State Sen. Clint Dixon is now presenting his second bill, which proposes to add 5 seats to the Gwinnett County Commission on the grounds of population growth in the last census. #gapol
Bill here: legis.ga.gov/legislation/60…
Democratic State Sen. Emanuel Jones is protesting the fact that no maps of the proposed new districts have been included in his packet.
"I don't know what I'm being asked to vote on"
He made the same protest about no maps being included in the the BOE bill.
A Republican bill to switch the Democrat-controlled Gwinnett County BOE to nonpartisan is in committee.
The Gwinnett BOE Chair says they were not consulted before the bill was dropped.
Gwinnett Democrats say they also were not consulted.
Watch: legis.ga.gov/schedule/senat…#gapol
The sponsor, Sen. Clint Dixon, says there's an urgent need to pass the bill because the county needs time before a May election.
This is also the argument many state election officials have made to push back the May primary, to little avail:
DeKalb: 17,902
Henry: 9,078
Cobb: 5896
Chatham: 5318
Fulton: 5294
Gwinnett: 5068
(all of the above, D leaning)
Thomas: 2078
Bryan: 1515
Meriwether: 1325
Dougherty: 1200
Fayette: 1139
Forsyth: 752
@GabrielSterling#gapol#gasen
Sterling predicts that GA Public Service Commissioner, Republican Bubba McDonald is likely to maintain his lead, though it may be within the recount margin. #gapol#gasen
Dec 7, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Former Democratic candidate in the other Senate race @SarahRiggsAmico is speaking on behalf of Warnock.
“There was one radical on the debate stage tonight and it was not Reverend Warnock” she says #gapol#gasen
“As someone who also feels that she lived American dream” Amico criticizes Loeffler’s absence of support for additional coronavirus relief checks #gapol#gasen