Still earlyI know you're a mod, but you really deserve a neg train.
But if I’m wrong I’ll happily take the negs
Still earlyI know you're a mod, but you really deserve a neg train.
This isn’t a red wave
Red wave over lmaoo
Wow.its because of historically racist electoral laws
In 1963, state representative Denmark Groover from Macon introduced a proposal to apply majority-vote, runoff election rules to all local, state, and federal offices. A staunch segregationist, Groover’s hostility to black voting was reinforced by personal experience. Having served as a state representative in the early 1950s, Groover was defeated for election to the House in 1958. The Macon politico blamed his loss on “Negro bloc voting.” He carried the white vote, but his opponent triumphed by garnering black ballots by a five-to-one margin.
Groover soon devised a way to challenge growing black political strength. Elected to the House again in 1962, he led the fight to enact a majority vote, runoff rule for all county and state contests in both primary and general elections. Until 1963, plurality voting was widely used in Georgia county elections...
Why Georgia has runoff elections
Racist lawmakers built Georgia’s election system, and now it’s affecting the balance of the Senate.www.vox.com
Let me know when you ready to start itI know you're a mod, but you really deserve a neg train.
It does look like the crazies are now in elected office.her caucus may be the biggest winner of the night
we get constantly reminded of how dumb people are in this country. the people that voted for himChuck Grassley going to be 95 when his next term ends.
*birdman hand rub*Still early
But if I’m wrong I’ll happily take the negs
good ole byproduct of segregation to avoid black folks bloc voting back in the day (I think it was briefly repealed in the early aughts and the GOP brought it back when they seized the state legislature)I don't understand why run-offs are done in Georgia races to begin with. Maybe someone can educate me on this.