Turnout in the July primary will favor Republicans - on the presidential level there won't be a Democrat contest and the Republican side could be lively. There are no state wide offices on the ballot.
So if you are looking to defeat the initiative you want to keep it in the summer when motivated (and conservative) voters will be participating.
Thanks for the info.
That might be the case for this specific case, I don’t know. But there will be democrats running for all the other offices who have to go thru the primary.
I know this strategy did NOT work in Wisconsin with the recall elections and I know that turnout is maximized in the General Election. Since Georgia is safely Republican I would believe that having the tax vote then would lead to a massive defeat.
The WSB article didn’t report the real story. The Tea Party is negotiating to get ALL sales tax referendums moved to November where they will be considered by the greatest number. They are saying to the spenders, let’s be consistent and not have sales tax increases approved by handpicked groups. So, yes, they want referendums in November if the policy is applied consistently. The legislature would have done it, but at the last minute it was opposed by Democrats, school boards, and the transportation lobby.