{"id":526940,"date":"2022-12-14T18:15:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/raffensperger-calls-on-georgia-to-end-runoff-elections\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T18:15:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:15:18","slug":"raffensperger-calls-on-georgia-to-end-runoff-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/raffensperger-calls-on-georgia-to-end-runoff-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"#Raffensperger calls on Georgia to end runoff elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a34fc2d97\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a34fc2d97\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/raffensperger-calls-on-georgia-to-end-runoff-elections\/#Raffensperger_calls_on_Georgia_to_end_runoff_elections\" >Raffensperger calls on Georgia to end runoff elections<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Raffensperger_calls_on_Georgia_to_end_runoff_elections\"><\/span>Raffensperger calls on Georgia to end runoff elections<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/raffenspergerbrad_062122pa4_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling on legislators to do away with the state\u2019s runoff system for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> elections, arguing that the process places too heavy a burden on voters and election officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorgia is one of the only states in [the] country with a General Election Runoff,\u201d Raffensperger, a Republican, said in a statement Wednesday. \u201cWe\u2019re also one of the only states that always seems to have a runoff. I\u2019m calling on the General Assembly to visit the topic of the General Election Runoff and consider reforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>His comments came just over a week after Georgia held its second Senate runoff election in less than two years. That race saw Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) defeat Republican Herschel Walker, adding one more seat to Democrats\u2019 Senate majority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>State law currently requires a candidate to receive more than 50 percent of the vote in a general election to win outright. If no candidate hits that threshold, the race heads to a runoff between the top two vote-getters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a relatively unusual system. Only one other state, Louisiana, requires runoffs when no candidate receives a majority of the vote. In most other states, candidates only needs to win a plurality of the vote to clinch victory, while Maine and Alaska rely on ranked-choice voting to decide elections.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s runoff election system became even more demanding under a new law put into place last year that significantly shortened the runoff period from nine weeks to just four weeks \u2014 a time frame that ran through the Thanksgiving holiday season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Raffensperger said that the state\u2019s general election runoff system was simply too demanding and put undue pressure on county officials and voters, especially during the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants to be dealing with politics in the middle of their family holiday,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s 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.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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