DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections to host Special Called Meeting Aug. 9

DECATUR, GA— The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections (BRE) will hold a Special Called Meeting for a board retreat and strategic planning session on Saturday, Aug. 9, at 10 a.m.  This meeting will be in person at the Courtyard Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory Hotel, 130 Clairemont Ave., Decatur, GA 30030.

Public comments may be made in person or submitted by sending an email of one printed page or less at a minimum font of 12 to electionspubliccmnt@dekalbcountyga.gov which must be received between 35 and five minutes before the scheduled start of the meeting. The body of your email must include your first and last name.

The BRE Special Called meeting will be held in-person and not live streamed.

By submitting an email for public comment, you agree to have your name and the email broadcast on the UStream and entered into the record and minutes. The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections reserves the right, at the DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections’ sole discretion, to (1) add your email to therecord/minutes without reading any of it into the broadcast or (2) read all or a portion of your email into the record/minutes.

All public comments will be limited to two minutes. Abusive, profane, or derogatory language, holding up signs, clapping, yelling, standing, or laying in the aisles to show support for or opposition to a speaker will not be permitted, but a show of hands or quietly standing in place will be permitted to show support for or oppositionto a speaker’s position.