Kemp Postpones DA Race; Oconee Issues 5,831 Mail-In Ballots

Oconee County and Clarke County voters on Monday lost the chance to select a new district attorney in November for the Western Judicial Circuit of the Superior Court.

Gov. Brian Kemp failed to appoint on Monday a district attorney to serve until a special election could be held on Nov. 3, meaning that no special election will be held.

Instead, Kemp will be able to appoint a district attorney who will serve without an election until November of 2022.

Jennifer Stone, assistant director for the Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration, said on Monday that the county has issued 5,831 mail-in ballots for the June 9 primary, which would have included the district attorney race had Ken Mauldin not retired at the end of February.

Stone said that the county has mailed out 2,269 Democratic ballots, 3,359 Republican ballots, and 203 NonPartisan ballots.

The county has approximately 2,000 ballots yet to issue, Stone said.

For more on the story, please go to Oconee County Observations.