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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

Macon-Bibb Board of Elections chair approves GOP-led audit, as special Water Authority election is set for November
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 22, 2022
Advanced voting for the Nov. 2 special election begins Oct. 12 in Macon-Bibb County.

Macon-Bibb Board of Elections to hire Dominion rep for Nov. 2 vote

Award-winning elections office will navigate Georgia's new voting rules in the Nov. 2 OLOST special election
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 24, 2021
The last day to request an absentee ballot in Georgia's Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff is Jan. 1.

Absentee ballots not automatic in Ga. U.S. Senate runoff

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 2, 2020

What Happens to Your Absentee Ballot?

Mary Helene Hall and Sam Tupper
October 29, 2020
Early voters enter the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections to cast ballots Friday in the 2020 Presidential Election.

Poll observers can’t speak to Macon-Bibb voters; COVID-19 contract for workers

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
October 23, 2020
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

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
October 21, 2020
The last day to request an absentee ballot in Georgia's Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff is Jan. 1.

What You need to Know about Absentee Ballots

Nicole Bailey-Covin, Engagement Coordinator/Reporter
October 16, 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

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
September 24, 2020
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections has been without an elections supervisor since January.

No Sunday voting but Macon-Bibb expands early voting sites

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
September 18, 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

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 30, 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

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
May 1, 2020
Macon-Bibb County elections officer Tom Gillon, center, demonstrates how to operate voting machines at the board of elections office in this file photo. Gillon is the interim elections supervisor following Jeanetta Watson's retirement.

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

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
April 17, 2020
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