Georgia § 21-2-180 - Manner of qualification.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 21-2-180 — Manner of qualification., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-2-180. Manner of qualification.
Any political body which is duly registered as provided for in Code Section 21-2-110 is qualified to nominate candidates for state-wide public office by convention if: The political body files with the Secretary of State a petition signed by voters equal in number to 1 percent of the registered voters who were registered and eligible to vote in the preceding general election; or At the preceding general election, the political body nominated a candidate for state-wide office and such candidate received a number of votes equal to 1 percent of the total number of registered voters who were registered and eligible to vote in such general election. (Code 1981, § 21-2-180 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 890, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)
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