Lewy v. Beazley

Sears, Justice.

This is an election case. Appellant Emily Lewy desired to run for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives. Her nomination petition was rejected by the Secretary of State’s Office due to improper notarization of some petition pages. She appeals the denial of mandamus relief that she sought in order to reverse the Secretary of State’s decision. Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the Secretary of State’s office was not obligated to inform a would-be candidate of published case law interpreting the Code sections pertaining to the nomination petition…