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Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/govlawgacode200818 OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED With Provision for Subsequent Pocket Parts Prepared by The Code Revision Commission The Office of Legislative Counsel and The Editorial Staff of LexisNexis® Published Under Authority of the State ofGeorgia Volume 18 2008 Edition Title 21. Elections Including Acts ofthe 2008 Session ofthe General Assembly ofGeorgia and Annotations taken from the Georgia Reports and the Georgia Appeals Reports LexisNexis® Charlottesville, Virginia 2008 Copyright 1926 through 1930 © 1982, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 BY The State ofGeorgia All rights reserved. ISBN 978-1-4224-4789-5 41884-13 (Pub.41805) OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE Jr, J\aMfi L. J4atuLl, Secretary of\jtate oftits J^tate of yeoryia, nereou certify that the statutory portion ofthe Official Code of Georgia Annotated contained in this volume is a true and correct copy of such material as enacted by the General Assembly ofGeorgia: all as same appear offile and record in this office. INTESTIMONYWHEREOF,Ihavehereuntosetmyhandandaffixed thesealofmyoffice,attheCapitol, intheCityofAtlanta, this 15thdayofJuly,intheyearofourLordTwoThousand and Eight and ofthe Independence ofthe United StatesofAmericatheTwoHundredandThirty-Third. Karen C. Handel,SecretaryofState Preface This volume cumulates and replaces the 2003 edition ofVolume 18 ofthe Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as supplemented by the 2007 Cumu- lative Supplement. The 2003 Volume 18 and its 2007 Supplement may be recycled or, if so desired, retained for historical purposes. This volume contains all laws specifically codified in Title 21 by the General Assembly through the 2007 Session. This volume also contains case annotations reflecting decisions posted to LexisNexis® through April 4, 2008. These annotations will appear in the following traditional reporter sources: Georgia Supreme Court Opinions; Georgia Appeals Court Opin- ions; Southeastern Reporter, Second Series; Supreme Court Reporter; Federal Reporter, Third Series; Federal Supplement, Second Series; Federal Rules Decisions; and Bankruptcy Reporter. As official and traditional citations become available, substitutions for the LexisNexis® citations will be made. Additionally, LexisNexis® has prepared annotations and references to Attorney General Opinions, law reviews, and other research sources thatwe hope will be beneficial as you utilize this product. A complete listing of those sources is as follows: Official and Unofficial Attorney General Opinions; Opinions of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board ofthe State Bar; Formal Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar, issued by the Supreme Court of Georgia; Emory Law Journal; Georgia Law Review; Georgia State University Law Review; Mercer Law Review; Georgia State Bar Journal; American Law Reports; American Jurisprudence 2d; American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice, American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts; American Jurisprudence Trials; Corpus Juris Secundum; and Uni- form Laws Annotated. Also included, where appropriate, are cross references to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. This volume retains amendment notes and effective date notes for Acts passed during the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Sessions of the General Assembly. In order to determine the changes which were made or the effective date applied to a Code section by an Act passed prior to the 2006 Session ofthe General Assembly, the user should consult the Georgia Laws. Visit our website at http://www.lexis.com for an online bookstore, technical support, customer service, and other company information. If you have questions or suggestions concerning the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, please call toll free 1-800-833-9844, fax at PREFACE 1-518-487-3584, or email us at [email protected]. Direct written inquiries to: LexisNexis® Attn: Official Code of Georgia Annotated P.O. Box 7587 Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-7537 VI