Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is calling for the state’s primaries to be pushed back again.
The Georgia presidential primary, originally scheduled for March 24, has already been delayed until May 19 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The May ballot will also include local and legislative primary races.
In a letter Thursday to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Ralston, a Republican from Blue Ridge, writes that “pushing back the primary a month or more gives us more time to allow the situation to improve so that voters can vote in the manner in which they are most familiar.”
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