March 11, 2021
Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid led the vote to elect the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority board member for District 3 this week at the State Capitol.
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The ATL is a state entity created in 2018 to coordinate transit planning and funding within the 13-county metro Atlanta area. Eligible electors for this vote included any state senator or representative whose district is included in whole or part within Transit District 3, as well as Cobb County Chair Lisa Cupid, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, Fulton County Chair Robb Pitts, Gwinnett County Chair Nicole Love Hendrickson, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst, who was selected by a caucus of mayors in the district to participate in this process.
Fulton County Elections Director Remains in Job After Vote
Commissioners in Georgia’s largest county deadlocked on Feb. 17 in a vote to remove its elections director, allowing him to remain in his job for now.
The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections voted a day earlier to remove Director Richard Barron, and sent its recommendation to remove Barron from the Board of Commissioners.
The seven-person board voted 3–3, with Commissioner Natalie Hall abstaining, on whether to accept the recommendation, so the motion failed.
Commission Chair Robb Pitts told WSB-TV, “We need to get an opinion from the county attorney as to whether it’s properly before us or not, but the bottom line though right now is Mr. Barron is still the director.”