Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Georgia Political Party Advisory Questions (June 2020)
| Georgia Political Party Advisory Questions | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Advisory questions |
| Origin | Democratic Party of Georgia and Republican Party of Georgia |
The Republican Party and Democratic Party placed nonbinding advisory questions on the June 9, 2020 statewide primary ballots. Republican ballots featured three questions, and Democratic ballots featured six questions.[1]
The Democratic and Republican primaries were open, meaning all voters were able to vote in the election.
Click here to learn more about Georgia's elections in 2020.
Overview
What is an advisory question?
- See also: Advisory question
An advisory question is a type of ballot measure in which citizens vote on a non-binding question. The largest difference between an advisory vote and any other type of ballot measure is that the outcome of the ballot question will not result in a new, changed, or rejected law or constitutional amendment. Rather, the advisory question symbolically makes heard the general opinion of the voting population in regard to the issue at hand. Political parties place nonbinding questions on ballots to gauge voters' priorities.
Republican Party questions
The Georgia Republican Party placed three nonbinding propositions on the June 9 statewide primary ballot.[1]
Question 1
Question 1 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should Georgia lawmakers expand educational options by allowing a student’s state education dollars to follow to the school that best fits their needs, whether that is public, private, magnet, charter, virtual or homeschool?[3] | ” |
| Republican Party Question 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 755,547 | 73.14% | ||
| No | 277,530 | 26.86% | ||
Question 2
Question 2 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should voting in the Republican Primary be limited to voters who have registered as Republicans?[3] | ” |
| Republican Party Question 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 535,809 | 51.78% | ||
| Yes | 498,937 | 48.22% | ||
Question 3
Question 3 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should candidates for Board of Education be required to declare their political party?[3] | ” |
| Republican Party Question 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 681,907 | 65.76% | ||
| No | 355,098 | 34.24% | ||
Democratic Party questions
The Georgia Democratic Party placed six nonbinding propositions on the June 9 statewide primary ballot.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Question 1
Question 1 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should Georgians work to stop climate change and listen to the scientific community, which recommends immediate action to combat this serious threat to our planet?[3] | ” |
| Democratic Party Question 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,100,825 | 91.38% | ||
| No | 103,848 | 8.62% | ||
Question 2
Question 2 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should Georgia enact basic standards to protect our environment from wasteful plastic items that pollute our state?[3] | ” |
| Democratic Party Question 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,167,701 | 96.62% | ||
| No | 40,802 | 3.38% | ||
Question 3
Question 3 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should every eligible Georgian be allowed to register to vote on Election Day to make sure everyone can exercise their right to vote?[3] | ” |
| Democratic Party Question 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,143,976 | 94.33% | ||
| No | 68,773 | 5.67% | ||
Question 4
Question 4 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should Georgia take partisanship out of the redistricting process and have an independent commission draw district lines instead of politicians?.[3] | ” |
| Democratic Party Question 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,041,118 | 87.64% | ||
| No | 146,885 | 12.36% | ||
Question 5
Question 5 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should our criminal justice system end the discriminatory cash bail system that allows the wealthy to buy their way out of jail while disadvantaging lower-income Georgians?[3] | ” |
| Democratic Party Question 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,025,250 | 85.41% | ||
| No | 175,070 | 14.59% | ||
Question 6
Question 6 was as follows:[1][2]
| “ | Should every Georgian that has served their sentence for a crime they committed be allowed to have their voting rights restored?[3] | ” |
| Democratic Party Question 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,123,520 | 93.15% | ||
| No | 82,654 | 6.85% | ||
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 DeKalb County, Georgia, "Official Republican and Democratic sample ballots," accessed April 29, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Georgia Secretary of State, "June 9, 2020 election results," accessed July 1, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
.svg.png){kind=small} |
State of Georgia Atlanta (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
