Bill Advances To Add Primaries For Georgia Special Elections – But Not Until Next Year

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February 19th, 2020

Pushing the effective date for the reform to next year would mean the November special election for Kelly Loeffler’s Senate seat will still take the form of a so-called “jungle primary.” Loeffler is likely to be on the ballot with a fellow Republican, Congressman Doug Collins, and several Democratic challengers.

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The November special Senate election for Kelly Loeffler’s seat will still happen without any party primaries. But state lawmakers are moving forward with plans to change that system starting next year.

House Bill 757 adds party primaries to Georgia special elections. Currently, those elections happen on one ballot, without primaries. When the bill was originally introduced last month, Gov. Brian Kemp threatened to veto it. He likened it to changing the rules in the middle of a game as campaigns for the seat had already started.

Pushing the effective date for the reform to next year was enough to garner the support of the majority of the House Government Affairs committee on Tuesday.

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