§ 6. Election precincts; hours open; manner of election; absentee voting.

[(a)]

The mayor and city council of Fort Valley shall by ordinances prescribe one or more voting places, or election precincts, within said city, and the polls at every such election shall open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., according to the legal time prevailing in the State of Georgia.

[(b)]

Persons who are qualified to vote in any election held by the City of Fort Valley who, because of physical disability or because of being away from the voting precinct on the date of election, shall apply in writing to the city clerk either in person or by some member of his immediate family for an absentee ballot not more than thirty (30) days nor less than one (1) day prior to the date of the election stating his reason therein for requesting an absentee ballot and it shall be the duty of the clerk then to deliver either in person or by mail a ballot to said applicant to be voted in the same manner as is prescribed by the legislature for absentee voting for the members of the General Assembly of Georgia.

State law reference

Election precincts, O.C.G.A. § 21-2-260; absentee voting, O.C.G.A. § 21-2-380 et seq.; hours of opening and closing polls, O.C.G.A. § 21-2-403.

Editor's note

The time during which polls are open is preempted by the Georgia Election Code (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-1 et seq.). The final sentence of section 6 has been omitted. See editor's note [for] section 3. 1991 Ga. Laws (Act No. 74), page 3701, § 2, purports to delete from section 6 the words "The person or persons receiving the highest number of votes cast at such election for mayor and aldermen, respectively, shall be declared elected."