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O.C.G.A. § 21-2-158: Unopposed candidate failing to receive a single vote.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 21 Elections
- CHAPTER 2 Elections and Primaries Generally
- Article 4 Selection and Qualification of Candidates and Presidential Electors
- PART 2 Political Party and Nonpartisan Primaries
In any general primary where an unopposed candidate is seeking party nomination for a public office, where such candidate’s name appears on the primary ballot but such candidate fails to receive a single vote, such candidate shall not be nominated for such public office and such party shall not have a candidate for that public office on the ballot in the ensuing general election.
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