Ballot question in November would make Georgia’s probate judges nonpartisan
Georgia voters will consider a ballot measure in November to make probate judge elections nonpartisan. These judges oversee legal matters including wills, estates, and conservatorships. The proposal has received support from a bipartisan group.
Do you want to know what political party the judge who validates your last will and testament belongs to? A measure up for a vote on the November ballot would require all Georgia probate judges, who oversee matters like wills, estates and conservatorships, to be elected in nonpartisan elections, and a bipartisan group of more […]
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