This month, Georgia lawmakers considered new legislation that could affect the future of runoff elections in the state.

Since the 1960s, Georgia’s majority voting law has required that a candidate get more than 50 percent of the vote in order to be declared the winner, even if there is a clear winner. This makes it more difficult for any minority group in the population to elect leaders who represent them — disproportionately affecting Black and brown voters.

In the past two elections alone the entire country has collectively watched two runoff elections in the Peach State determine the future of Congress. This runoff rule is a relic of the Jim Crow-era and exists to uphold white supremacy — and ending it will help ensure that the will of majority voters is upheld.

We want to know that there is strong support across the country for ending runoffs in Georgia. Please add your name if you agree that Georgia lawmakers should eliminate this racist voting practice.

Runoffs are a form of racist voter suppression — period.

The former Georgia representative who first introduced the idea of runoff elections said it himself: “I was a segregationist…if you want to establish if I was racially prejudiced, I was. If you want to establish that some of my political activity was racially motivated, it was.”

That’s why now that the Georgia legislature has discussed reversing this racist form of voter suppression, Fair Fight Action is ready to pressure lawmakers to revisit these bills in the future.

Please sign your name if you agree that the state of Georgia should listen to the majority of voters and end the racist runoff election process.

Thanks for taking action,

The Fair Fight Action Team