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The Office of the Secretary of State, as one of its chief functions, certifies the vote totals in all elections held in Georgia and certifies the winners. This series consists of the formal certifications of election for various federal and state officials for several years.

Scope and Contents These records are the official consolidation of popular vote totals taken from official consolidated returns filed by the counties with the Office of Secretary of State. Included are: (1) party primaries, (2) runoff primaries, (3) general elections, and (4) special elections. Returns are shown for races for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Governor and other Constitutional officers, and for judges and solicitors (i.e., district attorneys). Usually, county by county and state totals are given....

Scope and Contents This series consists of documents relating to litigation concerning or involving the State Election Board, the Secretary of State, and his officers and employees in all Federal and State Courts and before administrative tribunals. Included are copies of (1) pleadings, (2) notifications, (3) transcripts, (4) correspondence filed in court, (5) correspondence forwarded or received in connection with cases litigated in the courts or administrative tribunals. The Elections Division of the...

Scope and Contents Whenever two-fifths of the electors qualified to vote for General Assembly members petition the ordinary of any county to change the county site of said county, the ordinary shall call a referendum on the matter. (GA L. 1878 - 1879, p. 4; 1887, p. 39; 1911, p. 54). Any seven voters in such a referendum may contest its legality. The contestants must notify the Secretary of State of their intention to contest and upon receipt of such notice, the Secretary of State withholds certification of...

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This series consists of: (1) lists of members of county Democratic Executive Committees, (2) lists of county chairmen, (3) lists of delegates to the state convention, (4) rules of the committee and some testimony, and (5) petitions and correspondence concerning contested membership of the Committee. The Secretary of State in his capacity as chief of the election board would be expected to keep these records sent him by the Committee.

Scope and Contents This series contains the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary Returns The 1976 records are from the first such election held in Georgia since the exclusive Democratic Party affair of the 1930s. As is true of other election record series, there are three chief types of records present. The precinct or district returns are filed in the first alphabetical sequence by county followed by the numbered list of voters and finally the county consolidated returns. The boxes for each year's...

Scope and Contents Both state-wide and county Democratic Party primary election records are represented as are some primary run-offs. Many of the returns are limited to the consolidated returns only. The submission of primary election returns to the Office of Secretary of State was not required until 1970 because the primary election was a party rather than a state function, so records prior to 1970 are incomplete.Records from 1950 through 1984 are available on microfilm. Returns after 1984 are...

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This series consists of carbon and photocopies of correspondence acknowledging receipt of Primary Ballots, Primary Run-off Ballots and General Election Ballots from the various counties of Georgia and correspondence to the counties requesting missing returns be sent to the Elections Division of the Office of Secretary of State.

Scope and Contents This series consists of general research material regarding federal, state, and county elections in Georgia. The material includes the following consistently given data: official ballot forms; official worksheets and tabulations; candidates' petitions and party forms registered with the Georgia Office of Secretary of State; requests for absentee and war ballots; Executive Proclamations; con­solidated vote returns; loyalty oaths; certification of Presidential Electors; and printed copies of...

Scope and Contents This series contains three copies of the vote tallies for the President and Vice President of the United States as cast by the Georgia Electoral College in the capitol in Atlanta. Each state in the union elects a slate of electors who assemble in their respective state capitols on a date appointed by law after the general election in November. The votes of the people determine which slate of electors proceeds to the capitol and for all practical purposes, since most electors are pledged...

Scope and Contents All General Election records are sent to the Office of the Secretary of State. This Constitutional Officer checks the vote returns and issues commissions to all legally elected public officials. Some of the earlier elections are very irregularly documented. The first election for which complete consolidated returns exist is the November 5, 1940 election. Please check each year's boxing arrangement carefully as the filing systems vary. In some years all records are boxed together and...

Scope and Contents Precinct returns, recaps, and consolidated returns by county for the General Primary and Runoff elections. Records for 2004 to present include Statements of Votes Cast, Certification and Summary Reports and Numbered Lists of Voters only. The retention schedule for the numbered list of voters has changed and will not be included after 2010.In March of 2020 Primaries, including the Presidential Primary, were delayed by COVID. Early voting had already begun and was paused. Several...

