EXECUTIVE ORDER

 

BY THE GOVERNOR:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

ORDERED:

A presidential preference primary shall be held every four
years for each political party or body which has cast for its
candidates for President and Vice—President in the last
presidential election more than 20 percent of the total vote
cast for President and Vice—President in the State; and

A presidential preference primary is the mechaniSm whereby
electors may express their preference for one person to be
the candidate for nomination by such person’s party or body
for the office of the President of the United States; and

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 21—2—192, the Governor shall issue a
proclamation of such presidential preference primary, a copy
of which shall be transmitted by the Secretary Of State to the
superintendent of each county.

NOW, THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED
IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IT IS
HEREBY

That Georgia’s presidential preference primary shall be held
on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

This I deay of September, 2015.

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GOVERNOR