She said she fell behind on rent partly because her bus service stopped during the pandemic and she had to pay more for transportation. White is hoping to get a new place now. She said she was approved for a Section 8 voucher to help. She submitted a rental assistance application more than a month ago, she said. The Department of Community Affairs, which runs the program, said turnaround time for applications is around a month now.
Ombudsmen work on behalf of the resident and his or her wishes and desires. We may intervene in a problematic situation with the direct permission of the resident or representative. We also have resources and materials that may be helpful in addressing concerns. We are knowledgeable about laws and policies governing facilities and agencies that may be helpful in particular situations. A change local officials embrace is a section that allows them to begin processing, but not tabulating, absentee ballots starting two weeks before the election.
There's extra incentive to do so, by way of a new requirement that counties count all of the ballots nonstop as soon as polls close and finish by 5 p. Plus, local officials are required to post and report the total number of ballots cast on election day, during early voting, via absentee voting and provisional ballots, all by p. Speaking of provisional ballots, out-of-precinct provisionals will not count anymore unless cast after 5 p.
Now that counties must finish tabulating all the votes by 5 p. Absentee ballots will be checked using the ID information voters write on the outside envelopes instead of their signatures, another departure from previous policy. One change buried in the bill would give county elections officials greater flexibility with voting equipment for smaller, lower-turnout races. Previous law requires one ballot-marking device per every active voters. Statewide general elections would still require that ratio, but any other election would be subject to the local elections officials' discretion, based on expected turnout, the type of election, number of people that have already voted and more.
Counties will also have to provide better notice of public logic and accuracy testing of voting machines and equipment, where officials calibrate every piece of technology used in the election.
The dates and times should be on the county's website, if they have one, a local newspaper and in a prominent place within the county. Plus, the secretary of state's office must keep a master list and make it public. In the election, many rural and urban counties received grant funding from philanthropic outlets such as the Center for Tech and Civic Life and the Schwarzenegger Institute.
Under the new law, those elections offices could no longer directly receive funding. But the State Election Board is slated to propose a method to receive donations and distribute them equitably by October Another change that was proposed last year and is now law would require large polling places with long lines to take action if wait times surpass an hour at certain times during the day. Those massive polls with more than 2, voters and wait times longer than an hour would have to hire more staff, add more workers or split up the precinct after that election.
More than 1, of Georgia's precincts have over 2, voters. After the election cycle saw an influx of partisan poll watchers who sometimes interfered with vote counting, the GOP-backed bill requires poll watchers be trained before allowing them to work, and gives local officials the authority to set where those watchers can observe from. Poll workers, in short supply for the June primary because of the pandemic, may now serve in adjoining counties.
Scanned ballot images will now be subject to public records disclosures, and the secretary of state's office shall create a pilot program for posting those images online as well. While most Georgians don't directly interact with the State Election Board, several changes made by the Republican legislature could have an impact on local elections offices.
The secretary of state will no longer chair the State Election Board, becoming instead a non-voting ex-officio member.
The new chair would be nonpartisan but appointed by a majority of the state House and Senate. The chair would not be allowed to have been a candidate, participate in a political party organization or campaign or made campaign contributions for two years prior to being appointed. The law also says the governor should appoint someone if the position becomes vacant when lawmakers are not in session. Other changes to the State Election Board's powers would give the board — and by extension, the legislature — more power to intervene in county elections boards that are deemed underperforming.
In addition to the legislature-appointed chair, the five-member board is made up of one member appointed by the House, one appointed by the Senate and one each picked by the Democratic and Republican state parties. The State Election Board, county commissions or a certain number of state House and Senate members that represent a county could request an independent group to conduct a performance review of their appointed elections board or probate judge that supervises elections, defined in Georgia law as the "superintendent.
The election superintendent is responsible for everything from certifying results, handling polling place changes and hearing challenges to voters' eligibilities — something that SB clarifies that must be heard in a timely manner after being filed and can include an unlimited number of challenges.
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