Flag Vote to Coincide With 2004 Presidential Primary

Gov. Sonny Perdue said he wants Georgia voters to decide next year which flag the state should adopt, a move that sparked protests Wedneday by the NAACP.

Perdue called for an up-or-down vote on the current state flag for March 2, 2004, the same day that state voters will cast ballots in the presidential primary.

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State residents may also be asked to decide on a second flag alternative: a choice that would have voters decide on the previous state flag with its Confederate battle emblem and the flag that flew until 1956.

Thus, if voters reject the 2-year-old flag now flying over public buildings, the winner of the second question on the ballot would be offered to the Legislature as the choice of Georgia voters.

A voter would have to cast a ballot on each question, or neither vote would count, under the proposal Perdue is pushing.