HB487 - Elections; primaries; voting; provisions
HB487 - Elections; primaries; voting; provisions
Sponsored by: Scott,Austin 153rd
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that the candidate who receives the most votes in a primary, special primary, election, or special election, other than a municipal primary, municipal special primary, municipal election, or municipal special election shall be nominated or elected, provided that the votes for such candidate exceed 45 percent of the total votes cast in that contest in the primary, special primary, election, or special election; to provide a definition; to change the date of the presidential preference primary in Georgia; to change the date by which the parties must submit names to the Secretary of State for inclusion on the ballot and the date on which the Secretary of State shall publish such list of names; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.