Elections 2020 – The Macon Newsroom

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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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2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Marc Whitfield

March 28, 2020

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2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Larry Schlesinger

March 28, 2020

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections continues to challenge the interim appointment of the Macon Water Authority's District 2 representative.

Bibb Board of Elections hears candidate challenge, pushes absentee ballots, still at odds with Macon Water Authority post

March 27, 2020

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is complicating an already unusual special election for the Macon Water Authority District 2 seat vacated by the death of Javors Lucas last fall.

Macon Water Authority ‘illegal’ appointment creates ‘quagmire,’ election chair says

March 20, 2020

Mayor pro tem Al Tillman takes his seat at the start of Macon-Bibb Commission committee meetings Tuesday morning.

‘Lame duck’ mayoral appointments have commissioners crying foul

March 10, 2020

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Elections 2020