It’s just a guy in a suit standing next to an empty podium. But keep that image in mind, and if at any time over the next few years you’re upset about your power bill or outraged about the data center they’re building near you, remember it.

Early voting begins this week in the most fouled-up and confusing elections Georgia has seen in many a year, for a single year of service on two seats on the Public Service Commission. Both sides have accused the other of trying to keep down the turnout in these long-delayed contests, and last week’s Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young debate suggests both sides might be right.

The lone candidate in the picture is Democrat Peter Hubbard, who got several minutes of free, if not exactly spellbinding, airtime simply by showing up. The empty podium is for

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