J. Paul Lombardo
It was just six days after the symbolic celebration of the end of 2020, and the positivity of looking forward to a new year with the arrival of our new granddaughter, the hopeful success of the pandemic vaccine, the hope of baseball returning with fans in the stands, The NFL Draft in Cleveland, and the July Jimmy Buffett Concert for which we have tickets, headlining our plans for 2021.
Being a week where the Jamestown Schools were on complete remote instruction, and no subbing jobs being available, and not receiving a call from the Falconer Schools needing coverage, I tried to keep myself busy on that Wednesday with little planned. I piddled around getting some of my income tax information together and ready for figuring when our W2s arrive. Also, being that my sleeping schedule has been a bit skewed for about the past year or so (I wake up anywhere between 1:00 am and 2:30 am, and fall asleep in my chair each night around 7:00 pm), a mid-morning or afternoon nap
Stacy M. Brown | 1/8/2021, 6 a.m. Warnock, Ossoff win Georgia Senate runoffs Courtesy Photo
Just ahead of the Senate Runoff Election, President-elect Joe Biden went to Georgia and rallied voters by demanding, âSend me these two men!â The Peach State responded. Democrats, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, have defeated Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in close races. Warnock will go to Washington as the first Black Democratic senator from the South and Georgiaâs first African-American senator. Ossoff will also make history, arriving on Capitol Hill as the first Jewish senator from Georgia.
With 98 percent of the results reported, Warnock defeated his opponent, 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent while Ossoff turned back Perdue 50.2 percent to 49.8 percent, according to projections.
Georgia Judge Says Poll Observers Must Be Able to Stand Within 10 Feet From Counting Tables
As ballot counting is underway for the Georgia runoff election, a judge in Fulton County on Tuesday night handed a small victory to Republicans by solidifying an agreement that affords poll observers better access to view the counting of absentee ballots.
The agreement, known as a consent agreement, was made between Fulton County election officials, the county’s Republican Party, non-partisan organization the National Defense Committee, and Sean Kilbane, a Republican observer.
It was made after the Republicans and the National Defense Committee sued (pdf) county officials over allegations that the county had failed its transparency obligations under election law to allow observers to view the counting and signature verification process as well as the process for duplicating absentee ballots.