2020 Elections

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 Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

2020 Elections June 4, 2020

Sheriff candidates discuss protests, support military-style weapons for Cobb sheriff’s office

Two candidates running for Cobb County sheriff answered questions at a virtual forum Wednesday evening surrounding the protests of police brutality in Atlanta and around the country. The American Civil…

2020 Elections May 29, 2020

Daniele Johnson: candidate for Cobb County Superior Court

The following press release was provided to the Courier by the campaign of Daniele Johnson, a candidate for Cobb County Superior Court Judge. The race is nonpartisan, so the winner…

2020 Elections May 28, 2020

Keisha Waites: Candidate for Georgia U.S. Congressional District 13

Keisha Waites is a candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Congressional District 13 in the June 9 Democratic primary. The Courier sent a list of questions to Waites about her candidacy. The…

2020 Elections May 28, 2020

Monique Sheffield: Candidate for Cobb County District 4 commissioner

Monique Sheffield is running in the June 9 Democratic primary for the District 4 seat on the Cobb County Board of Commissioners (BOC). The seat is being vacated by Commissioner…

Judge Kellie Hill standing beside the bench

2020 Elections May 26, 2020

Kellie Hill: Candidate for Superior Court judge

Kellie Hill is a candidate for judge of Cobb County Superior Court. The race is nonpartisan, so the winner of the June 9 election will replace retiring Judge Lark Ingram…

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2020 Elections

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

Sheriff candidates discuss protests, support military-style weapons for Cobb sheriff’s office

Daniele Johnson: candidate for Cobb County Superior Court

Keisha Waites: Candidate for Georgia U.S. Congressional District 13

Monique Sheffield: Candidate for Cobb County District 4 commissioner

Kellie Hill: Candidate for Superior Court judge