Secretary of state calls for end of Georgia election runoffs

ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has called on the Georgia General Assembly to eliminate General Election Runoffs in the state.

“Georgia is one of the only states in the country with a general election runoff,” Raffensperger said in a news release. “We’re also one of the only states that always seems to have a runoff. I’m calling on the General Assembly to visit the topic of the general election runoff and consider reforms.”

The General Assembly convenes in January and could select from a wide range of options to address this topic to help further the goal of safe, secure and efficient elections.

“No one wants to be dealing with politics in the middle of their family holiday,” Raffensperger said. “It’s even tougher on the counties who had a difficult time completing all of their deadlines, an election audit and executing a runoff in a four-week time period.”

Georgia’s 2022 midterms shattered previous turnout records and achieved a high level of access for Georgia voters.