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GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A northeast Georgia county says its exempt from providing...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A northeast Georgia county says its exempt from providing...

A northeast Georgia county says it's exempt from providing Spanish language ballots for at least another five years. The Times of Gainesville reports that Hall County officials say an evaluation shows the county doesn't meet the requirement that more than 5% of its voting-age citizens are members of a language

What Happens When Your Waiter Can’t Afford Rent Many towns in rural New York are bustling with city visitors, pushing up rental costs and pushing out workers. “I’m at a point where I can’t expand my business and am at a loss of what I’m supposed to do next,” said LaToya Flood, who owns a restaurant in Kingston and is having a hard time finding workers.Credit...Sasha Maslov for The New York Times By Kaya Laterman July 23, 2021 If LaToya Flood had her way, she would hire an additio...

Cities to make decision on municipal elections agreement soon Hall Countys elections board and staff process absentee ballots Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The process involves verifying signatures and placing ballots in batches for counting. Votes wont actually be tabulated until Election Day. - photo by Scott Rogers In the coming weeks and months, Hall County municipalities will make a decision on how best to run the upcoming loc...

The ongoing feud between the Hall County elections board and county administrators could soon be heading to a courtroom.

The Hall County Board of Elections is asking for an injunction against the county government to stop it from taking any personnel action against Election Director Lori Wurtz. Wurtz is serving a 90-day probation period after receiving a poor performance evaluation in February that cited problems during the 2020 election cycle. The 90-day probation period is expected to end in April. The request for the injunction came in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Hall County Superior Court. In the suit, the ele...

What the Hall County Elections Board says it needs and why it needs it Hall Countys elections board and staff process absentee ballots Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The process involves verifying signatures and placing ballots in batches for counting. Votes wont actually be tabulated until Election Day. - photo by Scott Rogers Does the Hall County elections office have the infrastructure to handle the upcoming municipal and general...

GAINESVILLE – Members of the Hall County Board of Elections and Registrations were silent Tuesday afternoon on any possible legal action they may take in an effort to gain supervisory control of the Elections Director position, but they weren’t hesitant to speak loudly in support of the Elections Director, Lori Wurtz, by what they said and did during the meeting. Board members took turns verbally praising Wurtz’s work during the challenging 2020 election process, and then reinforced their...

Introduction Some voting laws working their way through the Georgia legislature could make it harder for local officials to cut down on long lines at the polls, according to an analysis from the Center For Public Integrity and Georgia Public Broadcasting News. GPB’s Stephen Fowler reports. (Courtesy Georgia Public Broadcasting) Stephanie Lopez-Burgos stood in line about 35 minutes when she went to vote early in Georgia’s Senate runoff election and felt lucky it wasn’t longer. She saw soci...