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The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections approved Sunday voting for Mother's Day, May 12, and elected new officers during Thursday's meeting.

Sunday voting set, new Macon-Bibb elections officers elected

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 19, 2024
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections office in the old Macon Mall.

A Georgia voter’s guide to campaign finance research

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 1, 2024
Candidates for Bibb County sheriff, from left, Chris Patterson, Ron Rodgers, DeAndre Hall, Sheriff David Davis, Marshall Hughes and Chris Paul sit for a March 2024 forum during their runs for the office.

Candidates for Bibb County sheriff debate the roots of violent crime in Macon

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
March 12, 2024
Rep. James Beverly, D-Macon, right, applauds a speaker at the black-tie fundraising gala for the Macon-Bibb Community Enhancement Authority in the rotunda of the Tubman African American Museum on Oct. 29, 2022.

Ga. State Rep. James Beverly will not seek re-election

Laura Corley and Liz Fabian
March 8, 2024
Spacious accommodations for voters are a drawback for Macon-Bibb County handicapped voters at Macon Mall's new elections office.

Handicapped access a challenge at new Macon Mall election board office

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 19, 2024
Shakeara Blackshear & Conner Trouser outside the Boys & Girls Club of Central Georgia on Nov. 8. Blackshear took her son with her to vote to show him "he has a voice."

Macon-Bibb Votes 2022

November 8, 2022
Chase Oliver, the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate Race, at a press conference after the Atlanta Press Club’s Loudermilk-Young Debate Series at GPB Studios in Atlanta on Oct. 17, 2022. Both Oliver and Raphael Warnock were present at the debate, but Warnock did not attend the press conference. Herschel Walker was not in attendance. Photo by Taleen Hanna.

Who is donating and how much in Georgia’s U.S. Senate Race

Kai Shotwell, Drew Robertson, Taleen Hanna, DeeDee Cudjoe, and Al Wooten
November 4, 2022
According to the 2020 U.S. Census, Georgia’s Latino population surpassed 1 million, with close to 190,000 Hispanic residents living in Gwinnett County. The growing voting bloc gives greater influence on the outcome of elections like the Nov. 8 midterms.

New Georgia poll of likely Hispanic voters finds Abrams and Kemp knotted, Walker leading Warnock

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder
October 19, 2022
On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney denied Gov. Brian Kemp’s motion to quash a subpoena in the 2020 presidential investigation special grand jury. McBurney said that Kemp’s attorneys and prosectors should work out details on what information would be considered off limits before the governor testifies following his Nov. 8 re-election bid. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder (file photo)

Kemp must testify in Fulton special grand jury proceeding after Nov. 8 election

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder
August 29, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections has been searching for a new elections supervisor since January.

Elections board takes Macon-Bibb mayor, county commissioners to court over supervisor selection

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 19, 2022
Macon Water Authority District 2 seat is now empty after attorneys concluded Desmond Brown legally vacated the office when he qualified to run for the at-large chairman's seat.

5 qualify for Macon Water Authority, including man who vacated the seat

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 17, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections will conduct a hand count audit of three precincts from the 2022 Georgia Secretary of State's primary race.

Political party reps spar over election staff comments as Bibb agrees to audit precincts

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 22, 2022
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