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Believes in addressing gun violence in Columbus, especially among youth, through new, swift, and effective life-saving measures, empathetic support, and action, emphasizing the county coroner's critical role in community safety and well-being.

Said addressing gun violence is a key issue, especially among youth, through new initiatives aimed to save lives and provide emotional support. 

Supports candidate transparency on values and viewpoint on important problems.

Supports developing relationships amongst other local officials.

Supports integral character traits as an official, as she believes "Empathy...can't be authentic if you don't stand in your own value system."

- Said addressing gun violence is a key issue, especially among youth, through new initiatives aimed to save lives and provide emotional support. 
- Supports candidate transparency on values and viewpoint on important problems.
- Supports developing relationships amongst other local officials.
- Supports integral character traits as an official, as she believes "Empathy...can't be authentic if you don't stand in your own value system."

Royal Anderson

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 