Statutes > Georgia Statutes > 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 > § 21-2-158 - Unopposed candidate failing to receive a single vote

§ 21-2-158 - Unopposed candidate failing to receive a single vote

O.C.G.A. 21-2-158 (2010)
21-2-158. Unopposed candidate failing to receive a single vote


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.