Kemp Weighs Election Board Fate

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has requested legal guidance from the State Attorney General on whether he can legally remove State Election Board members.

The State Election Board’s three-person Republican majority passed new rules allowing county election board officials to conduct “reasonable inquiries” into apparent voting discrepancies before certifying election results.

Gov. Kemp has received pushback from lawmakers of both parties opposed to the new election rules, with Democrat Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign filing suit on Monday to challenge the new certification rules.

Judge Blocks Third-Party Candidates

A judge ruled that four independent and third-party candidates, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jill Stein, cannot appear on Georgia’s presidential ballot.

The decision now awaits confirmation from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, which is due before Georgia starts mailing ballots to military and overseas voters on September 17.

If upheld, the judge’s ruling will limit the presidential race in Georgia to Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and Libertarian Chase Oliver.

Former Atlanta City CFO Gets 3 Years

Jim Beard, Atlanta’s former chief financial officer, was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to federal program theft and obstructing an IRS audit. 

Prosecutors said Beard exploited Atlanta city funds to cover personal expenses, including travel for himself and others, and misrepresented these expenses to the IRS.

He also illegally acquired two machine guns under the guise that they were for the Atlanta Police Department. 

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➤ Georgia began its new fiscal year in July with tax collections for the month increasing 2.7% over last year, bringing in an additional $66.3 million. (Details)

➤ Metro Atlanta: A metro resident was diagnosed with a case of measles last week, bringing the total reported in Georgia up to five for the year. Declared “eliminated” in 2000, cases of measles continue to appear. (More)

➤ Atlanta: The film “Rejuvenation,” now screening nationwide, was launched by a Georgia State University alumnus and stars several GSU students. (See Details)

➤ Fort Moore: Fort Moore became one of the first training installations to open a cognitive testing facility in what will be a U.S. military-wide initiative to establish baselines for reference in case of traumatic brain injury. (Details)

➤Albany: A new report from the Georgia Office of Highway Safety says that 53% of crashes in Georgia come from distracted driving, attributed largely to phone use. (More)

➤ Savannah: Vice-President Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz will conduct a bus tour through Southwest Georgia on Wednesday, finishing up with a Thursday night rally in the Savannah area. (Details)

➤ The Atlanta Falcons have completed their roster cutdown for 2024, trimming the team to 53 players. (See roster)

➤ Georgia Tech added a four-star recruit, lineman Christian Garrett, to their rising 2025 class. He had previously committed to the University of Georgia before deciding to become a Yellow Jacket. (More)

➤ The Atlanta Dream’s Rhyne Howard saw her rookie record for 3-pointers in a season tied by the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark Monday night, while Howard was guarding her. (See 3-Pointer Video) 

➤ Yesterday’s Results: MLB | WNBA | US OPEN 

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➤ The Army Corps of Engineers plans to reassess its permit for Hyundai’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant after learning Hyundai needs 6.6 million gallons of water daily from the underground aquifer to run the plant. (More)

➤ Two Delta Air Lines workers were killed and another person injured at Delta Ops maintenance facility near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Sources said a plane’s tire exploded. (More)

➤ An Atlanta Tech Village will open in South Downtown in early 2025 with space for more than 200 entrepreneurs. (More)

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➤ Southern Living has named two Georgia restaurants among the best new barbecue joints in the South. Owens & Hull in Smyrna ranked No. 18 and Slow Fire Barbecue in Savannah was No. 20. (See Details)

➤ A new Amazon Prime docuseries explores the haunted past of Georgia’s Lake Lanier from the perspective of survivors who had near-death experiences at the lake (More)

➤ A Waffle House in Georgia has a six-month waitlist and you can’t even order breakfast. That’s because it’s actually the Waffle House Museum on the site of the original 1955 franchise in Decatur. (See Photos)

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3. In peach pie
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