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Residents oppose outsourcing absentee‑ballot processing; commissioners keep work in‑house
Summary
After multiple public commenters opposed contracting Fort Orange Press to process absentee mail ballots, the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners voted 4‑0 to decline the contract and approved paying overtime and hiring temporary workers to process absentee ballots in‑house for 2024.
Several Whitfield County residents spoke at the Feb. 12 Board of Commissioners meeting urging that absentee‑by‑mail ballot processing remain under local control rather than outsourced.
Speakers at the public comment period included Stacey Doran, Eddie Caldwell, Debra Gordon, Charlene Caldwell, Joe Hommrich, Harvey Wysong and Tim Daniel, who…
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