§ 8-2. Challenge of registration list.  


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  • Any elector of the city shall have the right to challenge the registration of any person whose name appears on the registration list in the manner set forth below:

    (1)

    Appeal to registrar. Any challenge of a person's right to register shall be made in the first instance to the registrar, who shall upon hearing the evidence decide whether to affirm or reverse the original decision.

    (2)

    Appeal to mayor and council. Any person asserting a challenge under this section, or any person whose name was omitted from the registration list by the registrar, shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the registrar to the mayor and council. If the mayor and council should decide, after hearing the evidence of such person and that of the registrar, that the registrar erred in his decision, such body shall direct the registrar to correct the error.

State law reference

Authority for above section, Ga. Code Ann., § 21-3-138.