The Georgia Hour, episode 216: Why Georgia Lawmakers REFUSE to Fix Elections – The Shocking Truth

This episode of “The Geor­gia Hour” (host­ed by Bri­an K. Pritchard, aka BKP) on VoiceofRuralAmerica.com on Mon­day, Decem­ber 8, 2025. It’s a fast-paced, opin­ion­at­ed rant on Geor­gia pol­i­tics, GOP infight­ing, elec­tion reforms, and some sports, with BKP’s sig­na­ture con­ser­v­a­tive, anti-estab­lish­ment vibe aimed at rur­al Geor­gia Repub­li­cans.

Key seg­ments and top­ics cov­ered:

1. Open­ing Ban­ter and Teasers
   BKP teas­es upcom­ing dis­cus­sions on Geor­gia’s con­gres­sion­al dis­tricts, espe­cial­ly the 10th (where state law­mak­er Hous­ton Gaines is run­ning unop­posed after Mike Collins’ Sen­ate bid), the crowd­ed 1st dis­trict race, and the 14th dis­trict spe­cial elec­tion trig­gered by Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene (MTG)‘s res­ig­na­tion (effec­tive Jan. 5, 2026). He claims Gov. Bri­an Kemp and First Lady Mar­ty Kemp “cleared the way” for Gaines, call­ing it their hand-picked can­di­date.
2. Sports Inter­lude: Geor­gia Bull­dogs Vic­to­ry
   BKP shifts to col­lege foot­ball, cel­e­brat­ing the Geor­gia Bull­dogs’ win over Alaba­ma (not­ing Gun­nar Stock­ton’s per­for­mance). He shares a per­son­al sto­ry about attend­ing the game with his son. He pre­views col­lege foot­ball play­offs, show­ing brack­ets where Geor­gia faces Ole Miss or Tulane, and express­es excite­ment for a poten­tial Geor­gia-Ohio matchup.
3. Elec­tion Sys­tem Cri­tique: No Inter­est in Reforms
   The bulk is a deep dive into why Geor­gia law­mak­ers “have no inter­est in clean­ing up elec­tions.” BKP explains the 14th dis­trict spe­cial elec­tion process: It’s a “jun­gle pri­ma­ry” (all can­di­dates on one bal­lot, top two advance to runoff), which he says ben­e­fits Democ­rats in red dis­tricts by split­ting Repub­li­can votes. He details the costs to coun­ties (no state/federal fund­ing), includ­ing set­ting up ear­ly vot­ing, precincts for elec­tion day, and runoffs – all dupli­cat­ed for spe­cials. He crit­i­cizes elec­tron­ic poll pads and vot­er cards for track­ing votes (claim­ing pri­va­cy vio­la­tions).

BKP advo­cates for reforms: End jun­gle pri­maries, close pri­maries to non-Repub­li­cans, switch to plu­ral­i­ty (win­ner takes most votes, no runoff like Ohio), and ditch runoffs (only Geor­gia, Louisiana, and one oth­er state use them). He recounts a 2020 meet­ing with then-Speak­er David Ral­ston push­ing these changes, but Ral­ston resist­ed, cit­ing “inde­pen­dent vot­ers.” BKP calls it “BS” and “lies,” argu­ing it keeps estab­lish­ment can­di­dates in pow­er. He con­trasts with Ohio’s plu­ral­i­ty sys­tem, which elect­ed JD Vance in 2022 (despite a crowd­ed field) and main­tains GOP con­trol (gov­er­nor, Sen­ate, House). He warns runoffs drain mon­ey and dilute votes.

1. Geor­gia GOP Inter­nal Dra­ma and “Brew­ing Storm”
   BKP warns of a “storm brew­ing” in the Geor­gia GOP, cit­ing mul­ti­ple scan­dals:
   • Ja’Quan Smith Scan­dal: A 19-year-old black, alleged­ly gay GOP assis­tant sec­re­tary caught in a sting oper­a­tion try­ing to meet a 14-year-old boy. BKP ques­tions the sting’s legal­i­ty (run by a new group, not police) but notes text evi­dence. GOP Chair Josh McK­oon demand­ed his res­ig­na­tion with­in an hour.
   • Brad “Blue­ber­ry” Barnes Con­tro­ver­sy: A young spe­cial advi­sor accused of anti-Semit­ic/racist remarks. Arti­cles in the AJC (by Greg Bluestein) and oth­ers call for his removal, with RNC mem­ber Jason Thomp­son speak­ing out. BKP ties it to Deb­bie Doo­ley (call­ing her “Deb­bie Do Shit”) alleged­ly feed­ing sto­ries to the media.
   • GRA and Ethics Issues: The Geor­gia Repub­li­can Assem­bly (GRA) and its PAC face 61 vio­la­tions for not fil­ing reports; ethics com­mis­sion ties them togeth­er. Links to First Lib­er­ty Build­ing & Loan (in a $140M Ponzi scheme) and the “Albi­no Rhi­no” (Brant Frost). BKP pre­dicts these ties will stran­gle the GOP.
   • Turn­ing Point/Gen Z Ties: GOP social media hand­ed to young Turn­ing Point Action mem­bers, includ­ing Barnes, despite scan­dals. BKP shows pho­tos of Barnes at events, repost­ed by GOP accounts. He calls it a “coup” against McK­oon, pos­si­bly orches­trat­ed by Doo­ley, Thomp­son, and media, to posi­tion for 2026. Claims the AJC ignores Demo­c­rat mess­es (e.g., post-Stacey Abrams cleanup under Char­lie Bai­ley) while ampli­fy­ing GOP chaos to help Democ­rats flip seats (cites recent Dem wins in runoffs, PSC seats, Roswell may­or).