off elections).”
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