Georgia § 21-2-494 - Computation and certification of write-in votes.
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§ 21-2-494. Computation and certification of write-in votes.
The superintendent, in computing the votes cast at any election, shall compute and certify only those write-in votes 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. (Code 1933, § 34-1506, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 417, § 9; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.) Law reviews. - For survey article on local government law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 285 (2007).
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