While the nation focuses on the presidential race, sifting through every aspect of the candidates’ campaigns and debates, another contest is gaining widespread attention in Georgia. Between now and Nov. 6, voters will have the power to decide if the state constitution will be amended to allow the creation of a new state board that can approve private organizations to run taxpayer-funded charter schools. Currently, that power is reserved for local boards of education, with the state board able to approve charters the local boards opt out of.