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3 days ago · Early voting in Georgia off to brisk start. by Dave Williams | Oct 15, 2024. ATLANTA - Early voting is off to a record-breaking start in Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger reported Tuesday. As of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 234,000 Georgians had cast their ballots on the first day of the early voting period, far surpassing the 136,000...
State Election Board grappling with mass voter challenges
Oct 8, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia counties are systematically denying mass voter challenges brought by citizen activists instead of investigating them as the law requires, State Election Board Executive Director Mike Coan said Tuesday. The Republican-controlled board instructed Coan last month to look into how challenges are being handled in eight counties ...
Republicans favored to retain majorities in General Assembly
3 days ago · While the maps redrawn by the General Assembly’s Republican majorities likely will hold the Democrats to minimal gains in the state House and Senate, no changes are expected in the makeup of Georgia’s congressional delegation. The congressional map the legislature adopted last year essentially swaps the 6th and 7th congressional districts.
Voting rights groups weigh in on lawsuit challenging State …
Sep 11, 2024 · ATLANTA – Civil and voting rights groups have filed a “friend of the court” brief in a lawsuit challenging two rules changes the State Election Board’s Republican majority adopted in recent weeks. The ACLU of Georgia, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argue the changes threaten to upend ...
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State gets green light in campaign finance case against voting …
Jul 10, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has won a federal appeal allowing his office to move forward with a civil case against a voting rights group founded by two-time Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams. The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals this week overturned a lower court decision that was blocking the state from ...
Poll shows Trump still leading Harris in Georgia
5 days ago · Recent Posts. Harris batters Trump at Atlanta rally; Republicans favored to retain majorities in General Assembly; Georgia hits 1 million mark in early voting
Raffensperger: Georgia is prepared for smooth elections
Sep 9, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Monday predicted smooth elections in the Peach State this year despite rules changes being imposed by a State Election Board he called “a mess.”. Raffensperger told members of the Atlanta Rotary Club reforms his office and the General Assembly have made since the last presidential ...
3rd Congressional District hopefuls debate immigration, abortion
Oct 13, 2024 · ATLANTA – Illegal immigration and abortion dominated a debate Sunday between the two candidates for Georgia’s open 3rd Congressional District seat. Republican Brian Jack and Democrat Maura Keller each focused on the issue that has most galvanized their respective bases, immigration for Jack and abortion for Keller. Jack, a former White ...
Bipartisan Georgia leaders banding together to boost trust in …
Jun 25, 2024 · ATLANTA – A bipartisan group of former elected leaders are joining forces to fight election lies that erode public confidence in the nation’s electoral system.