Should any two or more candidates at an election to fill a vacancy in the office of superior court clerk, or at a regular election, have the highest and an equal number of votes, the judge of the probate court shall set a date and advertise another election in the manner prescribed in Code Section 15-6-53 and shall do so until a choice is made.
(Laws 1826, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 213; Code 1863, § 253; Code 1868, § 247; Code 1873, § 259; Code 1882, § 259; Civil Code 1895, § 4352; Civil Code 1910, § 4883; Code 1933, § 24-2706; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 2-3/HB 665.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Clerks of Court, § 7.
C.J.S.- 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 327.