Zombie bill would make 5 metro counties’ local elections nonpartisan
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A bill that would make district attorney, commission and tax commission races in five metro counties nonpartisan is on its way to Gov. Brian Kemp.On Friday, the state House approved SB 369, which would impact DeKalb, Fulton, Cobb, Clayton and Gwinnett county races beginning in 2028.Currently, those races are partisan. The bill passed the House by a vote of 93-64, with seven members not voting and 16 excused.On Tuesday, Georgia House Democrats are set to hold a media conference at the state capitol, decrying what they call an effort “to fundamentally change how Georgians in only Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties elect their local leaders.”SB 369 was originally written to provide new regulations on mobile food trucks, and was authored by a former state representative now under indictment for stealing pandemic unemployment funds.
Dexter Sharper, who represented a Valdosta, Georgia, state house district, has since resigned in lieu of his indictment.Sharper - one of several Democrat state lawmakers to face similar indictments - was charged in January with making false statements to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars in emergency…
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