Runoffs targeted in latest effort to tweak Georgia elections
Another prolonged and contentious election year in Georgia has legislators considering whether to kill off runoffs once and for all.
Georgia’s unusual system of requiring a runoff whenever candidates fall short of a majority could be changed by the Republican-run General Assembly during this year’s legislative session after a third straight runoff win by Democrats last month, when U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Herschel Walker.
