Georgia Legislature Passes Bill Removing Public Service Commissioner Election from the November 2024 Ballot

On April 1, the Georgia legislature passed HB 1312, which postpones the statewide partisan election for Public Service Commission from November 2024 to a special election in 2025. This is a severe blow to the Georgia Libertarian Party, because without this bill, Public Service Commissioner and President would have been the only statewide offices on the November 2024 ballot. A party must poll a number of votes for any statewide race equal to 1% of the number of registered voters, every two years, in order to stay on the ballot for statewide offices.

If Governor Brian Kemp signs this bill, President will be the only statewide office on the November 2024 ballot, and unless the Libertarian presidential nominee does exceptionally well in Georgia, the party will lose its qualified status (which only exists for all the statewide offices, but not district offices). Only in 2016 did the Libertarian Party poll enough votes for president to meet the vote test.

Consumer groups are angered by the bill and are hoping to persuade the Governor to veto the bill.


Comments

Georgia Legislature Passes Bill Removing Public Service Commissioner Election from the November 2024 Ballot — 10 Comments

  1. 1% for president is a very reasonable requirement.

  2. It isn’t 1% of the vote for president; it is 1% of the number of registered voters, which is usually about 1.5% of the presidential vote in presidential years, and about 2% in midterm years.

  3. How much would they actually lose? The presidential petition is a lot easier than it used to be, and district petitions are still prohibitive, correct?

  4. WHAT BALLOT ACCESS LAWYERS IN ANY STATE HAVE NOTED 1954 BROWN V BD OF ED –

    SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL —-

    RE THE SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL BALLOT ACCESS LAWS FOR PARTISAN OFFICES IN ALL STATES.
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    SOME ADDED ELECTION METHODS SINCE 1776 PLURALITY/MINORITY —–

    RCV
    APPV
    CONDORCET (RCV DONE RIGHT)

  5. It’s harder to see the legitimate questions being asked because of the troll bot and its endless all caps spamming of nonsense.

  6. The bot still doesn’t realize Brown has nothing to do with this. No wonder Thomas W Jones lost every case.

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