39:
responsibility of the
Georgia General Assembly to provide for the "registration of electors". The final paragraph deals with exceptions to the right to register and vote and states that no one who has been convicted of a felony, or anyone who has been determined, by the judiciary, to be "mentally incompetent", may register to vote.
68:
Five paragraphs make up
Section II of Article Two and deal with various general provisions. These provisions include procedures provided by law by the General Assembly for the appeal of the right to vote (both to allow and refuse that right) and where returns on elections made by Georgians will be
38:
and the right to register and vote. The first paragraph of this section stipulates that all elections by the people will be through secret ballot and will follow legal procedures. Furthermore, in
Paragraph II the age and residency of Georgians who are allowed to vote is described as well as the
60:. In the case, the appellants alleged that voter rights had been violated and that illegal votes cast doubt on the election. The Superior Court found that the appellants lacked standing to "complain about alleged violations of certain voters' constitutional rights".
89:
The final section of
Article Two, Section III, deals with the suspension and removal of public officials and is made up of two paragraphs. The first paragraph details the procedures for suspending and removing an elected official who has been indicted for a
77:, and who can vote in a run-off election; persons not eligible to hold office; recall of elected public officials; and vacancies created by an elected official who qualifies for another office (
49:
26:. This process includes the method of voting and the right to register and vote, general provisions and the suspension and removal of public officials.
172:
149:
34:
Section I of
Article Two of the Georgia State Constitution is made up of three paragraphs which detail the method of
18:
94:. Paragraph II discusses suspension from office for any public official who has been convicted of a felony.
70:
131:
57:
54:
23:
8:
78:
74:
153:
166:
146:
84:
29:
91:
35:
85:
Section III: Suspension and removal of public officials
30:
Section I: Method of voting; right to register and vote
22:describes the process for voting and elections in
63:
164:
142:
140:
127:
125:
123:
121:
119:
117:
115:
113:
111:
109:
107:
137:
165:
104:
42:
173:Constitution of Georgia (U.S. state)
13:
14:
184:
147:HAMMILL et al. v. VALENTINE et al
64:Section II: General provisions
1:
97:
7:
10:
189:
152:February 28, 2005, at the
132:Georgia State Constitution
19:Georgia State Constitution
53:, was brought before the
156:, Accessed April 3, 2009
134:, Accessed April 3, 2009
50:Hammill v. Valentine
17:Article Two of the
71:Secretary of State
43:Judicial relevance
79:resign-to-run law
75:run-off elections
180:
157:
144:
135:
129:
47:In a 1988 case,
188:
187:
183:
182:
181:
179:
178:
177:
163:
162:
161:
160:
154:Wayback Machine
145:
138:
130:
105:
100:
87:
66:
45:
32:
12:
11:
5:
186:
176:
175:
159:
158:
136:
102:
101:
99:
96:
86:
83:
65:
62:
58:Superior Court
44:
41:
31:
28:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
185:
174:
171:
170:
168:
155:
151:
148:
143:
141:
133:
128:
126:
124:
122:
120:
118:
116:
114:
112:
110:
108:
103:
95:
93:
82:
80:
76:
72:
61:
59:
56:
52:
51:
40:
37:
27:
25:
21:
20:
88:
69:made to the
67:
55:Glynn County
48:
46:
33:
16:
15:
98:References
167:Category
150:Archived
24:Georgia
92:felony
36:voting
81:).
169::
139:^
106:^
73:;
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.