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29 May 2021 A Georgia judge ordered a delay in the audit of an estimated 147,000 absentee ballots cast in Fulton County, Georgia during the 2020 election Wednesday after county officials filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by nine Georgia voters who requested the audit. Last Friday, Superior Court Judge Brian Amero ordered the audit requested by the nine Georgia voters, petitioners in the case,  Favorito v. Cooney, No. 2020CV343938, originally filed in Fulton County Superior Court on...

View Comments The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budgeted $50 million to spot dredge the Vermilion River, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-Lafayette) announced Friday. Higgins announcement comes on the heels of an emergency approval of $5 million by Lafayettes City Council for spot dredging along the river following intense rain in Lafayette last week that prompted isolated flooding. The May 17 storm dumped more than 6 inches of rain on Lafayette in the span of just a few hours, pushing the Vermilion ...

Primary Content Caption Fulton Countys election board voted 3-2 to fire Elections Director Rick Barron, center, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Credit: Stephen Fowler | GPB News Fulton Countys elections board voted 3-2 Tuesday to fire Elections Director Rick Barron, who oversaw both the much-maligned June primary and the November presidential election that saw record-setting early voting and few issues. Barron has served Georgias most populous county since 2013. The vote mirrors a 3-2...

In a text message after the vote, Barron said he’d hold off on commenting until after a Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting scheduled for Wednesday. “This vote could get rejected tomorrow,” he wrote. The chairman of the Board of Commissioners did not immediately return an email seeking clarification on whether the election board’s decision needs to be approved by the commissioners. When asked whether the commissioners’ approval is necessary, county spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt...

Fulton County election board votes to fire election director By KATE BRUMBACKFebruary 16, 2021 GMT ATLANTA (AP) — Officials in Georgia on Tuesday voted to fire the man in charge of overseeing elections in the state’s most populous county, which was frequently in the spotlight last year after a disastrous primary and attention from then-President Donald Trump. The three members of the Fulton County Board of Elections who were in favor of terminating Rick Barron said problems caused by the co...

Updated at 10 a.m. on Friday. Rick Barron managed two of the most significant and scrutinized elections in Fulton County’s history without major incident, weathering conspiracy theories spread by former president Donald Trump, as well as lawsuits, death threats, and a pandemic. But on Tuesday, the county’s board of registration and elections voted 3-2 in favor of firing Barron, going against the wishes of the Fulton election director’s staff, who in recent days signed onto a letter in su...