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Archive for October, 2009

Rasmussen: Barnes leads in Dem primary, Baker surges

Posted: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 @ 11:11 am in 2010 Elections | No Comments »

On the heels of the poll in the GOP primary, Rasmussen released the results for the poll from likely Democratic primary voters.
Former Gov. Roy Barnes stayed about the same, while Attorney General Thurbert Baker more than doubled his support from the previous Rasmussen poll. House Minority Leader Dubose Porter saw support slip. Everyone else [...]

Rasmussen: Oxendine below 30%, still leads

Posted: Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 @ 9:26 pm in 2010 Elections | No Comments »

Rasmussen has a new poll out for the Republican primary for Governor of Georgia. It’s about as significant as a poll can be eight months before the primary because it shows a decline for Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, who is now under 30%. In the previous poll from Rasmussen, Oxendine was at 31%.
Secretary of [...]

Early preview of 2010 legislative session

Posted: Sunday, October 18th, 2009 @ 4:06 pm in Legislative Preview | No Comments »

Travis Fain of the Macon Telegraph has an early preview of the 2010 session of the Georgia General Assembly, which begins in January, after Republicans met last week to discuss priorities.
What can you expect?:
Lindsey said the details of a transportation funding plan, which has divided House and Senate Republicans for two years now, are [...]

Municipal Elections: Early voting underway

Posted: Monday, October 12th, 2009 @ 10:00 am in Special Session | No Comments »

Voters in municipalities around the state will head to the polls to decide their representation and leadership. You may can take advantage of advanced voting, which began next week and runs until Friday, October 30th. You can check here to see the hours for your county.
Also, seven seats in the Georgia General Assembly will be [...]

September revenues down 16%

Posted: Thursday, October 8th, 2009 @ 7:39 pm in Budget | No Comments »

Here is the press release from the Governor’s office:
Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that net revenue collections for the month of September 2009 (FY10) totaled $1,371,956,000 compared to $1,632,334,000 for September 2008 (FY09), a decrease of $260,378,000 or 16.0 percent.
The percentage decrease year-to-date for FY10 compared to FY09 is 14.2 percent.

Voter registration deadline is October 5th

Posted: Thursday, October 1st, 2009 @ 10:00 am in Special Election | 1 Comment »

The following is a press release from the Georgia Secretary of State reminding citizens to register to vote for the upcoming municipal and special legislative elections.
Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel today reminded citizens who reside in districts holding municipal or special elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 that they must be registered to vote [...]