Politics & Government

Candidates Can Qualify For State, County Offices Wednesday

Though the campaign season is underway in Forsyth County, candidates will make it official starting Wednesday morning and ending Friday at noon.

Election season officially begins Wednesday when qualifying opens for July 31 elections. Note that didn't say campaign season – we've all seen the campaign start months ago by local candidates.

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp said qualifying will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23, and end at noon on Friday, May 25. The State Elections Division will conduct qualifying of candidates for nonpartisan state offices at its main location in Atlanta and at its South Georgia office in Tifton.

In partisan races, all General Assembly seats–in both the state House and Senate–are up for election. Since the last election, redistricting has changed the political landscape, see PDF files (above right) concerning Forsyth County.

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Forsyth County is represented in House Districts 24, 25 and 26 and Senate District 27.

Forsyth County is in the Seventh and Ninth Congressional Districts of Georgia for the U.S. House of Representatives.

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The elections include general nonpartisan elections, party primaries and local elections. Nonpartisan state offices include offices of the Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of Court of Appeals and Judge of Superior Court. 

Filing fees in Forsyth County for county offices are:

  • State Court Judge, $4,139.68
  • Forsyth County Solicitor General, $3,685.57
  • Forsyth County Sheriff, $2,510.87
  • Forsyth County Probate Judge, $2,320.33
  • Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court, $2,320.33
  • Forsyth County Tax Commissioner, $2,320.33
  • Forsyth County Chief Magistrate, $2,320.33
  • Forsyth County Coroner, $1,312.02
  • Forsyth County Commissioner District 2, $1,047.02
  • Forsyth County Commissioner District 4, $1,047.02
  • Forsyth County Commissioner District 5, $1,047.02
  • Forsyth County Board of Education, District 3, $36
  • Forsyth County Board of Education, District 4, $36
  • Forsyth County Board of Education, District 5, $36

The qualifying fees for the 2012 County Elections were set during the regular meeting of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 10, 2012.

For more information on qualifying, visit the Secretary of State’s Web site. Or visit that office's My Voter Page for individual voter information. For additional information on political party qualifying, please contact the Georgia Republican Party, or the Democratic Party of Georgia.


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