SPALDING CO BOC KEEPS ELECTION SUPERVISOR UNDER THE ELECTIONS BD

ON  A   3-1  VOTE  MONDAY, THE  SPALDING  COUNTY  BOARD OF  COMMISSIONERS  WILL  KEEP  THE  ELECTION  SUPERVISOR  UNDER  THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  AND NOT  PUT  IT  UNDER  THE  COUNTY  MANAGER. COMMISSIONER JAMES  DUTTON  THE NO  VOTE.   THE  BOARD  HELD  A  PUBLIC  HEARING  AND  6  CITIZENS  TESTIFIED, MOSTLY  ELECTION  BOARD MEMBERS--TO  KEEP  THE  POST UNDER  THE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE  COMMISSIONERS  WERE  TOLD THEY  CONTROL  THE  BUDGET OF THAT DEPARTMENT--SO  THEY  DO  HAVE  OVERSIGHT.

TO MAKE  A  CHANGE  WOULD  REQUIRE  ACTION BY  THE  GA.  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY.