A few thoughts that stand out from yesterday’s election: How swift and broad Gwinnett’s seachange is continues to astound me. By now I’m sure everyone’s seen that there were some 30,000 more votes cast in the Democratic Presidential Primary than Republican. And Georgia’s longest-serving school board member is likely going to lose her reelection bid.
While many races remain too close to call this morning. Others are already aware they have come up short. This post is specifically for them, written and posted at my old website July 21st of 2010 – a decade ago, after another primary night. 10 years and 2 nights ago, I had to stand up
Fulton county won’t have polls closed county wide until 9pm, as well as parts of other counties that had problems in specific precincts/areas. Secretary of State Raffensperger has said that his office won’t release any results until all polls are closed, so it will be at least 9pm before we see any results. Given the
Ed posted a bit ago about election problems in Atlanta. There are similar reports of precincts being absolute fubar in DeKalb. This is where if one wanted to start finger pointing (some have “non-profits” dedicated to this finger pointing as a permanent industry), one should know and understand that the administration of elections is a
There’s been a steady feed of tweets identifying all kinds of issues at polling places in Atlanta. For me, long lines aren’t necessarily a problem. They can be mitigated but they’re not necessarily problematic. I also know we can’t just go back and forth with equipment and our voting system is probably another bad-luck casualty
Senator Kelly Loeffler wants “left-wing activists” to be deemed domestic terrorists. By whom? Well–that’s a good question. Any such move is likely unconstitutional to boot. Loeffler cosponsored S.Res.279, ostensibly targeting Antifa which is fine in theory but it’s not an organization. Even if you support Congress wanting to restrict citizens’ rights to free assembly, the
It’s no secret that politics is an ugly business. “Politics ain’t bean bag” is a quote old enough to have outlived bean bag or anyone with a memory of it, whatever it was. When you put your name out there for public office, you know you are putting your entire history on display for public
This is a surprise race for the Georgia Supreme Court, in that the challenger to Justice Charlie Bethel intended to qualify for a different race. Beth Beskin had planned on competing against John Barrow for a seat being vacated by Justice Keith Blackwell. Due to a quirk in Georgia elections law – a law upheld
Incompetence from a well intentioned group, or a grifting operation supporting one candidate while pretending to be an “independent” expenditure committee? In the case of U.S. Term Limits and the race for Georgia House District 71, it could be either. Maybe both. As is custom, interest groups spend the time between qualifying and an election
As Georgia prepares for an unprecedented number of voters using absentee ballots in the upcoming primary election, the State Election Board has approved a rule that will allow local election boards to open absentee ballots up to eight days before Election Day. The Board members made the decision last week in an emergency rule for
