Bill Text: GA HB454 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Presidential preference primary; date and publishing of candidates list; provide
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-01 - Effective Date [HB454 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB454-Comm_Sub.html
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5668S
House
Bill 454 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Hamilton of the
23rd,
Meadows of the
5th,
Lindsey of the
54th,
Oliver of the
83rd,
Brooks of the
63rd,
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 presidential preference primary, so as to provide for the
date of the presidential preference primary; to provide for the submission of
the names of candidates and the publishing of such list; 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
presidential preference primary, is amended by revising Code Section 21-2-191,
relating to parties entitled to hold primaries, dates, decision to elect
delegates to presidential nominating convention in primary, and qualifying
periods for candidates for delegate, as follows:
"21-2-191.
As
provided in this article, a presidential preference primary shall be held in
2008
2012
and every four years thereafter for each political party or body which has cast
for its candidates for President and Vice President in the last presidential
election more than 20 percent of the total vote cast for President and Vice
President in
the
this
state, so that the electors may express their preference for one person to be
the candidate for nomination by such person's party or body for the office of
President of the United States; provided, however, that no elector shall vote in
the primary of more than one political party or body in the same presidential
preference primary. Such primary shall be held
on
February 5, 2008, and on the first Tuesday in February every four years
thereafter
in each year
in which a presidential election is to be conducted on a date selected by the
Secretary of State which shall not be later than the second Tuesday in June in
such year. The Secretary of State shall select such date no later than December
1 of the year immediately preceding such
primary. A state political party or body
may by rule choose to elect any portion of its delegates to that party's or
body's presidential nominating convention in the primary; and, if a state
political party or body chooses to elect any portion of its delegates, such
state political party or body shall establish the qualifying period for those
candidates for delegate and delegate alternate positions which are to be elected
in the primary and for any party officials to be elected in the primary and
shall also establish the date on which state and county party executive
committees shall certify to the Secretary of State or the superintendent, as the
case may be, the names of any such candidates who are to be elected in the
primary; provided, however, that such dates shall not be later than
November 1
of the year preceding the year in which
60 days
preceding the date on which the
presidential preference primary is to be held."
SECTION
2.
Said
article is further amended by revising Code Section 21-2-193, relating to list
of names of candidates to appear on ballot and publication of list, as
follows:
"21-2-193.
Not
On a date set
by the Secretary of State, but not later
than
November 1
of the year preceding the year in which
60 days
preceding the date on 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
on the website
of the Secretary of State
in a
newspaper of general circulation in the
state during the
first
fourth
week of
December in the year immediately preceding
the year
in
date
on which the presidential preference
primary is to be held."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
