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The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections on Monday rejected an effort by the chairman of the Clarke County Republican Party to challenge the eligibility of thousands of voters in the Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff. The original document that targeted 16,024 voters was amended Dec. 18 by local GOP Chairman Gordon Rhoden to challenge 4,943 Clarke voters' eligibility in the runoff. Rhoden alleged these voters had moved their residency outside the county. At the advice of Judd Drake, the attorney representing the elections board, a motion to reject the challenge carried without opposition at a Mo...

Clarke County GOP challenges eligibility of voters in Athens The chairman of the Clarke County Republican Party has challenged the eligibility of 16,024 Athens voters in the Nov. 3 general election, according to the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections. As a result, the elections board has called a meeting for 4:30 p.m. Monday at the elections office to consider the challenge. The meeting of the five-member board, chaired by Jesse Evans, will be available online for public viewing. The papers from the GOP were signed by party Chairman Gordon Rhoden, who could not be reached for comment Fr...

Holmes has accepted a position with the Marietta law firm Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers. “I didn’t want to go far,” Holmes told the MDJ. “You know, there is work to be done across this state certainly, but right now my heart is still very much vested in the work in Cobb County, and so I wanted to stay here and be close to do that.” Scott Gregory, GDCR’s managing member, said the firm was excited and pleased to add Holmes as a partner and member. “Joyette has a strong and proven track record in our profession, including serving as a prosecutor, judge and d...

Bodycam footage shows neighbor who filmed Ahmaud Arbery's murder telling police he repeatedly tried to block the unarmed black jogger before he was shot dead by a father and son William 'Roddie' Bryan Jr is seen speaking to police moments after Ahmaud Arbery was killed on February 23 in bodycam footage released Monday Bryan Jr describes joining father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael in chasing Arbery as he ran through a Georgia neighborhood on February 23  'I pulled out of my driveway and was going to try to block him,' he says Bryan Jr and both McMichaels are facing murder charges in A...

On Monday, one of the most notorious murder cases in recent Cobb history will be back in the spotlight as Justin Ross Harris begins his quest for a new trial. Over four years ago, Harris was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his 22-month-old son, Cooper Harris. Cooper died after being left in the back seat of his father’s car for over seven hours, while his father worked at a Home Depot office on Cumberland Parkway. Now, Harris and his attorneys will appear at a three-day hearing for a new trial starting Monday. It’s set to be heard in Cobb Superior Court ...