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Opposes standardized testing, saying "[w]e're spending more money than ever, administering more tests, assigning more homework, requiring more hours, and none of it has improved outcomes."

Supports more funding for private schools.

Plans to "remove mandated or banned curriculums"

- Opposes standardized testing, saying "[w]e're spending more money than ever, administering more tests, assigning more homework, requiring more hours, and none of it has improved outcomes."
- Supports more funding for private schools. 
- Plans to "remove mandated or banned curriculums"

Education

Supports decriminalizing drug possession and legalizing marijuana.

Believes in a "reprioritization of the duties of our police force," creating "peace officers who are tasked with protecting and serving their communities"

- Supports decriminalizing drug possession and legalizing marijuana.
- Plans to end civil asset forfeiture 
- Opposes the militarization of police
- Believes in a "reprioritization of the duties of our police force," creating "peace officers who are tasked with protecting and serving their communities"

Public Safety

Healthcare

As of October 24, 2022, Ryan Graham did not have a website or any information online.

Economy

Supports ranked-choice voting and replacing voting machines with hand-marked paper ballots.

Said, "[i]f independents and minor parties are not actively blocked from ballots...more people could actually vote for someone who represents them and not just against the other guy."

Supports "instant runoff voting" and hand-marked paper ballots

- Supports ranked-choice voting and replacing voting machines with hand-marked paper ballots. 
- Said, "[i]f independents and minor parties are not actively blocked from ballots...more people could actually vote for someone who represents them and not just against the other guy."
- Supports same day voter registration
- Supports "instant runoff voting" and hand-marked paper ballots

Voting & Elections

Ryan Graham

Wants to make investments in funding for students, teachers, and "other critical educational improvements."

Plans to use more taxpayer money to fund private schools.

Wants to prioritize vocational and technical education to expand the workforce and train students for higher paying jobs.

Wants to ban education about race and racism in schools. Instead, he calls for "more civics-based education that focuses on unity and an understanding of our country’s founding principles."

- Wants to make investments in funding for students, teachers, and "other critical educational improvements."
- Plans to use more taxpayer money to fund private schools. 
- Wants to prioritize vocational and technical education to expand the workforce and train students for higher paying jobs.
- Wants to ban education about race and racism in schools. Instead, he calls for "more civics-based education that focuses on unity and an understanding of our country’s founding principles."

Wants more money and better benefits for the police.

Supports increasing penalties for sex traffickers, gang members and repeat offenders.

- Wants more money and better benefits for the police.
- Supports increasing penalties for sex traffickers, gang members and repeat offenders.

Jones County News

As a Senator, he voted in favor of SB 258, which allowed individuals to receive tax credits for donating to rural hospitals in Georgia.

As a Senator, he said, "Telehealth has become a vital piece of the healthcare puzzle and we need to expand on the progress that has been made during the pandemic. We need to in-vest in broadband and other infrastructure that will enable telehealth and telemedicine to expand in our communities where access to healthcare is minimal or not in existence."

- As a Senator, he voted in favor of SB 258, which allowed individuals to receive tax credits for donating to rural hospitals in Georgia.
- As a Senator, he said, "Telehealth has become a vital piece of the healthcare puzzle and we need to expand on the progress that has been made during the pandemic. We need to in-vest in broadband and other infrastructure that will enable telehealth and telemedicine to expand in our communities where access to healthcare is minimal or not in existence."

Supports reducing permitting and licensing process to support small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Supports funding and grants for vocational & technical education.

Wants to cut fees and regulations on businesses.

- Supports reducing permitting and licensing process to support small businesses and entrepreneurs. 
- Wants to lower income taxes. 
- Supports funding and grants for vocational & technical education.
- Wants to cut fees and regulations on businesses.

Calls for a "[f]ull, statewide investigation into the numerous documented irregularities in the 2020 elections in Georgia

Wants to ensure SB 202, which restricted access to voting, is fully implemented and being enforced.

Supports increased resources for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate and act on potential voter fraud.

- Calls for a "[f]ull, statewide investigation into the numerous documented irregularities in the 2020 elections in Georgia
- Wants to ensure SB 202, which restricted access to voting, is fully implemented and being enforced.
- Supports increased resources for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate and act on potential voter fraud.

Burt Jones

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Plans to increase funding for schools, reduce class sizes, and raise teacher salaries.

- Plans to increase funding for schools, reduce class sizes, and raise teacher salaries.

Wants to improve public agency screening tools to improve recruitment capabilities.

Plans to fund policies that will "ensure that our law enforcement training will keep citizens and law enforcement officers safe and that officers will treat everyone they meet with the respect they deserve."

Wants to fund the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s state crime lab to help process backlogged sexual assault kits and ballistics tests.

- Supports more funding for the police. 
- Wants to improve public agency screening tools to improve recruitment capabilities.
- Plans to fund policies that will "ensure that our law enforcement training will keep citizens and law enforcement officers safe and that officers will treat everyone they meet with the respect they deserve."
- Wants to fund the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s state crime lab to help process backlogged sexual assault kits and ballistics tests.

As of October 24, 2022, Charlie Bailey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Charlie Bailey

- The Lieutenant Governor (Lt. Governor for short) is similar to the Vice President of the United States. If the Governor is incapacitated for any reason, the Lt. Governor takes over their powers until the Governor recovers or the term ends.
- The Lt. Governor influences which new laws get passed by using their role as the President of the State Senate. They work with advocates to introduce legislation and assist in the selection of which bills go up for debate.
- The Lt. Governor oversees debate in the State Senate, guiding the discussion of legislation and casting tie-breaking votes when necessary. 
- The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years in midterm election years (e.g. 2022, 2026, 2030). Unlike the Governor, the Lt. Governor is not subject to term limits and can run an unlimited number of times.

The second highest elected official in the state and President of the State Senate