voting rights

U.S. Congress August 25, 2021

Rep. David Scott issues statement on U.S. House passage of voting rights act

Rep. David Scott of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District released a statement on the passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act by the U.S. House of Representatives on…

Cobb BOC Chairwoman Lisa Cupid at lectern during her second swearing-in ceremony

Cobb County April 1, 2021

Lisa Cupid’s statement to Joe Biden on the All-Star Game

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt sent the following press notice containing Cobb County BOC Chairwoman Lisa Cupid‘s statement on her response to President Biden’s suggestion that the MLB All-Star…

2020 Elections December 19, 2020

Letter from the Brennan Center for Justice to Cobb elections board in advance of voter challenges

The Brennan Center for Justice sent a letter to the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration prior to yesterday’s hearing at which the board threw out an attempt to…

line rounds the corner and stretches around three sides of the building at South Cobb Regional library voting site

2020 Elections December 19, 2020

Disenfranchisement of Cobb County voters shot down by election board

In a 4-0 vote the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration denied an attempt to disenfranchise tens of thousands of registered voters before the January 5 runoff elections. The…

2020 Elections December 18, 2020

Attempts to disqualify 16K voters in Cobb based on residency

The attempt to disqualify 16,024 voters registered in Cobb County from participation in the January 5 election is based on the allegation that they are no longer county residents. Two…

2020 Elections December 9, 2020

Cobb County to add two advance voting locations

After objections were raised from voting rights groups when Cobb cut its advance voting locations to fewer than half what they were before the November 3 general election, Cobb County…

2020 Elections December 9, 2020

Voting rights groups object to Cobb cutting advance voting sites

Cobb County has cut the number of advance voting sites in the January 5 runoff, from the eleven sites that were open for advance voting in the November general election,…

Quill pan and ink in article about absentee ballots

Letters to the Editor August 4, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Republican elected officials put politics above safety and well-being of citizens

[Letters to the editor do not necessarily express the views of the Courier. We might agree with them, we might disagree, but they are the opinion of the person submitting…

Line at Lindley Middle School voting site (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

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…

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