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Elections in Georgia (U.S. state)

Elections in Georgia are held to fill various state and federal seats. Regular elections are held every even year. The positions being decided each year varies, as the terms of office varies. The State Senate, State House and U.S. House will typically be up for election, as all of those positions have two-year terms. Special elections are held to fill vacated offices. Georgia is one of seven states that require a run-off election if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in a primary election.[1] Uniquely, Georgia requires a run-off election for state and congressional offices if no candidate wins a majority of the vote in a general election; only Louisiana has a similar requirement, but it operates under a different election system.[2]

In a ranking of U.S. states by electoral integrity by PEI electoral integrity project conducted in 2018,[3] Georgia ranked 51st among all U.S. states and District of Columbia. While all other states' electoral integrity was valued at very high, high or moderate- Georgia was the only state in the rankings to be designated as a state with low electoral integrity. It scored 49 out of 100 in the PEI index, getting lowest marks in voting boundaries (18 out of 100) and the highest in Party and candidate registration (67 out of 100).[4]


In a 2020 study, Georgia was ranked as the second most difficult state for citizens to vote in.[5]

Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)

United States presidential elections in Georgia

2010 United States Senate election in Georgia

2010 Georgia gubernatorial election

1998 Georgia gubernatorial election

2008 United States Senate election in Georgia

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

Government of Georgia (U.S. state)

Politics of Georgia (U.S. state)

Women's suffrage in Georgia (U.S. state)

2018 Georgia state elections

2020 Georgia state elections

Atlas of U.S. Elections

, Cnn.com, September 2, 2020

"Georgia likely removed nearly 200k from voter rolls wrongfully, report says"

at the Georgia Secretary of State official website

Elections

at Ballotpedia

Georgia

, SaveMyVote2020.org, Los Angeles, CA: Palast Investigative Fund, Check if you have been purged from the Georgia voter rolls

"Georgia 2020 Purge List"

of the American Library Association, "Georgia", Voting & Elections Toolkits

Government Documents Round Table

. 5 January 2018. (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

"League of Women Voters of Georgia"

National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, , OpenSecrets. (Also: 1995 & 1996, 1997 & 1998, 1999 & 2000, 2001 & 2002, 2003 & 2004, 2005 & 2006, 2007 & 2008, 2009 & 2010, 2011 & 2012, 2013 & 2014, 2015 & 2016, 2017 & 2018).

"Georgia 2019 & 2020 Elections"

. Assorted materials related to Georgia elections

Digital Public Library of America

, Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020

"State Elections Legislation Database"