Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s election video under investigation
The Georgia Secretary of State's Office is investigating a Facebook video in which Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed encourages people to vote and says he voted Tuesday for Keisha Lance Bottoms for mayor.
Channel 2 Action News reported Wednesday that state law prohibits solicitation of votes within 150 feet of a polling place. In the video posted to his Facebook page, Reed says he's at Fickett Elementary School in southwest Atlanta.
The Secretary of State’s Office opened an investigation after receiving a complaint about Reed’s statements, spokeswoman Candice Broce told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The State Election Board will decide the case after the investigation is completed, she said.
A spokeswoman for Reed told Channel 2 the story is “nonsense” and an attempt to prop up Mary Norwood, who faces Bottoms in a Dec. 5 runoff.
About the Author
Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
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