Tonight, the Peachtree City Council will consider a resolution to oppose the concept of district voting.

The agenda item was added late Wednesday afternoon, according to notices sent to The Citizen.

The district voting plan currently proposed in the state legislature would not affect how Peachtree City council members are selected. It would only apply to the Fayette County Board of Commissioners, a five-member body that is currently elected through an at-large proces: every voter in the county can vote on each and every commission seat.

The district voting proposal, which is supported by three of the county's five-member legislative delegation, would require the creation of special districts and voters would only be able to vote for the commission race for the particular district they live in.

Proponents of district voting say it will allow for a Democrat to possibly be elected in Fayette, a county that skews heavily to the Republican side in elections.

Rep. Dan Lakly of Peachtree City, who opposes the district voting bill, has said he would rather the matter be decided by voters in a referendum later this year.