Monday, March 31, 2025

Bills To Change Composition Of Athens-Clarke County Elections Board Sent To Committee For Future Discussion Of Election Board Make-Up

***Oconee Board Similar To One Targeted For Change***

The Georgia House of Representatives on Monday pulled two bills designed to reconfigure the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections and Registration from its local legislative Calendar and sent them to its Intragovernmental Coordination Committee for further consideration.

Rep. Houston Gaines, who represents one of Oconee County’s four precincts in the 120th House District and is the chief sponsor of the two bills, did not object when Beth Camp, chair of the Intragovernmental Coordination Committee, asked House Speaker Jon Burns to pull the two bills from the Local Calendar.