Kelvin King running for secretary of state

Atlanta businessman and Air Force veteran Kelvin King has entered the race for Georgia secretary of state King who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U S Senate three years ago reported his candidacy for secretary of state Tuesday in an op-ed in James Magazine Online I ve spent my life serving this country through facility and leadership from working as an Air Force contracting officer to building a triumphant construction company that serves the society sector King wrote I am ready to do the work for Georgia for America for our future King who is married to State Ballot Board member Janelle King vowed to promotion a hybrid form of voting that would include hand counting ballots to confirm votes and to bring new leadership to cleaning up Georgia s voter rolls He also promised to overhaul the state s business licensing and registration systems which are overseen by the secretary of state State Rep Tim Fleming R-Covington also is running for the Republican nomination for secretary of state Incumbent GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger hasn t indicated whether he will seek a third term He was reelected overwhelmingly in despite running afoul of Republican base voters by refusing to go along with Donald Trump s alleged effort to overturn the results of the presidential poll in Georgia Raffensperger has reportedly been considering mounting a bid for governor or the Senate next year The post Kelvin King running for secretary of state appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta