Georgia's highest court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed certain voters in the state's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late to return them after the deadline. That means the affected Cobb County residents must vote in person on Election Day, which is Tuesday, or get their absentee ballots to the county elections office by 7 p.m. that day
The Minnesota governor and second gentleman bonded with their favorite rock stars and reinforced Vice President Kamala Harris' closing message at this mini-concert at the Cobb Galleria on Sunday afternoon, with less than 48 hours to go before Election Day.
Around 1 million people in the state have Type 2 Diabetes — and close to a quarter million more likely have it and don’t know, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day. Bulletproof glass and drug-sniffing dogs in election offices, and panic buttons and security officers for polling places are some of the steps they are taking.
An election board in one of Georgia's largest counties has voted to start charging people who challenge the eligibility of voters for the cost of notifying the challenged voters. The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registrations voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt the rule.
Ahead of the November election, the Georgia office of the secretary of state is making surprise spot checks of county boards of elections to ensure voting machines are working fairly and accurately.
Some Georgia counties are being invited to get their share of Kroger’s $1.2 billion, multi-district settlement over the franchises participation in the opioid addiction crisis.
Conservative activists in Georgia and other states are using a new software tool as part of a broader effort to scrub voters from the rolls. As part of this initiative, they're asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge.
On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in honor of Juneteenth, the Friends of the Concord Bridge, Cobb Parks and the Toni Morrison Society hosted a gathering for the 34th installation of the "Bench by the Road" project at the Silver Comet Trail in Mableton, Ga., honoring the late author Toni Morrison and a formerly enslaved family in Cobb County.
Two Georgia state House incumbents have lost to challengers in party primaries this week. Republican Lauren Daniel lost a rematch of her 2022 primary to Noelle Kahaian on Tuesday in suburban Henry County, while Democrat Teri Anulewicz lost to Gabriel Sanchez in suburban Cobb County.
Officials at Georgia's Kennesaw State University say a student was killed in a weekend shooting outside a residence complex on campus. The campus was briefly locked down after the Saturday afternoon shooting.
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to rule, at least for now, on whether county commissioners can override state legislators and draw their own electoral districts. All nine justices on Thursday voted to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two Cobb County residents.
The firing of a suburban Atlanta teacher who read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class has been upheld by the Georgia Board of Education.
