Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called for an end to two-round runoff elections, after Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker lost to Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.
, wherein voters rank all the candidates on a ballot for a particular race. If no candidate receives a majority vote in the first round, the candidate with the least amount of votes is removed from the count and their votes go to voters’ second choice, with the process repeating until someone receives a majority.
The spokesperson for Raffensperger also suggested that the state could lower the threshold a candidate needs to win office — instead of requiring a majority, the state could require a high plurality of votes, . Another option could be eliminating third-party candidates from automatic ballot access, the spokesperson suggested.dilutes the voting power of residents from marginalized communities
by requiring them to come to the polls twice in order to support their preferred candidate. Indeed, when the runoff system was originally introduced,Some voting rights advocates have questioned Raffensperger’s intentions, as his comments come weeks after Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker lost to Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock.
“Raffensperger was fine with run-offs when the GOP used them as a racist tool to disenfranchise Black voters. He supported shortening the time period 2021 — when it looked like it would help the GOP win. Now that Warnock won, he wants them ended,”Still, some election officials agreed that the process of holding two elections so close together is burdensome for voters.
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