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| General Election All States |
| | • Tuesday after 1st Monday in November, bienially.
(GA Constitution, Art. III, Section II, paragraph V(c) ) |
| Presidential Primary All States |
| | • (--2007) 1st Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
(Official Code of GA 21-2-191) |
| | • (2007--) As provided in this article, a presidential preference primary shall be held in 2008 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 state ... Such primary shall be held on February 5, 2008, and on the first Tuesday in February every four years thereafter. (Official Code of GA 21-2-191) |
| State Primary All States |
| | • 3d Tuesday in July in even-numbered years
(Official Code of GA 21-2-150(a) )
except:
when the above date falls during a week when one of the two Major Parties is holding its National Nominating Convention-- in which case:
2d Tuesday in July
(Official Code of GA 21-2-150(b)(1) )
or
when the above date (that in OCG 21-2-150(a) ) is in a year immediately following the release of US Census data re: the reapportionment/redistricting of Members of Congress or of the General Assembly (GA's legislature)-- in which case: next to last Tuesday in August
(Official Code of GA 21-2-150(b)(2) )
[NOTE: the provision in OCG 21-2-150(b)(2)- the August primary date- is in force in 2002; for 2004, the July primary date will- presumably- be resumed]
If no candidate should receive a majority of the vote in the primary held per the various sections of OCG 21-2-150, a "runoff" will be held on the date 21 days following the date of the State primary.
(Official Code of GA 21-2-501(a) ) |
| Polling times All States |
| | • At all primaries and elections the polls shall be opened at 7:00 A.M. eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever is applicable, and shall remain open continuously until 7:00 P.M. eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever is applicable, at which time they shall be closed; provided, however, that, in all cities having a population of 300,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census, the polls shall remain open continuously until 8:00 P.M. eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever is applicable, during the cities' general elections, at which time they shall be closed and provided, further, that, in a special election held to fill a vacancy in an office in which the district represented by such office lies wholly within the boundaries of a city, the polls shall close at the same time as for a municipal general election in such city. [Georgia Code 21-2-403] |
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