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New Georgia election board chair takes helm ahead of midterms

A newly rebuilt State Election Board is positioned to determine whether the state takes over Fulton County election operations, oversee Georgia’s pivotal midterms, and investigate election security challenges.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Now former Macon-Bibb County, Ga., Elections Supervisor Jeanetta Watson (third from left) takes questions from poll monitors during a test of the county's electronic ballot scanning system on the first day of the Georgia presidential ballot recount in 2020.

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Macon-Bibb elections supervisor resigns, cites stress, workload, new election laws

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections begins a busy election year scrambling to find a new elections supervisor. Jeanetta Watson, who became the county’s first Black elections supervisor after Elaine Carr retired in 2012, resigned last week. Her last day is expected to be Jan. 21.

January 10, 2022
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  • Liz Fabian
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Ongoing demand for election documents keep county election officials trapped in 2020

Every week for the last year, the Douglas elections office has been fielding at least three or four requests, mostly from out-of-town individuals or groups, looking “for every piece of documentation pertaining to the 2020 presidential election,” Kidd told Atlanta Civic Circle.

December 23, 2021
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  • Atlanta Civic Circle
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections continues to challenge the interim appointment of the Macon Water Authority's District 2 representative.

Bibb Board Of Elections Hears Candidate Challenge, Pushes Absentee Ballots, May Change Polling Sites

All of Georgia’s active voters will be receiving absentee ballot applications for the May 19 election but Macon-Bibb County was a step ahead. “We had...

March 27, 2020
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By:
  • Josephine Bennett

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