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POLITICS
Elections board to challenge over 5,000 voter registrations
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
More than 5,000 voters who a
state lawmaker has said likely no
longer live in the county will have
their registrations challenged but
will still be able to cast ballots in
the Jan. 5 runoff if they do still live
in the county.
At a special called meeting on
Tuesday, Dec. 22, the Forsyth
County Board of Elections voted
3-2, with Chief Registrar and
Chairwoman Barbara Luth and
Republican members Joel Natt and
Carla Radzikinas in favor and
Democratic members Matthew
Blender and Randy Ingram
opposed, to move forward with a
challenge from District 26 state
Rep. Marc Morris to 5,128 voter
registrations that he said were for
individuals who had likely moved
out of the county according to infor
mation from a national voter data
base.
“All we’re requesting is for you to
See CHALLENGE 13A
'We're simply asking is that if
someone appears here and they
... have changed their address and
we believe might be living some
where else... that you prove that.'
-District 26 Rep. Marc Morris
'Give kids the opportunity to show up'
Photo courtesy Tamborello family
TorynTamborello takes a photo with her dad just after voting for her first time in Georgia's runoff election.
Local students turning 18 after
general election get a chance to
vote in upcoming runoff
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
Toryn Tamborello piled into the car with her family on
Monday, Dec. 21, fighting the chilly morning to head out
to an early polling location just off Canton Highway and
vote for her first time.
The Alliance Academy student celebrated her 18th
birthday on Dec. 11, and she was excited to take part in
the election. She and parents left the polls after only five
minutes and marked the milestone by taking some family
photos of all of them wearing “I am a Georgia voter”
stickers.
“You talk all the time about how you want people to
vote and how important voting is, and you learn in your
classes how essential it is to vote,” Tamborello said. “And
then being able to actually play it out is really cool.”
Tamborello is one of thousands of young citizens in
See VOTE13A
RUNOFF ELECTION
With two weeks of advance voting
in the books, voters will still have four
more days to vote ahead of the Jan. 5
runoff.
WHAT ARE THE RACES:
Incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly
Loefflervs. Democratic challenger
Raphael Warnock; Incumbent
Republican Sen. David Perdue vs.
Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff; and
Incumbent Republican Public Service
Commissioner for District 4 Lauren
"Bubba" McDonald vs. Democratic
challenger Daniel Blackman.
WHEN CAN I EARLY VOTE: 8
a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28
throughThursday, Dec. 31.There will
be no early voting on Monday, Jan. 4.
WHERE CAN I VOTE EARLY:
Forsyth County Voter Registration and
Elections Office (1201 Sawnee Dr.);
Hampton Park Library (5345
Settingdown Road); Parks & Recreation
Natural Resources Operations Center
(1605 Canton Hwy.); Sharon Springs
Park Community Building (1950
Sharon Road); and Midway Park
Community Building (5100 Post Road).
MORE INFO: Forsythco.com or
www.mvp.sos.ga.gov.
GOVERNMENT
District 2 Commissioner Dennis Brown looks back at time served on board
By Ashlyn Yule
ayule@forsythnews.com
District 2 Commissioner and retired
U.S. Army Col. Dennis Brown led his
last invocation and pledge of allegiance
at a Forsyth County Board of
Commissioner’s meeting on Thursday,
Dec. 17. Members of the board had kind
words to share about Brown and many
well-wishes for all his future endeavors.
“I have appreciated my time on the
board with [Dennis Brown], and it has
been a delight to work
with [him],”
Chairwoman Laura
Semanson said. “[He] is
always level-headed,
the voice of reason, the
unshakable Dennis
Brown, and I appreciate
[him].”
During the meeting,
Brown, a south Forsyth resident,
expressed how proud he was of his
friends on the board and staff, saying
that it was an honor for him to work
with everyone.
“I’m also proud of all the county
employees and the staff,” Brown said in
an interview with Forsyth County News.
“They work very hard to do a good job,
and they make people happy as much as
they can.”
Brown took over then-District 2
Commissioner Rick Swope’s position in
2017 after Swope stepped down, and
served the rest of the term until 2020.
“[My time on the board] has been
very, I think, fulfilling and worthwhile,
and it’s been an honor to serve the peo
ple of Forsyth County,” Brown said.
“It’s been a good learning experience.
We’ve had a few challenges along the
way, like [COVID-19] and all of that,
but overall it’s been a really great expe
rience.”
When asked about his favorite proj
ects he has been a part of over the last
three years, Brown said he was proudest
See BROWN 12A
Brown
45/28
Forecast 12A
BOC approves
county manager
contract, welcomes
Kevin Tanner to
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