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GA SB14
Bill
Status
1/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ed Setzler
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the Georgia General Assembly to pass local Acts providing for nonpartisan elections of district attorneys and solicitors-general of state courts, removing party affiliations from these races
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Candidates for district attorney in nonpartisan elections would file notice of candidacy with the Secretary of State, while solicitors-general candidates would file with the county superintendent
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Filing period opens at 9:00 A.M. on the Monday of the eleventh week prior to the election and closes at 12:00 Noon on the Friday immediately following
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Nonpartisan elections for these offices would be held in conjunction with the general primary in even-numbered years, eliminating the need for a prior nonpartisan primary
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Amends Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-132 and 21-2-139)
Legislative Description
Elections; the nonpartisan election of district attorneys and solicitors-general of state courts; authorize the General Assembly
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
1/16/2025