2008 Election Event Dates

Elections Voter Registration Deadline Election Date
Presidential Preference Primary/Special Election January 7, 2008 February 5, 2008
General Primary/Special Election June 16, 2008 July 15, 2008
Primary Runoff/Special Election June 16, 2008 August 15, 2008
Special Election August 18, 2008 September 16, 2008
General - Nonpartisan Election/Special Election October 6, 2008 November 4, 2008
General - Nonpartisan Election Runoff October 6, 2008 December 2, 2008

 

Key Dates:

April 8, 2007 Earliest day for a political body to begin circulating nomination petitions for state-wide candidates nominated by convention.  O.C.G.A. 21-2-182
January 1, 2008 Earliest day to file and publish a notice of intention to be a write-in candidate in the General or Nonpartisan Election.
O.C.G.A. 21-2-133 (a)
January 7, 2008 Last day a person may register and be eligible to vote in the February 5, 2008 Presidential Preference Primary/Special
Election.  O.C.G.A. 21-2-224 (a)
January 10, 2008 Earliest day for an Independent or Political Body candidate to begin circulating a nomination  petition for an office other than a Political Body candidate running for a state-wide office in which they are nominated by state-wide convention.  O.C.G.A.
21-2-170 (e)
April 28, 2008
9:00 A.M.
Earliest day for a Political Party candidate to file Declaration of Candidacy to have their name placed on the General Primary Ballot. O.C.G.A. 21-2-153 (c) (1)
May 2, 2008
12:00 Noon
Last day for a Political Party candidate to file Declaration of Candidacy to have their name placed on the General Primary
Ballot. O.C.G.A.  21-2-153 (c) (1)
June 7, 2008 Last day for a political body to hold a convention for the purpose of nominating candidates to be placed on the General Election Ballot. O.C.G.A 21-2-172 (e) 
June 16, 2008 Last day for a person to register and be eligible to vote in the General Primary. O.C.G.A. 21-2-224(a)
June 23, 2008 9:00 A.M. Earliest day for an Independent or Political Body candidate to file a nomination petition.
June 23, 2008 9:00 A.M. Earliest day for an Independent, Political Body, or Nonpartisan candidate to file Notice of Candidacy to have their name placed on the General Election Ballot. O.C.G.A. 21-2-132(c) (1) (2)
June 27, 2008 12:00 Noon Last day for an Independent, Political Body, or Nonpartisan candidate to file Notice of Candidacy to have their name placed on the General Election Ballot. O.C.G.A. 21-2-132(c) (1)(2)
July 8, 2008 12:00 Noon Last day for an Independent or a Political Body candidate to file the required nomination petition. O.C.G.A. 21-2-132(d); 21-2-187
July 8, 2008 12:00 Noon Last day for a political body desiring to nominate its statewide candidates by convention to file a qualifying petition. O.C.G.A. 21-2-187
August 18, 2008 Last day a person may register and be eligible to vote in the Special Election to be held
on September 16, 2008. O.C.G.A. 21-2-224 (b) (2)
September 2, 2008 Last day to file and publish a notice of intention to be a write-in candidate in theGeneral or Nonpartisan Election. O.C.G.A. 21-2-133 (a)
September 8, 2008 Last day to file affidavit stating that notice of intention to be a write-in candidate has been published in accordance with O.C.G.A. 21-2-133 (b)
October 6, 2008 Last day a person may register and be eligible to vote in the General and Nonpartisan Election and Runoff. O.C.G.A. 21-2-224 (a)



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