Ballots for State Bar elections have been mailed and most, if not all of you, should have received them by now. Mine came in today's mail. It is erroneous and I called immediately to have a new one sent.
The problem is that it places me in the incorrect judicial circuit. I live in DeKalb County, which is in the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. I work in DeKalb County. I use a Post Office Box mailing address that is located in DeKalb County. But because that P.O. Box says it is in Atlanta, the State Bar thinks I am in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, not the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit.
I discovered this error last year when I was running for the Board of Governors and called to double check whether some of my petition endorsers were in the Stone Mountain Circuit or the Atlanta Circuit.
Umm, they said. You are in the Atlanta Circuit. I am not, I responded. Telling them what I just stated. All of my personal and professional and mailing life is in DeKalb. So, they changed it over, so that I could vote for myself.
Now, a year later, the computer has reverted me back to the Atlanta Circuit. I called today and they say they will send me a new ballot.
A friend who lives in DeKalb and wanted to vote for me last year and could not because her work address is in Atlanta, changed over to the Stone Mountain Circuit. She too received an Atlanta Circuit ballot today despite her effort to change last year to the Stone Mountain Circuit.
If you live and/or work in DeKalb County, you can declare yourself to be in the Stone Mountain Circuit. But, as you can see, it takes effort and staying on top of it. I think this may be why there are so many members of the Board of Governors from the Atlanta Circuit, but not the Stone Mountain Circuit.
All this to say, check your ballots. Demand to be in the Stone Mountain Circuit if that is your affiliation. We have two contested races and some terrific candidates running for the positions in the Stone Mountain Circuit. You deserve to be able to vote for them.
See their info links below.
Katie Wood
BOG-Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 2 (click on candidate's name to view their bio)
Hubert J. (Hugh) Bell Jr.
William Dixon James
BOG-Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 10 (click on candidate's name to view their bio)
John G. Haubenreich
A. Dionne McGee
Chadwick R. Walker
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