Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

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A newly-introduced bipartisan bill, HB 200, would allow cities to adopt and use instant-runoff voting for municipal elections. The bill gets its first subcommittee hearing this Tuesday.

From the AJC:

“This is a starting point as a test if cities want to do it,” said state Rep. Joseph Gullett, a Republican from Dallas who introduced House Bill 200 on Wednesday. “If they’re successful at it, we’ll have an idea what this could look like in the state of Georgia. If it’s a terrible process, we’ll know that, too.”

About 58% of Georgia voters supported eliminating runoffs after general elections, making the candidate who receives the most votes the winner, according to a poll last month by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Several cities have proposed ranked-choice voting for municipal elections, including Atlanta and Woodstock, Gullett said.

So far, no bills have been proposed to adjust the runoff threshold or eliminate runoffs at the state level.

Well the bill was not discussed in subcommittee today; we'll see how the bill proceeds.

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Well, the Democrats have introduced legislation (HB 419) to reduce the threshold to avoid a runoff from 50% to 45%. Unlike the bipartisan "let cities run IRV elections if they wish" bill (HB 200) I mentioned earlier, this bill solely has Democratic cosponsors.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Attorney General Chris Carr has told state Republicans that he plans to run for governor in 2026.

[Sir Mohamed]

Attorney General Chris Carr has told state Republicans that he plans to run for governor in 2026.

If Biden is still in the WH, he'd have a good shot, I guess? Even with Ossoff winning reelection.

[Del Tachi]

Attorney General Chris Carr has told state Republicans that he plans to run for governor in 2026.

Expected move.

Endorsed! xDelTachi

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Attorney General Chris Carr has told state Republicans that he plans to run for governor in 2026.

If Biden is still in the WH, he'd have a good shot, I guess? Even with Ossoff winning reelection.

I have an inkling Georgia could be a state where democrats win federal elections for a decade while on the state level they struggle to win statewide office. If you told me the next democratic governor of Georgia was elected in 2030 I’d believe you

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The 11th Circuit overturned a court ruling mandating that Public Service Commission seats be elected on a district basis, so (barring an appeal to SCOTUS and an unlikely reversal of the 11th Circuit) PSC seats will continue to be elected statewide.

As the article points out, it's possible that GA voters will have three PSC elections on the ballot next year - the one seat originally scheduled for 2024 and the seats that were up in 2022 (before those elections were cancelled). If that ends up being the case, this would mean that the Dems could win a PSC majority if they swept the races - the current PSC is a GOP monopoly, and has been since 2006 - but I find that incredibly unlikely. PSC races don't get a lot of attention, and downballot lag and incumbency goes really far once you get that far down the ballot.

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The headlines write themselves if he loses: "Carr Crashes."