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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