On March 21, the Georgia House passed HB 487. It moves the presidential primary from March to February 5.
The bill also changes the percentage of the vote needed in general elections to get elected (for Congressional elections and state office). Current Georgia law requires 50%; the bill lowers that to 45%. Georgia is the only state that requires congressional candidates to poll a specified percentage of the vote in the general election (a run-off between the top two is held if no one polls the required percentage in November).
The Georgia bill doesn’t apply to local elections? A couple of years ago, a Georgia Libertarian won a runoff general election for a county office. He later switched to the Republicans.
Since 1978, Louisiana has required 50%-plus to be elected to Congress, but next year the Bayou State is restoring party primaries for Congress, with only a plurality needed to win the general election. The state is keeping nonpartisan elections for state and local offices, however.