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DEL.ICIO.USJust possibly, the Legislature approved a Feb. 5 presidential primary
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Today is Confederate Memorial Day, which means a state holiday, which means there’s no one at the state Capitol to sort out what bills passed and what didn’t in the final, pre-brawl hours of the state Legislature.
We know that H.B. 487 was given final passage by the state Senate. This was the original bill to have the ‘08 presidential primary moved to Feb. 5, and would be Georgia’s contribution to the longest race for the White House in history.
The Senate did strip away a House provision that would have lowered what it takes to win a contest to a plurality of 45 percent — so the bill was sent back to the House for final approval, which — so far as we can tell — never occurred.
However, late Friday, the House did attach the Feb. 5 primary provision to S.B. 194, another elections bill, and sent that bill back to the Senate for an agree vote, which the record indicates did take place.
But if you click on the final version of the bill, it shows no sign of the language the House attached. That may be a matter of the Senate clerk’s office catching up. We think it is. But we don’t know.
We’re open to anyone who can clarify — Jerry Keen, are you out there? It was your bill.
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By Keith
April 23, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this
I can tell you that moving the Presidential primary up was included in the Rules substitute to SB 194. Since the Senate agreed to the changes to SB 194, we do now have it and it should be updated once the staff gets back.