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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Certain (Democratic) politicians ‘grandstanding’ on early voting Saturday, November 1, 2008, 06:24 PM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Secretary of State Karen Handel, a member of the GOP, is extremely ticked off by the likes of U.S.
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News Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
| about 1 year ago
Thanks to unprecedented turnout for Georgia’s advance voting, 2 million people won’t have to go to the polls on Election Day. Yet, so much could go so wrong. If high turnout projections hold, another 3 million people may show up at Georgia...
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News Source: Atlanta Journal-Constution
| about 1 year ago
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said Handel and Perdue should follow the lead of neighboring states Florida and North Carolina, which have both extended voting through the weekend. Voters at the Adamsville Recreation Center in Atlanta didn’t finish...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Democrat Jim Powell's name can remain on the November ballot in a unanimous decision that concluded Georgia elections officials "committed an error of law" by disqualifying him. Mr. Powell argued...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Georgia Democrats are calling for Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel to extend advanced voting on Saturday and Sunday after computer glitches caused a reported 500 people to wait two hours in line at a Fulton County polling place. State Rep.-...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
Long lines and lengthy wait times at the polls this week are stirring up partisan rancor over the state's election preparedness. After reports of voters waiting upwards of five hours to cast ballots in some areas, state Democratic Party Chairwoman...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that Democratic Public Service Commission candidate Jim Powell will remain on the ballot, despite Republican Secretary of State Karen Handel's repeated attempts to remove him. Justices ruled Handel...
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News Source: The Macon Telegraph
| about 1 year ago
Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel's office has sent letters to 4,770 registered voters who are believed to be noncitizens. Handel's office sent the letters on Wednesday to the voters whose citizenship has been questioned. They should receive...
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News Source: Atlanta Journal-Constution
| about 1 year ago
Handel’s office decided to send out the letters in order to get them out “as expeditiously as possible” to comply with a judge’s order, said Matt Carrothers, a spokesman for Handel. Previously it was up to each county to look up who was...
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News Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
| about 1 year ago
It’s a historical event and I want to be part of it,” said Dara Christian, of Hampton, who was second in line at the Lovejoy branch library in Clayton County when she arrived at 5:15 a.m. Wait times on Tuesday were two hours or less at many...