Bill for local elections in even-numbered years passes Senate

ATLANTA - House Bill 310 passed the Georgia State Senate by substitute today by a vote of 38 to 15.

The bill substitute would revise the schedule of state and local candidate elections to correspond with federal candidate elections dates, and was carried by Sen. Butch Miller.

Senator Miller also serves as chairman of the Senate Majority Caucus.

"Keeping two separate election calendars is not only impractical