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. History. Code 1981, § 21-2-158 , enacted by Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 325, § 4. PART 3 Nomination and Qualification of Independent Candidates, Candidates of Political Bodies, and Presidential Electors 21-2-170. Nomination of candidates by petition; form of petition; signatures; limitations as to circulation and amendment of petitions; listing of such candidates on ballots; charter or ordinance authorization. 21-2-171. Examination of petitions; basis for grant or denial of filing; review and appeal of denial. 21-2-172. Nomination of presidential electors and candidates of political bodies by convention.
§ § 21-2-158Unopposed candidate failing to receive a single vote
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