It’s hurry up and wait on Bibb election details | Elections | Macon.com

Sometime this year, voters will pick a new Macon-Bibb County government. The when and how of the elections, though, remains a question following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down part of the Voting Rights Act.

Legislators had voted to make the new government elections in July nonpartisan, but the federal government delayed this year’s elections for a review that now no longer needs to be done, officials say.

Bibb County Attorney Virgil Adams said he’s still looking at the questions of whether the elections must be nonpartisan and when they could be held. He didn’t indicate when he might have answers.

“At this point, I don’t have any statement to make,” Adams said Wednesday. “We’re just trying to look at it real carefully.”

Adams could have a difficult time getting a second opinion. The Georgia Secretary of State’s office, which handles elections, referred questions back to him.

The Association County Commissioners of Georgia, which advises counties on election law and other issues, said Wednesday that its own attorneys wanted to get more information from the Justice Department before offering advice to member counties.

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