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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

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 25, 2023
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections, pictured here at the December meeting, is in a legal battle with the mayor and county commission over who has the authority to select the elections supervisor.

Ga. Senate bill gives Macon-Bibb clear control to select elections supervisor

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 24, 2023
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections will hold early voting at two locations Nov. 28-Dec. 2 for the runoffs for U.S. Senate and Macon Water Authority District 2.

Saturday voting for Macon-Bibb, but limited early polling sites

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 22, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections has been searching for a new elections supervisor since January.

Macon-Bibb asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over elections supervisor selection

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 14, 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

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 19, 2022
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

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 22, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections has been without an elections supervisor since January.

Macon-Bibb Board of Elections hires Atlanta attorney in rift with mayor over supervisor selection

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 1, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Board of elections held a called meeting Tuesday and reluctantly agreed to participate on mayor's committee to help select new supervisor.

Board of Elections members bristle over Mayor’s plan for a search committee

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 16, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Commission voted against adding consideration of the Board of Elections supervisor candidate to Tuesday's committee agenda.

‘Just a mess,’ elections board member says as Macon-Bibb reopens search for supervisor

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 11, 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

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

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 10, 2022
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