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Education October 24, 2024

Educator group endorses Benson, Cole, and Hutchins in Cobb school board elections

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Association of Educators and its political action committee CCAE4Kids announced they were endorsing Democratic candidates Vickie Benson for Cobb County Board of Education Post…

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Elections October 23, 2024

Election officials are hard at work to deliver fair, secure and accurate elections – despite a constant flow of attacks

by Mitchell Brown, Auburn University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2024 election is rife with controversy, from the politics of the campaigns to the…

Elections October 17, 2024

Cobb elections board issues statement on judge’s suspension of controversial Hand Count Rule

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration (BOER) issued the following statement regarding a Fulton County judge’s ruling suspending the State Election Board’s controversial Hand Count Rule. The rule…

Justice September 20, 2024

Cobb elections statement on settlement with DOJ over accessibility of polling places

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration posted the following statement about its settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on the Cobb County website (to read the…

Elections September 10, 2024

Accusations of “communism” toward board member, shouts of “Heil Hitler” mar Cobb elections board meeting

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration meeting was shut down after an audience member shouted “Heil Hitler” on the heels of a public commenter accusing a Democratic board…

Elections September 3, 2024

How the 14th Amendment prevents state legislatures from subverting popular presidential elections

by Eric Eisner, Johns Hopkins University and David B. Froomkin, University of Houston Law Center, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn…

Elections August 16, 2024

Local elections are less partisan because voters will cross party lines when issues hit close to home

by Edward L. Lascher Jr., California State University, Sacramento; Brian Adams, San Diego State University, and Danielle Martin, California State University, Sacramento, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished…

Cobb County July 26, 2024

Cobb Elections makes statement on next steps for BOC District 2 and 4 seats

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration issued a statement on how it intends to implement Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill’s orders on the lawsuits involving Cobb…

Elections July 9, 2024

Groups readying mass voter challenges in Georgia’s 2024 elections. There’s an app for that.

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 8, 2024 Georgians are logging into hot new apps intended to help find…

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Cobb County July 7, 2024

Residents receive fraudulent texts claiming to be from Cobb elections department

Cobb County warned residents that fraudulent texts were being sent by someone claiming to be with Cobb County Elections, using a spoofed election department phone number. Cobb Information Technology Services…

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