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A Bibb Superior Court hearing May 22 in a nine-month legal battle between the Board of Elections and Macon-Bibb County's mayor and commissioners led to the case being dismissed.

Board of Elections loses legal case against mayor and commissioners

Judge Connie Williford dismissed the fatally flawed lawsuit over who has the authority to select an elections supervisor candidate
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 25, 2023
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.

Elections board nominates new supervisor while attorney asks judge to block mayor’s selection committee

Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections also approves Sunday voting in advance of the November election, warns the results could be thrown out if Mayor Lester Miller and county commission appoint new leader without input
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 16, 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

Superior Court judge asked to block Lester Miller’s plan to select supervisor candidate through a bi-partisan committee
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 19, 2022
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.

Interim Macon-Bibb County elections supervisor named

Bibb County's first Black elections supervisor, Jeanetta Watson, resigned effective Jan. 21.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 21, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Elections Supervisor Jeanetta Watson, center, poses with the Phoenix Award during the Georgia  Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials conference last summer.

Macon-Bibb elections supervisor’s resignation cites stress, workload, new election laws

Jeanetta Watson, who resigned effective Jan. 21, led the Board of Elections since 2012 after joining the office in 2007.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 10, 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
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