We have an election coming up pretty soon, and if you don't know where your voting place is going to be, and if you don't know which races you will be voting on ... well, let me put it this way: the odds are you are in for a big surprise. You see, the Georgia legislature did a redistricting job on Georgia, and even the Democrats will tell you they broke up the state to favor Democrat candidates. And if you don't think they literally broke up the state, get a map for statehouse members - for instance - and look at it.
The July 20 election, of course, is the primary. You will declare yourself a Democrat or a Republican. You will vote in one party's election or the other, but not both. The winners of this election will become their party's nominees in the November general election. But the fact is a lot of elections, especially in local elections, are going to be decided in the primary. The reason is this: no Democrats are running for a lot of local offices - only Republicans - so whichever candidate wins the July primary will be unopposed in the general election. The winner of the primary in those races will automatically take office.
Anyway, thanks to the General Assembly's Democrats, it is a mess. Let me urge you, first, to find out where you are going to vote. It may well be different from where you have been voting the past 10 years. And let me suggest you find out what races you will be voting on, and who you will be voting for. But most of all, don't let this gerrymandering foolishness discourage you. Fool the good-old-boys. Go vote anyway.
This is Gordon Sawyer, and may the wind always be at your back.
Monday
August 4th, 2025
8:27AM
