{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-158","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 21-2-158","heading":"Unopposed candidate failing to receive a single vote.","body":"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.","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":"c479d7a5150a7bd2fc10f423a02438a8ef562f74dac143d7c79f9397e2b75c64","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-157","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}