{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-155","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 21-2-155","heading":"Reopening of qualification for office in event of candidate’s death or withdrawal of incumbent who qualified as candidate prior to political party primary.","body":"In the event of the death of a candidate or the withdrawal of an incumbent who qualified as a candidate to succeed himself or herself in office, either of which occurs after the close of qualifying for candidates for such office but prior to the date of a political party primary, the state executive committee or other committee of the party authorized by party rule or, in the case of a municipal election, the municipal executive committee may reopen qualification for the office sought by the deceased or withdrawn candidate for a period of not less than one nor more than three days.","path":["TITLE 21 Elections","CHAPTER 2 Elections and Primaries Generally","Article 4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"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.21.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1e5bdaea4547d885485b6a0a20e6ee76bb67bbd86e483bc2f11cc788e166ac7f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-154","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}