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 Thomson
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Article II. CITY GOVERNMENT

  § 2.03. Election of mayor and councilmen.  

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  • (a)

    Those persons presently elected to office shall continue to serve until the second Thursday in January, 1979, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified as hereinafter provided.

    (b)

    The City of Thomson will be divided into two districts for the purpose of electing councilmen. The Northern District will consist of all that part of the city that lies north of a line beginning at the western end of Hickory Hill Drive, then east along Hickory Hill Drive to Lumpkin Street, then east along Lumpkin Street to Gordon Street, then east along Gordon Street to Holt Street, then east along Holt Street to White Oak Street, then east along White Oak Street to the city limits and then generally northeast along the city limits to the easternmost intersection of the city limits and Highway 223. The Southern District shall consist of the remainder of the city, being all that part that lies south of the Northern District.

    (c)

    The governing body of the City of Thomson shall continue to consist of a mayor and five-member council. At the December, 1978, general election, two council seats will be elected from the Northern District and three from the Southern District. Each candidate will be required to live in the district from which he is elected and he shall be elected solely by the voters who reside in such district. The mayor will be elected at said December, 1978, general election by all of the voters of the city and may reside anywhere within the city. Candidates for the council shall designate the district in which they are offering as a candidate. The council shall be elected by plurality vote such that the two candidates running in the Northern District who get the highest number of votes will be elected to the council from said district and the three candidates from the Southern District who get the highest number of votes will be elected to the council from said district, and the candidate for mayor who gets the highest number of votes shall be elected mayor.

(1978 Ga. Laws (Act No. 956), page 2132)