A lawsuit demanding that Georgia switch to paper ballots ahead of the November election will be heard by a federal judge later this month. Members of Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp will argue that such a switch is unnecessary and confusing, while those in favor of the switch point to vulnerabilities that they say mean the state’s election systems are insecure. With less than two months before election day it’s hard to imagine a voting overhaul, but for those pushing for paper ballots the case moving forward has their ship RISING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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