Georgia’s 159 county elections offices are facing myriad new challenges this year as they gear up for the all-important May primaries and midterm elections in November.
Concerns over new, more restrictive election laws, along with retirements, have sent thousands of seasonal poll workers packing and prompted experienced county elections staff statewide to retire.
Meanwhile, private donations that many cash-strapped county elections offices relied on to run their polls have dried up, due to laws enacted last year after the hotly contested 2020 presidential election.
