ATLANTA — Election Day has come and gone for most of us in Georgia, but a few still have one last trip to the polls before the year ends.
Why is Georgia this way? Here, candidates must not only get the most votes, but must cross the 50% + 1 vote threshold to be declared the winner. If that doesn't happen, the top two candidates square off again in a runoff. In most states, the candidate with a plurality of votes is declared the winner.
RELATED: Georgia's runoffs were created during the era of a segregated South | History of the voting process
Early voting for this year's runoff election will begin no later than Nov. 27, according to state officials. The actual runoff election day will be on Dec. 3.
Atlanta City Council Post 3
- Nikki Evans Jones
- Eshe Collins
East Point Council Ward B
- Jermaine Wright
- Shean Atkins
DeKalb County Commission District 3
- Nicole Massiah
- Andrew Bell
DeKalb County Commission District 7
- Jacqueline Adams
- LaDena Bolton
Doraville City Council District 1, Post 2
- Andy Yeomen
- Taylor Ray
Henry County Commission District 4
- Michael Price
- Vivian Thomas
Mulberry City Council District 5
- Doug Ingram
- Michele Sims
For Mulberry's City Council District 5 results, click here and scroll to the section "For City Council Member- District 5," to see the results. You can also see the full list of results from Georgia's 2024 elections, by clicking here.
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