Georgia Code, Title 21, Chapter 2, Article 12 - Returns

• § 21-2-490 - Hours of Operation of Office of Superintendent and Chairperson of County Board of Registrars on Primary and Election Days; Applicability to Counties Having Population of 550,000 or More
  (a) Each superintendent shall cause his or her office to remain open during the entire duration of each primary and election and after the...
• § 21-2-491 - Public Inspection of Unsealed Returns At Office of Superintendent; Opening of Sealed Envelopes Upon Order of Superintendent or Court
  The general returns from the various precincts which have been returned unsealed shall be open to public inspection at the office of the superintendent...
• § 21-2-492 - Computation and Canvassing of Returns; Notice of When and Where Returns Will Be Computed and Canvassed; Blank Forms for Making Statements of Returns; Swearing of Assistants
  The superintendent shall arrange for the computation and canvassing of the returns of votes cast at each primary and election at his or her...
• § 21-2-493 - Computation, Canvassing, and Tabulation of Returns; Investigation of Discrepancies in Vote Counts; Recount Procedure; Certification of Returns; Change in Returns
  (a) The superintendent shall, at or before 12:00 Noon on the day following the primary or election, at his or her office or at...
• § 21-2-494 - Computation and Certification of Write-In Votes
  The superintendent, in computing the votes cast at any election, shall compute and certify only those write-in votes cast for candidates who have given...
• § 21-2-495 - Procedure for Recount or Recanvass of Votes; Losing Candidate's Right to a Recount
  (a) In precincts where paper ballots have been used, the superintendent may, either of his or her own motion or upon petition of any...
• § 21-2-496 - Preparation and Filing by Superintendent of Four Copies of Consolidated Return of Primary; Electronic Filing; Superintendent to Furnish Final Copy of Each Ballot Used for Primary
  (a) Each county and municipal superintendent shall prepare four copies of the consolidated return of the primary to be certified by the superintendent on...
• § 21-2-497 - Preparation and Filing by Superintendent of Four Copies of Consolidated Return of Elections; Superintendent to Furnish Final Copy of Each Ballot Used for Election
  (a) Each county and municipal superintendent shall prepare four copies of the consolidated return of the election to be certified by the superintendent on...
• § 21-2-498 - Constitutional Officers Election Board
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1027, § 13, effective July 1, 1995.
• § 21-2-499 - Duty of Secretary of State As to Tabulation, Computation, and Canvassing of Votes for State and Federal Officers; Certification of Presidential Electors by Governor
  (a) Upon receiving the certified returns of any election from the various superintendents, the Secretary of State shall immediately proceed to tabulate, compute, and...
• § 21-2-500 - Delivery of Voting Materials; Presentation to Grand Jury in Certain Cases; Preservation and Destruction; Destruction of Unused Ballots
  (a) Immediately upon completing the returns required by this article, in the case of elections other than municipal elections, the superintendent shall deliver in...
• § 21-2-501 - Number of Votes Required for Election
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, no candidate shall be nominated for public office in any primary or special primary...
• § 21-2-501.1 - Timing Whenever a Municipal General Primary is Held in Conjunction With the General Primary in Even-Numbered Years
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 995, § 40/SB 92, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 21-2-502 - Issuance of Certificates of Election and Commission; Governor's Proclamation As to Constitutional Amendments
  (a) Governor and other constitutional officers. Upon completing the tabulation of any election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School...
• § 21-2-503 - Issuance of Commission to Person Whose Election is Contested; Procedure Upon Finding that Person to Whom Commission Was Issued Was Not Legally Elected; Swearing Into Office of Person Whose Election is Contested
  (a) A commission which is to be issued, as provided for by this chapter, to any person elected to any office shall be issued...
• § 21-2-504 - Special Primary or Election Upon Failure to Nominate or Elect or Upon Death, Withdrawal, or Failure of Officer-Elect to Qualify
  (a) Whenever any primary or election shall fail to fill a particular nomination or office and such failure cannot be cured by a run-off...

Last modified: October 14, 2016