As Georgia endures its second high-profile Senate runoff cycle in two years, there's a movement afoot to get rid of them.
As Georgia endures its second high-profile Senate runoff cycle in two years, there's a movement afoot to get rid of them.A nonpartisan coalition of groups released a new digital ad to push for changes to Georgia's general election runoff system, arguing an instant runoff ballot would avoid costly overtime elections — and the attack ads that come with them.Catch up quick:
In instant runoffs, a voter ranks candidates in preference order. Then, in the instance that one candidate doesn't receive more than 50% of the vote, secondary preferences would be considered to determine a majority winner — without holding another election.Advocates argue that changing the system would save taxpayer money and make for a bigger electorate given lower turnout runoffs.
They also argue the change could make campaigns less divisive and negative since candidates will be trying to appeal as voters’ second or third choices as well.The proposed "instant runoff" system is similar to states including Maine and much of Utah, but is different from the open primary, ranked-choice system Alaska recently adopted — which saw a Democrat defeat two Republicans earlier this fall.
Plus, researchers found that turnout "unequivocally" drops during most runoffs, calling into question the theoretical purpose of these overtime elections: that they yield a more democratic decision by a majority of voters.Bill Bozarth, a board member of a group in the coalition, Better Ballot Georgia, argues ranking candidates is "a way of addressing the great political divide.
“It provides a way where we get people running for office who are willing to be more moderate, more compromising, trying to find solutions,” he told Axios.
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