§ 5.01. Regular elections.  


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  • Time for holding and taking office. The regular election for mayor and councilmen shall be held on the first Wednesday in December of 1978 and on the first Wednesday in December every four years thereafter. Officials elected at any regular election shall take office on the second Thursday in January next following such election.

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

State law reference

State election laws to take precedence over conflicting municipal charter provisions, O.C.G.A. § 21-3-14.

Editor's note

The provisions of this section of the Charter have been superseded by later state law found in O.C.G.A. § 21-3-1 et seq. The Georgia Municipal Election Code.