Bibb Board of Elections confirms Steve Allen still a board member | Elections | Macon.com

In a 4-1 vote, the board authorized Elections Supervisor Jeanetta Watson to send a letter to the local Democratic Party to inform it that Allen — one of the party’s two appointees — is still a member of the board, thanks to a letter the elections office received in February from the party’s then-Chairman Fred Swann.

Ronnie Miley, the Democratic Party’s other appointee to the board, opposed.

Controversy has swirled around Allen’s status on the board since last month, when he voted in favor of holding the nonpartisan special election for the new Macon-Bibb County consolidated government on Sept. 17, the earliest date on the Georgia Secretary of State’s calendar for a special election. Allen’s vote incurred the wrath of the party’s executive committee, which favors a Nov. 5 election date.

The party cites traditionally higher voter participation from black voters in the county during November elections.

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