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Bolton County BRE postpones canvassing policy review, approves advanced voting sites for Aug. 26 special election
Summary
At its June 12 meeting the Bolton County Board of Registration and Elections postponed review of a proposed canvassing pre-certification policy after a recent Georgia Supreme Court opinion, unanimously approved two advanced voting sites for an Aug. 26 special election and set a June 20 pre-certification schedule.
At a June 12 meeting, the Bolton County Board of Registration and Elections postponed consideration of a proposed canvassing pre-certification policy following a recent Georgia Supreme Court opinion and unanimously approved two advanced voting locations for a special Aug. 26 Senate District 21 election.
The board moved to delay action on the canvassing policy until its next regular meeting to allow staff and counsel to review how the court opinion and related State Election Board (SEB) rules affect the county’s proposed procedures. The board’s attorney said the opinion removed a single sentence from a cited rule and that, “If the process, pre certification and certification was based on the law as currently written or previously written, before this Georgia Supreme Court opinion, then yes, you can go forward.”
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