Georgia 2024 voter’s guide: Democratic Party ballot questions

When Georgians go to the polls on May 21 for the state’s primary, voters choosing a Democratic or Republican primary ballot will see several questions in addition to the various offices up for election.

Every primary, the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Georgia Republican Party place non-binding questions on the ballot for their voters. The questions typically relate to hot-button issues or future priorities.

County parties can also place additional questions on their local ballots.

For 2024, Georgia Democrats put the following eight questions on the party’s primary ballots:

1. Should the United States and the State of Georgia protect Georgians from gun violence by banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, closing background check loopholes, and passing other common-sense gun safety reforms?
2. Should the State of Georgia incentivize clean energy production as part of a climate policy that recognizes the urgent threat that climate change poses to Georgians’ health, lives and future?
3. Should the State of Georgia expand voter access by allowing same-day voter registration, removing obstacles to voting by mail, and making secure ballot drop boxes accessible at all times through Election Day?
4. Should the State of Georgia protect reproductive freedom by repealing the current six-week abortion ban, restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade and ensuring access to contraceptives, IVF, abortion and other reproductive health care?
5. Should the State of Georgia stop using taxpayer dollars intended for public education to pay for private school vouchers?
6. Should the State of Georgia raise the minimum wage to a living wage?
7. Should the portion of the Georgia state constitution allowing for involuntary servitude of prisoners and others convicted of offenses be repealed, thus prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude statewide?
8. Should the State of Georgia improve access to safe, affordable housing by increasing the affordable housing supply, protecting tenants’ rights to habitable living conditions, and cracking down on negligence or abuse by property management companies or landlords?

The Georgia Republican Party also placed eight of its own questions on party ballots.