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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr condemned Cobb County’s electoral map in a brief filed in the ongoing redistricting lawsuit, which is set to have its first hearing in Cobb Superior Court on ...
A diverse swath of southwest Cobb County, long held by Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, was abruptly rerouted to GOP control during redistricting. And not just any Republican, but U.S. Rep ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Cobb County must now hold a special election to fill two commission seats after a judge ruled that the electoral map used in a recent primary election was ...
Mar. 28—Cobb County wants the lawsuit over its commission district map thrown out. County attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit from east Cobb resident Larry Savage and Commissioner ...
The legal fight started in early 2022, when the Georgia General Assembly passed HB 1154 – signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp as Act 562 – which changed the boundaries for Cobb County’s ...
Jan. 20—The Cobb County School District has hired Cumberland-based Freeman Mathis & Gary to represent the district in ... The map redrawing the boundaries of the seven-member board was ...
Mar. 3—Gov. Brian Kemp has signed the Republican-sponsored Cobb County commission and school board maps into law. The controversial redistricting will take effect Jan. 1, 2023, and the new ...
Last month, a Cobb Superior Court Judge ruled the county map was unconstitutional, and the state map must be used. Tuesday night, commissioners acquiesced and agreed to use the state map.
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A federal court has blocked Cobb County's map for school board elections next year, saying in a ruling this week that they are "substantially likely to be an unconstitutional ...