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Committee approves measures to make probate and magistrate judge elections nonpartisan
Summary
The committee approved a resolution and a bill to change probate and magistrate judge elections to nonpartisan contests and to place the constitutional amendment question before voters in 2026; backers said the changes follow recommendations of the Judicial Council and Chief Justice Boggs.
The House Judiciary Committee advanced two related measures that would require probate and magistrate judges to run in nonpartisan elections.
What passed: The committee voted to pass House Resolution 251 (LC 473339), a proposed constitutional amendment that would put nonpartisan elections for probate judges before Georgia voters, and House Bill 426 (LC 473367) to make magistrate judge elections nonpartisan and to…
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