RAY HENRY and SHANNON McCAFFREY
Associated Press Writers
The Athens Banner-Herald
June 11, 2010
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — To get a full-term congressman, voters in north Georgia have headed to the polls two times in the past month. And in July, they'll vote again in the state primary, possibly another runoff a few weeks later and then sealing the deal in November with a fifth and final vote.
The never-ending campaign is exhausting for voters in the 9th Congressional District who are being bombarded with fliers, yard signs and backslapping candidates nearly everywhere they turn. And it's also a strain on county officials who must struggle to find the extra dollars in recession-wracked budgets to hold the extra elections.
Former Republican Rep. Nathan Deal set off this seven-month wave of voting when he decided to step down from Congress to run for Georgia governor. Deal's term does not end until early January, so Gov. Sonny Perdue called a special election — to the chagrin of local election officials — just months ahead of the normal election cycle.
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