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The secretary of state of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public records. The office has had a four-year term since 1946. [1] Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election. [1]
The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has launched a new web portal to allow voters to cancel their registration online. The site - cancelmyregistration.sos.ga.gov - lets voters who are moving ...
The party primary elections took place on May 24, with runoffs scheduled for June 21. Raffensperger was elected in 2018 to a first term in a runoff against Democratic former U.S. representative John Barrow , the first time in Georgia history that any statewide executive election went to a second round.
In August 2024, the Georgia State Elections Board enacted two new rules that could deputize local election officials more discretion on whether they certify the election, contrary to state and national precedent. The Democratic party has filed a lawsuit to stop the new rules from taking effect, [28] [29] and it was blocked by a judge on October ...
The state’s certification of the presidential election results follows the county’s certifications on Nov. 12. Georgia had record voter turnout, both in early voting and on Election Day.
Georgians have until Oct. 7 to register for the election. For more information on registering, go to sos.ga.gov . If you need info on your voting status and precincts, go to mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/ .
No candidate in the open election on November 3 received the 50% required by Georgia law to avoid a runoff, a type of election colloquially known as a "jungle primary" [1] —Warnock received just 32.9% of the vote—and so a runoff election between Warnock and Loeffler was held on January 5, 2021, which Warnock won with 51% of the vote.
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