Voter Issues Archives - Focus on Big Canoe, GA https://bigcanoe.news/category/voter-issues/ Big Canoe's Only Investigative Newspaper Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:46:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 BIG CANOE: Why Are We Still Not Allowed to See the Vote Counts? Property Owner Demands Answers. https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-why-are-we-still-not-allowed-to-see-the-vote-counts-property-owner-demands-answers/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-why-are-we-still-not-allowed-to-see-the-vote-counts-property-owner-demands-answers/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:31:32 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54597 Despite repeated claims by the Big Canoe Property Owners Association (POA) that it values transparency, one key element of community governance remains completely hidden from the very people who fund and live under it: the actual candidate vote totals from POA Board of Directors elections.

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BIG CANOE: Recent Vote Reveals Discrepancies. Can Anyone Explain This? https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-recent-vote-reveals-discrepancies-can-anyone-explain-this/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-recent-vote-reveals-discrepancies-can-anyone-explain-this/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:52:17 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=17671 The vote numbers provided to Property Owners are not adding up.  The POA has provided conflicting sets of Vote Count Numbers that offer radically different vote tallies, and leave us wondering what is causing a clear discrepancy of 1,741 missing Eligible Voters as reported by the POA?

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Big Canoe: POA Board Of Directors Fails to Address Key Concerns In Vote Update https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-board-of-directors-fails-to-address-key-concerns-in-vote-update/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-board-of-directors-fails-to-address-key-concerns-in-vote-update/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2019 02:58:17 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2945 The POA Board Of Directors eblasted another “Communication to the Community” today, in an attempt to update regarding the ongoing series of Voting mishaps.  While the message did offer some helpful information, and began to [...]

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Big Canoe: Breaking News in POA Board Election – What They Aren’t Telling You https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-breaking-news-in-poa-board-election-what-they-arent-telling-you/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-breaking-news-in-poa-board-election-what-they-arent-telling-you/#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:58:37 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2925 On December 9, 2019 the Board put out a statement declaring the election possibly invalid. This Newspaper has done some digging, and come up with some additional information.

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Big Canoe: Who is Voting the 100 “Family Dwelling Units” purchased for $2.62 Million in the 2016 Land Deal? https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-whos-is-voting-the-100-family-dwelling-units-purchased-for-2-62-miillion-in-the-2016-land-deal/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-whos-is-voting-the-100-family-dwelling-units-purchased-for-2-62-miillion-in-the-2016-land-deal/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:42:28 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2897 MY QUESTION IS: Who is Voting the 100 Family Dwelling Units that the POA Acquired as part of the 2016 land Deal?  Are they being voted?  Something to think about.

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Big Canoe: More Evidence of a Disorganized, Incompetent Board of Directors https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-more-evidence-of-a-disorganized-incompetent-board-of-directors/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-more-evidence-of-a-disorganized-incompetent-board-of-directors/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2019 13:56:12 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2882 This is an update to previous stories in the ongoing Voter Scandal that is underway in Big Canoe. More evidence that Voting Rights are being improperly denied to property owners

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BIG CANOE: POA Board Embroiled in Voting Scandal ~ Election May Be Declared Illegal ~ Potential Lawsuit https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-board-embroiled-in-voting-scandal-election-may-be-declared-illegal-potential-lawsuit/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-board-embroiled-in-voting-scandal-election-may-be-declared-illegal-potential-lawsuit/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:22:26 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2605 SUMMARY:  Over the past few days, word has trickled into this newspaper that MANY Big Canoe Property Owners have been denied Ballots and Eligibility in the upcoming election.  A small group of very influential authorities [...]

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Dudley Devore says, We have authority to raise Assessments to over $700+ per month https://bigcanoe.news/dudley-devore-says-we-have-authority-to-raise-assesments-to-over-700-per-month/ https://bigcanoe.news/dudley-devore-says-we-have-authority-to-raise-assesments-to-over-700-per-month/#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:33:07 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=612 I started my day on Thursday with POA Board Member Dudley Devore. He was in my Planning Focus Group.  He sat up at the front of the room with “Skip” of Chambers Consulting.  Chambers Consulting [...]

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POA Board says, Let’s Rush an Assessment Increase – before new Board is voted in https://bigcanoe.news/poa-board-says-lets-raise-dues-in-a-rush/ https://bigcanoe.news/poa-board-says-lets-raise-dues-in-a-rush/#respond Wed, 07 Nov 2018 22:31:23 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=586 We are about to enter into an election for 2 new Board Members, and one of the central themes of the election is clearly “Fiscal Responsibility”.  Yet the current Board seems dead set to RUSH [...]

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Phil Anderson says, High Gap Sale of 332 Acres Must happen by “Next Week” – so lets Rush a Decision! https://bigcanoe.news/high-gap-sale-must-happen-by-next-week/ https://bigcanoe.news/high-gap-sale-must-happen-by-next-week/#respond Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:03:23 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=497 The 332 Acre High Gap Property was part of the 2016 Land Deal, which most residents in hind-site feel was a very bad decision considering the $9.4 Million dollar price paid.  The 2016 Land Deal [...]

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