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Mon., August 6, 2012 10:02am
Fulton County election officials are planning to meet amid criticism of their handling of the vote count from last Tuesday's election. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp said he was concerned about what he called "numerous and substantial issues" surrounding the administration of the election in the metro Atlanta county.
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Mon., July 30, 2012 4:13pm
An emergency elections hearing took place just a day before Tuesday’s primary. The Democratic Party of Georgia requested the hearing at Fulton County Superior Court. It’s to challenge the Secretary of State’s decision to remove a Democratic candidate from the ballot.
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Fri., July 27, 2012 6:37pm
More than 250,000 Georgia voters cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday's primary elections. Secretary of State Brian Kemp's office said Friday that 255,787 Georgians voted in-person between the time early voting began July 9 and Thursday.
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Mon., July 23, 2012 12:00pm
Secretary of State Brian Kemp has ruled that two candidates for Georgia's General Assembly are ineligible for the ballot.
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Thu., July 12, 2012 3:02pm
Georgia’s Secretary of State has come up with a plan to ensure the state is complying with federal election law regarding absentee ballots in the runoff for the primaries. But Brian Kemp doesn’t believe this will end the Justice Department’s concerns.
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Fri., July 6, 2012 3:05pm
A federal judge has ordered Georgia's Secretary of State to extend the deadline to accept absentee ballots from military service members, their families and citizens living overseas.
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Fri., July 6, 2012 3:05pm
A federal judge has ordered Georgia's Secretary of State to extend the deadline to accept absentee ballots from military service members, their families and citizens living overseas.
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Fri., June 22, 2012 12:01pm
The federal government has sent a letter to Georgia officials saying the state's schedule for runoff elections violates federal law on overseas absentee ballots. The U.S. Department of Justice sent the letter on June 15 to Georgia's attorney general and secretary of state.
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Tue., May 8, 2012 7:36am
Secretary of State Brian Kemp has announced the formation of a committee that will review the state's election code. The six-member panel includes Kemp and the general counsels of the state Democratic and Republican parties.
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Fri., April 20, 2012 6:44am
Georgia officials have settled a lawsuit that accused the state of failing to provide voter registration services at public assistance offices. Secretary of State Brian Kemp approved the agreement but condemned the lawsuit.
