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Georgia's runoff elections have segregationist roots - Velshi - MS NOW
The race to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s vacated seat in Congress heads for a runoff vote. That’s because not one of the 17 candidates running got more than 50% of the vote. Georgia’s minimum threshold rule for elections has segregationist roots that were designed to keep Black candidates from public office. - Aired on 03/15/2026.