When is the Special Election?

Update: Bert Brantley from the Governor's press office responded to my inquiry and said that the governor's office is not yet ready to issue the writ of election because it is trying to determine to possibility of packaging the special election with some other election.
"Every local government is experiencing tough budget times and we certainly don't want to exacerbate that fact," he said.
And although that is certainly commendable--especially with estimates of the cost of a special election weighing in at about 125% to 150% percent of my annual pay (I'll let youse who are paying attention calculate those figures...and no, I'm not salaried.)--a close read of the law below almost certainly rules out the possibility of combining the election with the municipal elections to be held this November.


I'm wasting phone calls today attempting to get the governor's office to tell me whether they have issued a writ of elections for Bobby Parham's seat in the state House of Representatives.
Figuring that since Parham resigned his seat in the House on April 15, and according to Georgia Law, the governor has 10 days from the vacancy to issue the writ, the writ should be issued any day now.
Calls to the Secretary of State's office informed me that they have not received it yet. Assuming that it is 10 business days and not calendar days--and state government offices were closed yesterday for Confederate Memorial Day--I guess it should be issued by Thursday.
For those who care--and since I can't link you to my special elections story because it didn't make the Internet--here is a copy of the Georgia Law concerning special elections:

§ 21-2-544. Special election for General Assembly vacancy


Whenever a vacancy shall occur or exist in either house of the General Assembly during a session of the General Assembly or whenever such vacancy shall occur or exist at a time when the members of the General Assembly shall be required to meet, at any time previous to the next November election, the Governor shall issue, within ten days after the occurrence of such vacancy, or after the calling of an extraordinary session of the General Assembly during the existence of such vacancy, a writ of election to the Secretary of State for a special election to fill such vacancy, which election shall be held on the date named in the writ, which shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after its issuance. Upon receiving the writ of election from the Governor, the Secretary of State shall then transmit the writ of election to the superintendent of each county involved and shall publish the call of the election. In all other cases any such special election to fill any such vacancy shall be held if the Governor issues his or her writ of election therefor. In such cases the writ of election shall be issued to the Secretary of State who shall transmit the writ of election to the superintendent of each county involved and shall publish the call of the election.