The DeKalb County Board of Registration & Elections will hold its scheduled meeting on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in person at 4380 Memorial Drive, Decatur, Georgia.
Public comments can be made either in person or by email. To submit an email comment, individuals must send a message of one printed page or less using a minimum font size of 12 to electionspubliccmnt@dekalbcountyga.gov. Emails must be received between 35 and 5 minutes before the meeting starts and should include the sender’s first and last name.
By submitting an email for public comment, participants agree that their name and email may be broadcast on UStream and entered into the official record and minutes. The board reserves the right to add emails to the record without reading them aloud or to read all or part of any email into the record.
All public comments are limited to two minutes. Rules prohibit abusive language, clapping, yelling, standing or laying in aisles as forms of protest or support; however, raising hands or quietly standing is allowed.
Meetings are streamed live on DeKalb County’s UStream channel at https://bit.ly/DeKalbCountyElections.
In related news about DeKalb County schools, enrollment dropped by 2.2% during the 2022-23 school year compared to the previous year (https://www.gadoe.org/). The district enrolled a total of 98,287 students during that period (https://www.gadoe.org/), with white students comprising about 14% of the student body (https://www.gadoe.org/).
“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 the record/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 opposition to a speaker’s position.”
BRE meetings are streamed live on DeKalb County’s UStream channel at https://bit.ly/DeKalbCountyElections.
