HB 487 - Elections; primaries; voting; provisions

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Current Status

04/20/07 - Senate Passed/Adopted

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that the candidate who receives the most votes in a primary, special primary, election, or special election, other than a municipal primary, municipal special primary, municipal election, or municipal special election shall be nominated or elected, provided that the votes for such candidate exceed 45 percent of the total votes cast in that contest in the primary, special primary, election, or special election; to provide a definition; to change the date of the presidential preference primary in Georgia; to change the date by which the parties must submit names to the Secretary of State for inclusion on the ballot and the date on which the Secretary of State shall publish such list of names; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
DateTimeVote NoYeasNaysNVExcDescription
03/20/20076:09PMHouse Vote #169154011009006PASS
04/20/20077:02PMSenate Vote #453047002003004PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE

Status History

Bill History
DateAction
02/20/2007House First Readers
02/21/2007House Second Readers
02/27/2007House Committee Favorably Reported
03/20/2007House Third Readers
03/20/2007House Passed/Adopted
03/27/2007Senate Read and Referred
04/17/2007Senate Committee Favorably Reported
04/17/2007Senate Read Second Time
04/19/2007Senate Tabled
04/20/2007Senate Taken from Table
04/20/2007Senate Third Read
04/20/2007Senate Passed/Adopted

Footnotes

3/20/2007 Modified Structured Rule
3/20/2007 Passed House by Rules Committee Substitute
4/19/2007 Tabled in Senate
4/20/2007 Removed from Table in Senate