A few thoughts that stand out from yesterday’s election: How swift and broad Gwinnett’s seachange is continues to astound me. By now I’m sure everyone’s seen that there were some 30,000 more votes cast in the Democratic Presidential Primary than Republican. And Georgia’s longest-serving school board member is likely going to lose her reelection bid.
Happy Herbs & Spices Day, or as we in Georgia are calling it this year, Delayed Elections Results Day! And like your elections results, I’ve delayed your morning reads. (Apologies for that; Sidney went to the vet bright and early this morning, as in the crack of when they opened.) On the topic of herbs
While many races remain too close to call this morning. Others are already aware they have come up short. This post is specifically for them, written and posted at my old website July 21st of 2010 – a decade ago, after another primary night. 10 years and 2 nights ago, I had to stand up
Fulton county won’t have polls closed county wide until 9pm, as well as parts of other counties that had problems in specific precincts/areas. Secretary of State Raffensperger has said that his office won’t release any results until all polls are closed, so it will be at least 9pm before we see any results. Given the
Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) has directed Chairman Shaw Blackmon (R-Bonaire) and the House Governmental Affairs Committee to investigate irregularities in today’s primary election across Georgia, particularly in Fulton County. Speaker Ralston released the following statement: “The sanctity of our elections – being free and fair – is the very foundation of our system of
Statement from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Investigation into Fulton and Dekalb County Elections Processes: “The voting situation today in certain precincts in Fulton and Dekalb counties is unacceptable. My office has opened an investigation to determine what these counties need to do to resolve these issues before November’s election. Obviously, the first
The following is a statement from Statewide Voting Implementation Manager Gabriel Sterling on voting and elections in Georgia: “So far we have no reports of any actual equipment issues. We do have reports of equipment being delivered to the wrong locations and delivered late. We have reports of poll workers not understanding setup or how
Ed posted a bit ago about election problems in Atlanta. There are similar reports of precincts being absolute fubar in DeKalb. This is where if one wanted to start finger pointing (some have “non-profits” dedicated to this finger pointing as a permanent industry), one should know and understand that the administration of elections is a
Primary Day is here! If you plan on voting today, don’t forget your face mask, water, sunscreen, hand sanitizer – and your patience. It’s… a bit of a mess out there. Here are ongoing updates from the AJC. Is this the year Georgia flips? Not to purple, mind you, but true blue? Cyan, cerulean, navy
There’s been a steady feed of tweets identifying all kinds of issues at polling places in Atlanta. For me, long lines aren’t necessarily a problem. They can be mitigated but they’re not necessarily problematic. I also know we can’t just go back and forth with equipment and our voting system is probably another bad-luck casualty
