Poppell v. Lanier

Hunstein, Justice.

The nomination petition of Adam S. Poppell III seeking the office of State Representative of District 173 was submitted to the State Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary of State. The nomination petition contained 1,157 signatures; it is uncontroverted that the signatures of 815 registered voters of the 173rd House District were required to render the petition valid. See OCGA § 21-2-170. After completion of an examination of the petition, see OCGA § 21-2-171 (a) and (b), Poppell was notified that due to the rejection of certain pages of the petition, the…