ATLANTA – The House Governmental Affairs Committee will hold its next virtual hearing on voting processes and elections in Georgia TOMORROW, Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at 9 a.m. A live stream of the hearing can be viewed here.
Rep. CaMia Hopson Receives Civil Servant of the Year Award for 2020 RICE Awards
ATLANTA – State Representative CaMia Hopson (D-Albany) recently received the Civil Servant of the Year award for the 2020 Rising in Community Excellence (RICE) Awards on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Rep. Hopson was selected by the public to receive the award, and she was announced as one of the award recipients during a virtual ceremony, which can be viewed here.
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Georgia General Assembly Launches New Public Website
ATLANTA – The Georgia General Assembly recently launched its new public website on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. This launch is part of the state legislature’s multi-year software project to modernize its Legislative Management System (LMS); the new public website is the first phase of updating this legislative technology package.
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Georgia House Democratic Caucus Subcommittee on COVID-19 to Hold Virtual Hearing on Unemployment Insurance Benefits
ATLANTA – The Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) Subcommittee on COVID-19 will hold a virtual hearing to discuss the Georgia Department of Labor’s processing of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims on Monday, December 21, 2020, from 10 – 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. To participate in the virtual hearing, please click here; the meeting ID is 837 9025 9113, and the password is 876445.
Reps. David Knight, Karen Mathiak Highlight Spalding County Election Failures, Continue to Call for Local Elections Officials to Step Down
ATLANTA – State Representatives David Knight (R-Griffin) and Karen Mathiak (R-Griffin), who are members of the Spalding County Legislative Delegation, continue to push the investigation into the Spalding County Board of Elections (BOE) and the Spalding County elections supervisor to evaluate the handling of the Nov. 3 election in accordance with Georgia law and election rules and regulations. Knight and Mathiak wish to highlight the mismanagement and unlawful events that they believe to have occurred leading up to Nov. 3, as well as on Election Day and thereafter.