Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Elections
  4. Elections and Primaries Generally
  5. Contested Elections and Primaries
  6. Definitions

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As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Contestant" means any person or persons entitled under Code Section 21-2-521 to contest the result of any primary or election.
  2. "Defendant" means:
    1. The person whose nomination or election is contested;
    2. The person or persons whose eligibility to seek any nomination or office in a run-off primary or election is contested;
    3. The election superintendent or superintendents who conducted the contested primary or election; or
    4. The public officer who formally declared the number of votes for and against any question submitted to electors at an election.

(Code 1933, § 34-1701, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1050, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)


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