Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

2020 Elections June 12, 2020

Mike Boyce to Raffensperger: Accept responsibility or resign

BOC chairman Mike Boyce in his weekly email newsletter sharply criticized Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for shifting the blame for Georgia’s ongoing election debacle to county elections officials,…

Line at Lindley Middle School voting site (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

Candidates Keisha Waites, Linda Pritchett file emergency injunction to delay election certification

Candidates Keisha Waites, who is running for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, and Linda Pritchett, a candidate for Georgia Senate District 39, filed an emergency injunction in the Superior Court of…

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

Certification of Cobb election delayed 2 days to June 19

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt reports that the regular meeting of the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration originally scheduled for Wednesday, June 17 to certify the results for…

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

61,500 Cobb County ballots yet to be counted

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt told the Courier in an email that there are 61,500 ballots yet to be scanned into the results, and that the number of ballots…

2020 Elections June 10, 2020

At least 70,000 ballots remain to be counted in Cobb County

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration announced this afternoon that the count on the county’s official election page only reflects early and election-day voting. As of this afternoon…

2020 Elections, From the Editor June 9, 2020

Line at the Lindley Middle School voting site

Lindley Middle School in Mableton has been my voting site for well over a decade, and never have I had to stand in line, even during the 2016 election. Lindley…

Cobb County government building in article about rental assistance

Cobb County June 8, 2020

Cobb County rated AAA by Fitch for 24th straight year

Cobb County issued a press announcing that the county had maintained its AAA rating with Fitch. Fitch describes the AAA rating as follows: AAA ratings denote the lowest expectation of…

The coronavirus vaccines might have contributed to a rise in gasoline prices illustrated by photo of Kroger gas station on South Cobb Drive

Economy June 8, 2020

Georgia gas prices jump 4 cents

According to a press release from Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group, Georgia prices at the pump increased to $1.79, four cents more than this time…

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Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Mike Boyce to Raffensperger: Accept responsibility or resign

Candidates Keisha Waites, Linda Pritchett file emergency injunction to delay election certification

Certification of Cobb election delayed 2 days to June 19

61,500 Cobb County ballots yet to be counted

At least 70,000 ballots remain to be counted in Cobb County

Line at the Lindley Middle School voting site

Cobb County rated AAA by Fitch for 24th straight year

Georgia gas prices jump 4 cents