The following statement was issued by Secretary of State Robyn A. Crittenden, with emphasis added on my part: “The Secretary of State holds a tremendous responsibility to Georgia’s voting electorate. I am honored and humbled by Governor Deal’s faith in me to take the helm and fulfill this responsibility. I intend to take on this
A call was issued today by Gov. Nathan Deal to convene a special session for the Georgia General Assembly on Tuesday, November 13. The special session will be limited to “providing emergency funding to state agencies and local governments following Hurricane Michael,” “ratifying Deal’s executive order dated July 30, 2018,” and “providing for general law
From a press release from Secretary of State’s office: On the morning of November 8, 2018, Secretary of State Brian Kemp tendered his resignation – effective at 11:59 AM – to Governor Nathan Deal. “We deeply appreciate Brian Kemp’s public service as Secretary of State. We will continue our work in this office on behalf
From the Secretary of State’s office in regards to last night’s election: “On November 6, 2018, a record number of Georgians cast their ballots in a mid-term election. Immediately after the polls closed, county election officials worked through the night to tabulate ballots. Today, Clarke, Fulton, Hall, and Gwinnett counties completed tabulation of their remaining
The following opinion piece is from Hal Scherz, M.D., the chief of urology at Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital in Atlanta, vice president of finance at Georgia Urology, and board secretary at Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation. While we are thankful for the submission, we at GeorgiaPOL don’t care to be pressured publicly on social media to publish
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle announced today that Silicon Ranch Corporation will invest approximately $89 million into two solar projects in Bluffton, Georgia. These two projects are part of “a portfolio of projects” that were announced back in June by Silicon Ranch and Green Power EMC. The facilities are scheduled to come online before the end of 2021 and
Geoff Duncan, Republican candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia, has released his final TV ad. The ad features his son, Ryder, describing his dad to voters. I think I did a pretty good job…..don't you? Hey, @GeoffDuncanGA can I get a raise on my allowance? pic.twitter.com/dGcwrVbPzC — Ryder Duncan (@MrRyderDuncan) October 25, 2018
A joint poll between Bold Blue Campaigns, a Democratic polling company, and JMC Analytics and Polling, a Republican polling firm, shows a lead by Rep. Karen Handel (49%) over Lucy McBath (45%), with 6% undecided, in the GA-6 congressional race. They also interviewed GA-6 voters on the Governor’s race with Kemp showing a lead over
Ipsos, in partnership with the University of Virginia and Reuters, has released a poll today showing that Secretary of State Brian Kemp (47%) and Stacey Abrams (46%) are tied among likely voters in polling for the upcoming November 6 election. The poll was conducted from October 4-11 with a sample of 1,999 adults from Georgia,
