Gathercoal v. Purcell
Gathercoal v. Purcell
Opinion of the Court
Alan Gathercoal appeals the denial of his petition for mandamus to have his name placed on the ballot as an independent candidate for district 2 of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners. Because the elections board correctly disqualified signatures that appeared on pages notarized by a circulator, we affirm.
1. The elections board found that 3,344 of the 4,511 signatures on Gathercoal’s petition were on pages that were notarized by a circulator in violation of Poppell v. Lanier.
2. We recently reaffirmed Poppell in Lewy v. Beazley.
3. The errors raised by the cross-appeals are moot and need not be addressed.
Judgment affirmed.
264 Ga. 473 (448 SE2d 194) (1994).
270 Ga. 11 (507 SE2d 721) (1998).
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