Procedures for recall election; number of votes required to effectuate recall; special election to fill vacancy created

Limitations on subsequent recall petitions following recall election. Manner of conducting recall elections. Campaign and financial disclosure requirements, restrictions, and qualifications. Promulgation of rules and regulations by Secretary of State. Application to court to compel election superintendent to comply with chapter; jurisdiction and venue of actions against election superintendent. Determination of eligibility to sign application for recall petition or petition for recall. Giving or receiving money or other thing of value to sign petition or affidavit; compelling person to sign petition or to remove name; signing another’s name to petition; signing more than one; signing by ineligible person. Construction of chapter. clared unconstitutional in the case of Mitchell v. Wilkerson, 258 Ga. 608, 372 S.E.2d 432 (1988). That chapter consisted of Code Sections 21-4-1 through 21-4-19 and was derived from Ga. L. 1979, p. 1612; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1436; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1653; Ga. L. 1983, p. 140; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884; Ga. L. 1984, p. 133; Ga. L. 1987, p. 34; and Ga. L. 1987, p. 896. Ga. L. 1989, p. 1721, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval and shall be applicable to every public official who holds elective office on or after the effective date of this Act. The provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to an incumbent public official where the act or omission constituting grounds for recall, as specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (7) of Code Section 21-4-3, occurred in a previous term of office but was withheld from public knowledge or public disclosure until subsequent to the general election at which the incumbent was last elected, provided that an application for a recall petition is filed within 12 months after such general election.” This Act became effective April 19, 1989.