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Even when removed from Georgia’s controversial, seemingly endless 2020 election season, Chatham County’s Board of Elections has had a tumultuous start to the year.
Last week, with nary a press release or public announcement, a new member was appointed to fill former Republican board member Debbie Rauers’ seat after she resigned amid an investigation of her allegedly hitting a woman with her car in Orleans Square on Jan. 5.
To add to the churn of unprecedented decisions, the Chatham County Republican Party, the group responsible for appointing a new board member, didn’t pick a Republican for the seat.
Instead, they chose Independent Carry Smith, a former member of the Chatham County Democratic Party and local political scientist. Back in October, Smith was a driving factor in the disqualification of Tony Riley, a Democratic candidate for the Chatham Commission District 2.
Chatham County Elections Supervisor Russell Bridges is retiring.
His retirement was announced at a Board of Elections meeting held Friday, Jan. 29. The announcement came following at four-hour closed door session to discuss personnel.
Board of Elections Chairman Tom Mahoney said Bridges retirement date is Feb. 28. After 16 years of dedicated and faithful service we extend our deep gratitude for his tireless efforts to ensure compliance with election laws, Mahoney said of Bridges.
Mahoney noted that when Bridges began as elections supervisor in 2004 he oversaw use of touch-screen voting for the first time in Georgia. And now he ran an entirely new (voting) system successfully in the 2020 election and in the 2021 Senate runoff, Mahoney said.