Fox5 (video): State lawmaker proposes changes to Georgia Runoff Threshold

New bill would change state's runoff election law

"We have too many elections here in Georgia," said state Rep. Saira Draper, D-Atlanta.

This week Rep. Draper filed a bill that would lower the threshold to avoid a runoff to 45%.

"Basically what it accounts for is that so-called spoiler candidate—that candidate that is going to get one or two percent of the vote that doesn't represent the values of the people—but again, it prevents any one candidate from getting 50%," Rep. Draper explained.

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