by Gábor Scheiring, Harvard University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Hungarian leader and strongman Viktor Orbán, who presided over the radical decline of democracy in…
Due to an increase in Cobb County‘s rating by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Cobb residents are eligible for a 15 percent discount for flood insurance. The discount takes…
[UPDATE and CORRECTION: Robert Skinner of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office sent the following to the Courier via email: “Our office does not mail precinct cards to voters. This…
The court proceedings in the lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the referendum that formed the city of Mableton will begin tomorrow, March 6, 2024, in the courtroom of Cobb County…
Seventy-three voters were sent incorrect ballots by Cobb Elections and Registration and are being notified of the error. Only Republican primary ballots were sent out with the 194 ballots that…
by Zachary Roth, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 25, 2024 Fearing that Democrats hold a crucial edge in ballots cast before…
by Claire Leavitt, Smith College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After a failed vote to impeach him the previous week, Republicans in the House of…
by Sally Howell, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Amny Shuraydi, University of Michigan-Dearborn, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Dearborn, Michigan, is a center of Arab American…
Along with changes to the names of Mableton precincts, polling locations also underwent modifications to align precincts and voting locations with the Mableton district boundaries. Those changes are reflected in…
by Claire Wofford, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In a 57-page opinion issued on Feb. 6, 2024, a federal appeals court ruled…