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GATHERCOAL v. PURCELL

Nos. S99A0050, S99X0053, S99X0054.

517 S.E.2d 780 (1999)

271 Ga. 26

GATHERCOAL v. PURCELL et al. Purcell et al. v. Gathercoal et al. Muise v. Gathercoal et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peevy & Lancaster, Donn M. Peevy, Gregory W. Lancaster, Lawrenceville, Barnes, Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, George T. Smith, Marietta, for Gathercoal.

Chandler & Britt, Walter M. Britt, Deborah F. Weiss, Buford, Troutman Sanders, Charles F. Palmer, Norman L. Underwood, Atlanta, for Purcell and Muise.

Emily M. Lewy, Dahlonega, amicus curiae.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

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...

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