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GA SB463
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/10/2010
Primary Sponsor
Earl Carter
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AI Summary
- Solicitors-general in Georgia would be elected through nonpartisan elections rather than partisan primaries and general elections
- Amends Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, which governs elections and primaries generally
- Adds the office of solicitor-general to the list of offices eligible for nonpartisan election by local Act of the General Assembly, alongside county judicial offices, local school board offices, and consolidated government offices
- Candidates for solicitor-general would file notices of candidacy with the superintendent during the same qualifying windows as other nonpartisan offices, beginning no earlier than 9:00 A.M. on the fourth Monday in June and closing no later than 12:00 Noon on the following Friday
- Sponsored by Senators Carter of the 1st and Adelman of the 42nd districts
Legislative Description
Elections; provide nonpartisan election of solicitors-general; qualifying
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/10/2010
Committee Referrals
Ethics3/10/2010
Full Bill Text
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