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Commissioner outlines plan to make county election board nonpartisan; special legislation may be required
Summary
A commissioner proposed changing Haralson County's election-board selection process to a five-member, nonpartisan board modeled on Carroll County, citing challenges when multiple appointing entities fail to agree; commissioners agreed to review proposed bullet points and asked the county attorney to pursue special legislation if needed.
A commissioner (Speaker 3) outlined proposed changes to the county election-board selection process and asked colleagues to review a set of bullet points prior to a follow-up work session.
Speaker 3 said the current selection process names representatives from party leadership, the superior court judge and the grand jury to form the election board, and that reliance on those party-designated appointments can create problems if any entity fails to make an appointment. He proposed a five-member, nonpartisan selection model based on Carroll County's structure and asked that the county attorney prepare special legislation for presentation to the state legislature. Speaker 8 said the timeline should not be a problem and noted March as a typical deadline to have legislation passed.
No formal vote was taken; Speaker 3 asked that the item be placed on the agenda after the next work session so commissioners can consider it formally. The transcript does not record public comment on the proposal, a draft ordinance, or details on how members would be selected under the new model.
