Tuesday marked the qualifying deadline for independent and political body candidates for the November general election, including statewide and nationwide offices. Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for president, qualified for the Georgia ballot, while Leonard Ware, running for the Georgia 10th District Congressional seat, must file as a write-in candidate.

"As a write-in candidate, people can write down 'Ware' to vote for me in the election," said Ware.

Jody Hice, incumbent representative for the 10th District, faces no other opponents in the election.

"We need a candidate that will represent everyone. Jody Hice needs opposition," Ware said. "If I don't win, I will stay in the community and run again."

Jill Stein's candidacy for president on the Green Party ticket continues in Georgia after qualifying to appear on the ballot.

"We exceeded the amount [of required signatures] by quite a bit," said Bruce Dixon, an activist for the Georgia Green Party. "In the next two weeks, we're going to have a celebration and a party."

Hillary Clinton now functions as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party after winning more states than opponent Bernie Sanders, who endorsed her on Tuesday. The Green Party hopes to build on his popular movement in their own campaign.

"The revolution is not over here, and we want to continue it," said Dixon.

In Georgia specifically, the Green Party wants to begin a focus on public education. Dixon noted the Opportunity School District constitutional amendment as a particular concern.

The amendment, not yet passed, would create a statewide school district with the power to take control of up to as many as 100 schools deemed as "failing." This Opportunity School District would then have total authority over the schools, and could remove employees, change the curriculum, and manage the school budget.

Gov. Nathan Deal proposed the school takeover plan, which passed in both chambers of the legislature by thin margins and faces many critics in the community. In the November general election, the question, "Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow the state to intervene in chronically failing public schools in order to improve student performance?" will be placed on ballots so that the Opportunity School District amendment can be decided by majority vote.

"We're going to be doubling down on reaching out to parents of public school children, as well as their teachers and retired teachers," said Dixon. "We know that retired educators might have a lot of opinions on things like this amendment and the Common Core that they weren't able to share while employed."

The next election in Georgia falls on July 26, the primary runoff, and the general election takes place on Nov. 8 to decide Stein's and Ware's candidacies.