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O.C.G.A. § 21-2-180: Manner of qualification.
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 4 Nomination of Candidates of Political Bodies for State-Wide Public Office by Convention
Any political body which is duly registered as provided for in Code Section 21-2-110 is qualified to nominate candidates for state-wide public office by convention if:
(1) The political body files with the Secretary of State a petition signed by voters equal in number to 1 percent of the registered voters who were registered and eligible to vote in the preceding general election; or
(2) At the preceding general election, the political body nominated a candidate for state-wide office and such candidate received a number of votes equal to 1 percent of the total number of registered voters who were registered and eligible to vote in such general election.
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