Search Results for elections and registration

sign with American flag stating "Vote Here"

Elections April 4, 2023

Red-state elections officials balk at voter registration outreach

by Zachary Roth, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 2, 2023 A day after taking office in January, Alabama Secretary of State…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Georgia March 16, 2023

Georgia House panel OKs Senate bill to restrict outside money for local governments to run elections

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 14, 2023 A Georgia House panel Tuesday advanced legislation that prohibits local government…

Janine Eveler at lectern at a BOC meeting

Elections January 29, 2023

Cobb Elections Director Janine Eveler announces her retirement

Cobb County Elections Director Janine Eveler is retiring after 18 years of service. The county issued the following public information release: Cobb County’s Board of Elections and Registration will launch…

a screenshot of the six districts in Mableon, with 1,2,3 to the south, 4, 5, 6 to the north

Mableton January 18, 2023

Qualifying begins today for City of Mableton mayor, city council elections

Today, Wednesday, January 18, the three-day qualification period will begin for the March 21, 2023 election, forming the newly incorporated City of Mableton’s first governing body. Each day the hours…

Long line on election day at polling location

Voting Rights November 27, 2022

A headlong rush by states to attack voting access — or expand it

by Aaron Mendelson, Center for Public Integrity [This article was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C.] October 6, 2022 Iowa…

Voting Rights November 26, 2022

What voter turnout shows, and hides, about elections

This article was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C. by Aaron Mendelson, Center for Public Integrity November 18, 2022 The…

2022 Elections October 26, 2022

How gender, race, age and voter ID laws affect whether a voter actually casts a ballot

by Jane Junn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; John Holbein, University of Virginia, and Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished…

Voting Rights October 22, 2022

The important role played by secretaries of state in administering fair elections is changing – and not in a good way

by Thom Reilly, Arizona State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The state officials who administer fair, accessible and secure elections have historically operated quietly…

Holidays October 22, 2022

With Halloween approaching the October Cobb Library virtual Graphic Novel Book Club goes ghostly and retro with a collection from EC’s Vault of Horror

This Monday, October 24, the Cobb Public Library‘s virtual Graphic Novel Book Club will get into the Halloween spirit by discussing selections from the pioneering horror comic, EC’s Vault of…

2022 Elections October 19, 2022

How to Help People Vote in the 2022 Midterm Elections

by Asia Fields and Kengo Tsutsumi [This article first appeared in ProPublica, republished with permission] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to…

« 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 24 »

Food Safety June 30, 2025

Cobb Courier

Your Source for Local News