{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-522","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 21-2-522","heading":"Grounds for contest.","body":"A result of a primary or election may be contested on one or more of the following grounds:\n(1) Misconduct, fraud, or irregularity by any primary or election official or officials sufficient to change or place in doubt the result;\n(2) When the defendant is ineligible for the nomination or office in dispute;\n(3) When illegal votes have been received or legal votes rejected at the polls sufficient to change or place in doubt the result;\n(4) For any error in counting the votes or declaring the result of the primary or election, if such error would change the result; or\n(5) For any other cause which shows that another was the person legally nominated, elected, or eligible to compete in a run-off primary or election.","path":["TITLE 21 Elections","CHAPTER 2 Elections and Primaries Generally","Article 13 Contested Elections and 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":"82cd173644d7504289f2e64e68f205f9ef879c5f349fd863784e321320f33977","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-521","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-522.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}