Georgia
Georgia Recorder: Georgia elections officials don’t expect major voting delays due to storm damage
Stanley Dunlap of the Georgia Recorder reports that Georgia officials’ do not expect damage caused by Hurricane Helene to disrupt voting.
Georgia state election officials announced Monday the fallout from devastation of Hurricane Helene is expected to have minimal disruptions to the upcoming Nov. 5 election.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said a week after the early recovery efforts began for several dozen counties struck by the storm on Sept. 27, local election officials are back on schedule Monday for the first day to mail out absentee ballots and remain on track for the start of voting on Oct. 15.
Several counties in south and east Georgia were badly affected by Helene, which knocked out power and cell service flooded entire towns in Tennessee and western North Carolina.
Georgia county election offices that were forced to press pause last week because of the storm are resuming poll worker training, voting equipment testing and other preparations for the three weeks of early voting and a Nov. 5 Election Day.