The superintendent, in computing the votes cast at any election, shall compute and certify only those write-in votes properly cast for candidates who have given proper notice of intent to be write-in candidates pursuant to Code Section 21-2-133 exactly as such names were written by the elector. History. Code 1981, § 21-2-486 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, § 41. 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. 21-2-491. Public inspection of unsealed returns at office of superintendent; opening of sealed envelopes upon order of superintendent or court. 21-2-492. Computation and canvassing of returns; notice of place where returns will be computed and canvassed; blank forms for making statements of returns; swearing of assistants. 21-2-493. Computation, canvassing, and tabulation of returns; investigation of discrepancies in vote counts; recount procedure; pilot program for posting of digital images of scanned paper ballots; certification of returns; change in returns. 21-2-494. Computation and certification of write-in votes. 21-2-495. Procedure for recount or recanvass of votes; losing candidate’s right to a recount; rules and regulations. 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. 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. 21-2-498. Precertification tabulation audits. 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. 21-2-500. Delivery of voting materials; presentation to grand jury in certain cases; preservation and destruction; destruction of unused ballots. 21-2-501. Number of votes required for election; runoff. 21-2-501.1. [Repealed] Timing whenever a municipal general primary is held in conjunction with the general primary in even-numbered years. 21-2-502. Issuance of certificates of election and commission; Governor’s proclamation as to constitutional amendments. 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. 21-2-504. Special primary or election upon failure to nominate or elect or upon death, withdrawal, or failure of officer-elect to qualify. Law reviews. For article, “SB 202: Revisions to Georgia’s Election and Voting Procedures,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2021). JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, Chapter 34-32 are included in the annotations for this article. Once a decision to hold a primary is made, state statutes take hold and direct every essential step from registration and qualification of voters to the placing of the names of the nominees on the general election ballot. King v. Chapman, 62 F. Supp. 639, 1945 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1841 (D. Ga. 1945), aff'd, 154 F.2d 460, 1946 U.S. App. LEXIS 2069 (5th Cir. 1946) (decided under former Code 1933, Ch. 34-32). RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Failure to comply with statutory provisions relating to the form or manner in which election returns from voting districts or precincts are to be made, 106 A.L.R. 398 . Power of election officers to withdraw or change their returns, 168 A.L.R. 855 .
§ § 21-2-486Votes for write-in candidates
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