Saturday 18 February 2012: Precinct Mass Meetings are held to elect delegates to the County Conventions.

These Mass Meetings are for counties with populations over 80,000 and for those with populations under 80,000 and which opt to hold their Mass Meetings in February. [GAGOP Rule 9.2(B)].

Tuesday 6 March 2012 (tentative): All 76 of Georgia's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary.

• 42 district delegates bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 14 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates.
• If a candidate receives a majority of the vote (more than 50%), that candidate is allocated all 3 of the district's delegates.
• If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the candidate with the most votes (plurality) receives 2 delegates and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes receives 1 delegate. [Rules of the Georgia Republican Party. 7.3(B)(3)]
• 31 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates, 21 bonus delegates) are proportionally bound to presidential contenders according to the statewide vote. A mandatory 20% threshold is required for a presidential contender to receive National Convention delegates. (awaiting more info on the rounding rules) [Rules of the Georgia Republican Party. 7.3(B)(4)]
• The 3 RNC party leader delegates, the National Committeeman, National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Georgia's Republican Party are bound to the candidate receiving the most votes statewide. [Rules of the Georgia Republican Party. 7.3(B)(4)]

Georgia Code § 21-2-193 requires the Executive Committee of both state parties to submit a list of candidates to appear on the presidential ballot.

Delegates ... to the National Convention shall be elected ... at the respective District Conventions and ... Delegates ... at large shall be elected at the State Convention and shall be bound to vote for the Presidential nominee elected in the Georgia Presidential Primary.... [Rules of the Georgia Republican Party. 7.3 A]

Georgia Code § 21-2-196: "... a delegate or ... shall file a qualification oath ... pledging support ... to the candidate ... for the office of President ... for whom they are selected to support. The oath shall state that the delegate ... affirms to support such candidate until the candidate is either nominated ... or receives less than 35 percent of the votes for nomination ..., or until the candidate releases the delegates.... No delegate shall be required to vote for such candidate after two convention nominating ballots..."

Georgia Code § 21-2-197: "Any delegate to a national convention whose presidential candidate withdraws ... shall be an unpledged delegate ..."

Saturday 10 March 2012: Precinct Mass Meetings and County Conventions.

Precinct Mass meetings are held to elect delegates to the County Conventions. These Mass Meetings are for counties with a population of 80,000 and under that hold Mass Meetings and County Conventions on the same day.

Saturday 10 March 2012: County Conventions meet to elect Delegates to the Congressional District and State Conventions.

Saturday 14 April 2012. Congressional District Conventions meet in each Congressional Districts to elect the National Convention District Delegates according to the results of the Presidential Preference Primary.

Friday 18 May - Saturday 19 May 2012. The State Convention meet to elect 31 At-Large Delegates to National Convention plus the National Commiteeman and National Committeewoman according to the results of the Presidential Preference Primary.

In Presidential Election Years, the State Convention shall elect the National Commiteeman and National Committeewoman and Delegates at Large ... to the Republican National Convention in accordance with Rule 7.3. [Rules 7.1]