Bill Text: GA HB1516 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Presidential Preference Primary; establish candidate qualifications; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - House Second Readers [HB1516 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB1516-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1516
By:
Representatives Hatfield of the
177th,
Loudermilk of the
14th,
Davis of the
109th,
Byrd of the
20th,
Reese of the
98th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the Presidential Preference Primary, so as to provide for
establishment of the qualifications of candidates for President; to provide for
affidavits and supporting documentation; to provide for related matters; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
5 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the Presidential Preference Primary, is amended by revising Code Section
21-2-193, relating to submission of names of candidates by political parties, as
follows:
"21-2-193.
(a)
Not later than November 1 of the year preceding the year in which a presidential
preference primary is to be held, the state executive committee of each party
which is to conduct a presidential preference primary shall submit to the
Secretary of State a list of the names of the candidates of such party to appear
on the presidential preference primary ballot. Such lists shall be published by
the Secretary of State in a newspaper of general circulation in the state during
the first week of December in the year immediately preceding the year in which
the presidential preference primary is to be held.
(b)
Within 10 days after submitting its list of names of candidates, the state
executive committee shall submit to the Secretary of State for each candidate an
affidavit by the candidate stating the candidate's citizenship and age and shall
append to the affidavit documents that prove the candidate is a natural born
citizen, prove the candidate's age, and prove that the candidate meets the
residency requirements for President of the United States as prescribed in
Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.
(c)
The Secretary of State shall review the affidavit and supporting documents
submitted for each candidate; and if the Secretary of State finds reasonable
cause to believe that the candidate does not meet the citizenship, age, and
residency requirements prescribed by law, the Secretary of State shall not place
that candidate's name on the
ballot."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.