ATLANTA — A bill introduced in the Georgia House would allow cities to hold elections with ranked-choice voting, eliminating runoffs at the local level.
The bipartisan proposal wouldn’t end runoffs in statewide elections in Georgia, the only state in the nation that requires runoffs after both primary and general elections in which no candidate wins a majority.
Runoffs for U.S. Senate races in the 2020 and 2022 election cycles resulted in wins for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
