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Grand jury indicts DeKalb County man for running over wife, hiding her death, prosecutors say
By Rebecca Nash
Absentee ballot issues may disenfranchise thousands of metro Atlanta voters, lawsuit claims
Margaret 
Margaret
Bureau Chief · Alpharetta, GA
Margaret is a veteran journalist with over 15 years of experience covering community issues across Georgia. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism and has worked for various local publications, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WABE radio. Her commitment to community storytelling has made her a well-respected figure in the local media landscape.
More from Margaret →Bureau Chief · Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM · 1 min read
A class-action lawsuit filed by a Cobb County voter claims that a vendor's delays in sending out absentee ballots could disenfranchise thousands of the county's voters.Michael Olaribigbe filed the lawsuit in Cobb County Superior Court on Tuesday naming member of the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registrations and asking the court to grant him and around 2,900 other voters emergency relief.According to the lawsuit, the vendor the county has hired to process and send mail-in ballots has failed to follow Georgia law that requires it to mail or issue ballots within "three days after receiving a timely application for an absentee ballot."The vendor, New York-based Fort Orange Press, is accused in the lawsuit of delaying mailing absentee ballots for up to almost two weeks, saying that the same vendor was responsible for similar delays in New York, Pennsylvania, and Colorado.Absentee ballots are due by the time polls close on Election Day, which is 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2026, for the upcomin
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