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This series consists of mimeographed pamphlets listing the election districts (formerly called precincts).

Scope and Contents This series consists of original and photocopied documents concerning the Primary, General and Special Election returns from Municipal Election Officials. Other related election correspondence pertaining to municipalities is also included. The documents consist of: (1) election calendars: (2) election notices sent by city officials; (3) related election correspondence concerning cities; (4) consolidated return sheets; (5) precinct return sheets (regular and absentee); (6) cover letter from...

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Returns from all but twenty eight counties for the August 1984 general primary election; and returns for a November 1984 special non partisan primary run off election for state court judge in Fulton County. Due to earlier processing and labeling, Non-Partisan Primary and Primary Runoff returns can be found in RGSGERIES 2-2-25-4

Scope and Contents This series consists of forms, correspondence and miscellaneous items that indicate the total numbers of voters registered by county in the State of Georgia. In earlier years the totals were simply put on a running "tally sheet" that was set up alphabetically by county. Later years saw the counties sending in a signed form stating the total numbers of registered voters for that county. Racial breakdown figures appear during some of the years, but it must be pointed out that not all...

Scope and Contents This series contains several legal documents pertaining to the certification of Georgia's twelve Presidential Electors. The first is entitled Credentials of Presidential Electors. It includes the names and votes certified for all slates of Electors and all write in candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States. This document bears the signatures of the Governor and Secretary of State. The second document is entitled Credentials of Substitute Presidential Elector...

Scope and Contents This series consists of pamphlets and maps compiled by the Elections Division concerning State and local elections. These publications were made available to both the general public and election officials in the various Georgia counties. They generally concern the use of voting machines, vote recorders and paper ballots. Also included are maps designating boundaries of Congressional, Senatorial and State Representative districts and calendars or primary and general election events. In...

Scope and Contents This series consists of original and photocopied certified reports filed by county registrars with the Office of Secretary of State. The reports, accompanied by their certification, list the number of electors by racial makeup in each precinct in their county (OCGA 21-2-234). Similar information can be found in RG 2-2-25-10 for years 1943-1979. The Elections Division of the Georgia Office of Secretary of State, among other things, administers the Georgia Elections Code and...

Scope and Contents This series contains the Republican Presidential Preference Primary Returns. The 1976 records were created from the first such election held in Georgia since the exclusive Democratic affair of the 1930s. As is true of other election record series, there are three chief types of records present. The precinct or district returns are filed in the first alphabetical sequence by county followed by the numbered lists of voters and finally by the county consolidated returns. The boxes for each...

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This series contains candidate voter tabulation district returns, usually including absentee voters, of Republican Party Primary Election returns. Also represented are sample ballots, consolidated returns, and voters' lists. Exceptions are indicated in the inventory. Records from 1986 are consolidated with Democratic primary returns.

Scope and Contents This series consists of: (1) special elections to fill vacancies at times other than the end of an office-holder's term (2) referendums to answer questions concerning taxes, annexations, school board changes, etc.(3) bond elections (school, hospital, courthouse, library, etc.) (4) some regularly scheduled elections. The elections records usually include the consolidated returns, voting...

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These elections for Justices of the Peace are those scheduled at the regular time for such elections and hence are not included in RGSGSERIES 2 - 2 - 25 - 2, Special Elections and Local Referendums Files. It is important, however, to check both series for JP elections, as they do fall readily in both categories, and the date of the election is no indication of the designation.

Scope and Contents The Georgia State Election Board was formed by the Georgia Legislature in 1964 (Ga. Laws 1964 Ex. Sess. p. 26).The duties include, but are not limited to:Formulating, adopting and promulgating the rules and regulations for the practices and proceedings, which adhere to the law, that control the actions of the election officials and the administrating of primaries and elections.Publishing and distributing indexed copies of election laws, rules and...