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HB 597 — Elections; amend provisions

House Withdrawn, Recommitted

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to repeal a certain definition; to provide that a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast to be elected to office; to provide that nonpartisan elections shall be held in conjunction with the November general election; to provide for qualifying for such nonpartisan election; to provide that electors must present proper identification when registering to vote or, if registering to vote for the first time in this state by mail, prior to voting; to provide for a state write-in absentee ballot for certain electors; to provide procedures for use of such ballot; to provide that no absentee ballot will be mailed after the seventh day prior to a primary or election; to provide that certain absentee ballots in runoffs that are postmarked by the date of the runoff may be received by the registrars up to ten days after the runoff; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

House Withdrawn, Recommitted

Legislative term
Georgia General Assembly 2005-2006
Session
2005-2006 Regular Session
Chamber or committee
Georgia House of Representatives
Measure type
Bill
Introduced
Feb 23, 2005

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Austin Scott

Cosponsor
Office service
State Representative · District 153 · From Jan 1, 2005
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=2; Scott, Austin; sponsorship listed in session 14; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 23, 2005

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