Statewide News

The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and the South Fulton Delegation will host "Count Us in 2020: Census Caravan - Town Hall" tonight at 6:00 p.m. The event will be held at The Enon Church at 3550 Enon Road. Information on Census 2020 initiatives will be shared. Attendees can also learn more about job opportunities with the Census Bureau. Event partners include the South Fulton Ministerial Alliance, Fulton County, Fair Count and Black Men Count. The host committee includes Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams who was named to the state's Complete Count Committee by Governor Brian Kemp in September. At a recent District 3 Townhall meeting, Sen. Williams addressed South Fulton residents and spoke about how important the Census is to ensuring that communities are represented an...

The Secretary of State’s Office has announced forthcoming updates to Georgia’s voter file that will reduce the size of the voter roll by four percent. 313,243 voters statewide have been labeled as inactive and are at risk of being removed. More than 4,000 live in South Fulton County. Election officials are mailing a notice to the last known address of people who have been in “inactive” status for more than three years and had no contact with election officials during that time. A registration is moved to “inactive” status when the person fails to respond to a pre-addressed, postage paid confirmation card asking them to confirm or update their information. The confirmation card is required to be sent to people who have filed a National Change of Address Card with the U.S. Postal Service...