Elections 2020 – The Macon Newsroom

Voters wait in line at the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections during early voting in the 2020 Presidential Election.

$557K grant to boost Macon-Bibb 2020 election outreach

October 21, 2020

The last day to request an absentee ballot in Georgia is Oct 30.

What You need to Know about Absentee Ballots

October 16, 2020

Trump Supporters at 2018 rally in Macon.

Headed To Trump’s Macon Rally? Know The COVID-19 Risk

October 15, 2020

The Bibb County Democratic Party wishes to remove Cassandra Powell from the Macon-Bibb Board of Elections after she failed to vote for Sunday voting for this presidential election.

No Sunday voting prompts Bibb Democrats to remove elections representative

September 24, 2020

Mercer students share November voting plans

Mercer students share November voting plans

September 23, 2020

Cliffard Whitby, right, and Lester Miller, left, are in the August 11 runoff election for mayor of Macon-Bibb County.

Miller and Whitby face off in Macon-Bibb mayoral debate

August 3, 2020

A 30-minute meeting was all it took for the Macon-Bibb Board of Elections to lay aside concerns of a budget shortfall due to added expenses for Georgia's new voting machines.

Macon-Bibb elections will be fully funded, board members assured

June 30, 2020

Two rented shipping containers behind the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections represent just one of the added expenses for the state's new voting machines.

‘We don’t have enough money,’ Macon-Bibb elections board says of budget reduction

June 24, 2020

Mayor Robert Reichert, left, has the authority to appoint dozens of people to numerous boards and authorities.

Your vote for mayor puts hundreds of other people in power

June 8, 2020

Does it matter where your mayor lives? Macon-Bibb charter is unclear

Does it matter where your mayor lives? Macon-Bibb charter is unclear

June 5, 2020

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Macon-Bibb mayoral candidates respond to top issues

May 8, 2020

Absentee ballots mailed from Georgia's Secretary of State do not have a privacy envelope but contain a sheet of paper to be wrapped around the ballot before it is inserted in a yellow and white mailing envelope.

GA absentee ballots are different; Gov. Kemp’s COVID-19 order could limit poll workers

May 1, 2020

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Elections 2020