>now republicans wanna get rid of runoffs entirely lol.
>
>https://twitter.com/JustinGrayWSB/status/1600223289829249025
>https://twitter.com/JustinGrayWSB/status/1600238024045969408
>
>runoffs were initially installed during jim crow to unify
>white voters and suppress black ones.
>
>then when dems started winning in ga recently...republicans
>changed elections laws so that the lead up from the general to
>the runoff was cut from 9 weeks to 4 weeks. that shortened
>the time for mail and early voting...two voting methods that
>dems prefer much more than repubs.
>
>mind you...they also made requesting/approving mail ballots
>harder and cut the amount of county ballot dropboxes...most
>dramatically in blue urban/suburban counties.
>
>but the dem coalition in ga (and much of the nation) is
>changing to include the types of voters that show up
>consistently in lower turnout elections (suburban, college
>educated, news consumers, etc). so during these past 2
>runoffs (which are lower turnout than the general)...dems have
>actually *increased* their margins over the general regardless
>(testament to the dem ground operation in ga right now).
>
>so now repubs wanna scrap runoffs and try to live with just
>the general elections. theyre even talking about doing shit
>like instant runoff/ranked choice (probably because they think
>they can consolidate some votes from independent/libertarian
>candidates).
>
>just shameless and blatant at this point.

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