Legal Opinion
Cox v. Barber
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 14, 2002No. S02A1818PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
In this election contest, the trial court ordered Secretary of State Cathy Cox to place candidate J. Mac Barber’s name on the primary ballot for the district four seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. We granted the Secretary of State’s application for discretionary appeal to consider whether the trial court correctly held that the one-year residency requirement in OCGA § 46-2-1 (b) is unconstitutional as applied to Barber. Because the statutory requirement is constitutional and Barber has not resided in district four for twelve months prior to the election, we hold that the…
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