Welcome to the continuing coverage of Brian Kemp’s performance as Secretary of State. Catch the first part here.* In late August, an Athens-Clarke County resident tried to get an absentee ballot, only for election officials to discover that she was dead. Except she wasn’t dead, the Secretary of State just presumed her to be. That’s
With only 53 days to go until the General Election on November 8th, in just under a week Georgians can go ahead and cast their vote. Next week county officials will begin mailing out absentee ballots, and if you plan on voting via absentee, then it is suggested that you request your absentee ballot and
We’ve written for the past couple of weeks about Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s tepid attitude towards federal intervention of election administration all in the name of cyber-security. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been making remarks about the “rigged system” that will steal this election from him for a while now, and I know
According to an opinion issued by the Georgia Law Department, the Georgia Board of Nursing has the final say over which qualified candidate can be hired as the Executive Director of the Board, and the Secretary of State’s office determines which candidate(s) are qualified for the job. The opinion from the Attorney General’s office is
Georgia’s election databases are not at risk of being hacked, even after Arizona and Illinois suffered data breaches, according to the man in charge of the office that inadvertently leaked 6.2 million Georgians’ voter information. Despite the growing warning signs and several high-profile missteps at the Secretary of State’s office, Brian Kemp wants you, dear
I was in Dalton on Tuesday for the campaign stop that Governor Mike Pence made to help rally support in what should be a red state in a normal presidential year. As we’ve seen, 2016 has been all but normal and extra mean by offing great people like Gene Wilder and Abe Vigoda (God rest
Last Wednesday, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, spoke with the University of Georgia College Republicans about a broad range of issues. One in particular that has caught national attention. Recently, the issue of security when it comes to the nation’s voting systems has been raised following multiple cyber-attacks including the ones on the Democratic National
Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office announced a new app and a new voter registration service. The app, which is available for free on iPhone and Android, allows users to check their voter page, use business search, register businesses, and search the Certificate of Existence database. Perhaps most intriguing is the new voter registration service. Georgians can initiate
In a front page story from today’s New York Times, reporter Michael Wines examines how some cities and counties are allegedly attempting to disenfranchise minorities by conducting activities that, prior to a Supreme Court decision, would have required preclearance by the Justice Department under the Voting Rights Act. Georgia, which was one of the states
Despite a record breaking Presidential Preference Primary on March 1st in Georgia, the July 26th runoffs did not see the best turnout. In a press release issued by Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office, the voter turnout for Tuesday’s election, which was the last election for Georgia until the November General Election, was declared “low”
