Elections 2020 – The Macon Newsroom

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

Macon-Bibb County elections officer Thomas Gillon demonstrates the new voting machines at the board of elections office on Pio Nono Avenue.

Have questions about this year’s Macon-Bibb elections? Here are some answers

April 17, 2020

Yard waste and bulk waste will not be picked up during the foreseeable future as Macon-Bibb County solid waste crews assist ADS with collection as garbage is piling up while residents shelter in place.

Garbage piling up, some collections on hold as Macon-Bibb stays home

April 7, 2020

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2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Cliffard Whitby

March 28, 2020

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2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Blake Sullivan

March 28, 2020

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2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Lester Miller

March 28, 2020

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Elections 2020