O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 3-4-43 (2019)

Applicability of general election laws

✓ 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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County elections shall be held according to Chapter 2 of Title 21, the ‘‘Georgia Election Code,’’ and may be held as a special election or at the time of holding any other special or general primary or special or general election in the county. Municipal elections shall be held according to Chapter 2 of Title 21, the ‘‘Georgia Election Code,’’ and may be held as a special election or at the time of holding any other special or general primary or special or general election in the municipality.

History

Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 103, § 4; Ga. L. 1972, p. 207, § 3; Code 1933, § 5A-2304, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 806, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 3; Ga. L. 2017, p. 820, § 2/HB 485.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2017, p. 820, § 2/HB 485, effective May 9, 2017, reenacted this Code section without change.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Holding elections on same day as other elections prohibited prior to 1983 amendment. - See 1972 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U72-81; 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U75-45.

Election held on Saturday. - Special election to determine whether intoxicating liquor may be sold in county may be held on Saturday. 1954-56 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 457.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 45 Am. Jur. 2d, Intoxicating Liquors, § 63 et seq.

C.J.S. - 48 C.J.S., Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 92 et seq., 104 et seq.