Primary elections State Senate
There are 10 districts combined in the
Republican and Democratic Primary that have more than one
candidate in the July 18 Primary election. That means that
there are 110 that do not have a primary election at all.
For those who select a Republican Primary
ballot - 4 districts will have a State Senate contest, 52 will
have one candidate. For those who select a democratic
ballot 6 will have a State Senate contest, 50 will have one
candidate.
So most Georgians (91%) do not have a
State Senate Primary election.
Primary elections State House
There are 45 districts combined in the
Republican and Democratic Primary that have more than one
candidate in the July 18 Primary election. That means that
there are 315 that do not have a primary election at all.
For those who select a Republican Primary
ballot - 22 districts will have a State House contest, 158
will have one candidate. For those who select a
Democratic ballot 23 will have a State House contest, 157 will
have one candidate.
So most Georgians (87.5%) do not have a
State House Primary election.
November elections State Senate:
In the general election in November, 24
districts will have a State Senate contest while 32 will have
one candidate. 57% of Georgians will have one
candidate, 43% will actually have an election and be able to
make a choice.
Regardless of what you the people of
Georgia want or desire in your State Senate for 2007-8, it is
already "mostly" decided
that you will have a minimum of 19 Republicans and a minimum
of 13 Democrats before the first citizen approaches one of our
new electronic, unverifiable voting machines and gives some
candidate the finger.
November elections State House:
In the general election in November, 51
districts will have a State House contest while 129 will have
one candidate. 70% of Georgians will have one
candidate, 30% will actually have an election and be able to
make a choice.
Regardless of what you the people of
Georgia want or desire in your State House for 2007-8, it is
already "mostly" decided
that you will have a minimum of 68 Republicans and a minimum
of 61 Democrats before the first citizen votes.
Mostly?
Some may ask why the above said "mostly?"
The answer is simple, there is some potential that a non
Republican/Democrat may achieve ballot access and win one of
these seats. But the odds are not good:
Even with these dismal levels of
competition, Georgia has the hardest ballot access laws in the
country. Even with 70% of
Georgians facing the prospect of no choice in their State
House election in November, your tax payer dollars are wasted
to keep candidates off the ballot.
How much are you as a tax payer willing
to pay so that a majority of citizens can continue to have "one"
choice?
If you spent much time in the Capitol
this last Session, you would have quickly recognized the level
and extent of special interest influence. It was easy to see
that special interests, the Metro Atlanta Business Chamber,
the large corporations, trade associations, etc. had more
representation than you - the citizens.
When your elected officials face only
themselves in elections, there is not a lot of accountability.
In the commercial world most agree that
competition produces better value in products and services.
Why do we allow questionable politicians to use
our money to eliminate their competition?
Is it any wonder that your legislature
that you pay for:
We hope that you will consider joining us
in our effort to end this abuse of our tax dollars and
political system and let the people decide who they want to
vote for!
To justify this "no competition" policy
they tell you that it is to "protect" you from having
too many candidates on the ballot. The Secretary of State's
office which vigorously enforces these restrictive and
unAmerican laws has more candidates than any other office this
year - 10! Talk about not practicing what they preach!
There is just something American about letting the
people vote!
Single candidate elections mean that your
vote does not count, that election is over before the first
vote is cast! Single candidate elections belong in banana
republics not Georgia.
The Southern Party of Georgia and our
Senate District 51 candidate, Mike Crane, have worked hard,
but to no avail to obtain ballot access reform here in
Georgia.
We believe in MORE political competition
� NOT LESS.
If you would be willing to help either
the Southern Party of Georgia or my campaign, please click
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