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In 2014, the passage of a bill formerly titled HB 1131 created a unified five-member board of elections and registration for Hall County, subsequently abolishing the board of registration. The elections board assumed the powers to conduct elections and registration and absentee balloting measures.
The board would maintain a partisan split among the four board members two Democrats and two Republicans and the elections superintendent served as a nonpartisan, non-voting chair who provided updates to the board.
When Sosebee accepted the elections director position for Athens-Clarke County following the 2016 presidential election, Hall County appointed Bill Moats, then-human resources director, to oversee its elections department.
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Why the Hall elections board could sue the county Hall County elections board Chairman Tom Smiley, right, listens on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, as board member Craig Lutz comments on the board s decision to authorize an attorney to pursue litigation against the county. - photo by Thomas Hartwell
The Hall County elections board may sue the county government, after a 2018 amendment to elections department structure that board members say might have been improper.
Tom Smiley, chairman of the Hall County Board of Elections and Registration, said the change, implemented by the Hall County Board of Commissioners, required the elections director to report to the county administrator and not the elections board. One elections board member said the board had been trying quietly to remedy the issue for months.
Hall County voter challenges rejected by election board. Here s why Voters are being mailed applications to vote absentee in the May 19, 2020, primary. - photo by Shannon Casas
Four challenges to local voting in Georgia’s Jan. 5 runoff were rejected by the Hall County Board of Elections Wednesday, Dec. 23.
Ricky McQueen, Theresa Webb and Chris Fetterman all were asking the board to find that probable cause existed in challenges that there may be people not eligible to vote in Hall because they have changes of address on file with the U.S. Postal Service.
And a fourth person, Robert Michael Smith, challenged the votes of 40 residents who registered to vote between Nov. 4 and Dec. 7, “as well as some voters he’s challenging for residency requirements,” election director Lori Wurtz said.