Rep. Peake Introduces Legislation Allowing Non-partisan Elections of Local Officials

ATLANTA—State Representative Allen Peake (R-Macon) recently pre-filed House Bill 682, which would allow counties to petition their local legislative delegation to make the office of county commissioner, along with other county-wide elected offices, non-partisan. Currently, the only counties where state law allows the offices of the county governing authority to be nonpartisan are Georgia’s seven consolidated governments. Continue reading “Rep. Peake Introduces Legislation Allowing Non-partisan Elections of Local Officials”