New Story on Macon, the Only City in Georgia with Partisan City Elections

According to this article, Macon, Georgia, is the only city in Georgia with partisan city elections. The city is holding partisan primaries for city office this month, but there is no Republican primary ballot because there are no Republican primary contests. The article suggests that voters who wish to vote for city office must therefore choose a Democratic primary ballot, but of course any voter is free to vote for anyone for city office in the 2011 general election.~

As the article points out, the Macon primary for city office is simultaneous with two special legislative elections. Georgia special legislative elections are non-partisan (although party labels are on the ballot), so the juxtaposition in Macon this year is especially odd, since all voters get the same ballot for the legislative elections.


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