The Banks County Board of Commissioners moved forward Tuesday night with a board of elections being appointed to oversee elections.
The BOC approved a resolution to seek local legislation to create a board of elections to oversee elections instead of the probate judge’s office.
“We believe this would better serve the county,” Probate Judge Betty Thomas said. “We also believe that down the road that the secretary of state’s office will require a board of elections.”
Before approving the resolution, the BOC reviewed the proposed resolution, line by line, and made changes. One of the changes was that the board will be comprised of four people and a chairman instead of the proposed two people and a chairman.
“I think this is critical,” commissioner Charles Turk said in making the recommendation that the number of members be increased
BOC moves to create election board
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#1
shakingmyhead
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01/10/13 at 07:39 PM
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An "election board"??? To oversee elections??? This is the stupidest thing I've heard of in a long time. No wait. I remember reading not too long ago that Banks County actually had a "Development Committee". That was even more stupid!
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needfarming
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01/23/13 at 12:35 PM
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Dumb, just dumb. Here we are in the midst of this economic recession and the commisioners decide to create this election board. Now they will have to staff it, train the staff, have offices for them, and so forth. That's Banks County citizen's money being spent unnecessarily. Not to mention that the population of the county is and has been declining. This should not have been done until the state required it. What a waste.