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National March 29, 2023

When it comes to explaining elections in Congress, gerrymandering is overrated

by Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the past decade, a consistent refrain in discussions of politics has been…

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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

Candidates who qualified for Mableton’s municipal elections during the first day of the three-day qualification period

This evening Cobb Elections posted a list of candidates who, on the first day, qualified to run for Mableton city council offices in the March 21 special elections. This election…

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…

2022 Elections December 6, 2022

Georgia runoff elections are exciting, but costly for voters and democracy

by John A. Tures, LaGrange College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In Georgia, if no candidate receives 50% of the general election vote for a…

2022 Elections December 4, 2022

Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration issues statement on State Board of Elections investigation

Cobb County Board of Elections and Resignation issued the following statement about the State Board of Elections’ investigation into the problems with the county’s absentee ballot process over the course…

2022 Elections December 2, 2022

Healthy democracy requires trust – these 3 things could start to restore voters’ declining faith in US elections

by Sarah Bush, Yale University and Lauren Prather, University of California, San Diego [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2022 U.S. midterm elections ran relatively…

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…

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2022 Elections November 20, 2022

Cobb elections director to address Kennesaw City Council after flawed special election

By Rebecca Gaunt Janine Eveler, director of Cobb County Elections, is on Monday’s agenda to address the Kennesaw City Council with an election update. The special election for the vacated…

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Crime & Public Safety July 31, 2025

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