Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James, one of the organizers of the More Than A Vote organization that aims to stop Black voter suppression and which played a major role in the outcome of the 2020 elections by encouraging voter turnout, will narrate an ad that will be aired for the first time during Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta — in which he vows that the efforts will continue.
Roughly a year ago, many Americans watched Wuhan, China, with worry and fear. But not Clyde and Renee Smith of Atlanta. They were blissfully unaware that the novel coronavirus they had recovered from would kill more than 15,000 Georgians and more than half a million Americans. Despite the deaths, we aren’t as afraid now, even though experts say it will take still more vigilance to end COVID-19.
In this morning's headlines, Former Georgia Republican Senator David Perdue is firing back at Democrats who say recent legislation in the state amounts to voter suppression.
Voting Bills being considered in the state legislature would eliminate options local officials used to make voting easier. A close look at two counties shows how it could play out.
Among this evening's headlines, Georgia is less than two weeks out from opening five new mass vaccination sites. The new locations will be in Columbus, Emerson, Sandersville, Savannah and Valdosta.
When teachers are eligible to be vaccinated in Georgia starting March 8, there will be as many plans to do the job as there are school districts in the state.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance and ethics reform late Wednesday night along party lines in a 220-to-210 vote, but the historic package will face an uphill battle in the Senate as no Republicans currently support the bill.
Thursday on Political Rewind: The U.S. House passed H.R. 1 yesterday. If passed by the Senate and signed into law, it would have have have sweeping consequences for Georgia election law. The legislation would weaken state-imposed voter ID laws, mandate automatic voter registration and restore voting enfranchisement to people previously incarcerated in prison.
The additional vaccine sites add to four other locations that opened last month in metro Atlanta, Macon, Albany and Habersham County. The new sites will open in Savannah, Columbus, Waycross and Bartow and Washington counties.
Porch piracy is nothing new, but proponents argue that the tougher penalty would reflect society’s increased reliance on delivery drivers and mail carriers, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also say the change would bring the consequences under state law in line with the federal level.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger supports adding an ID requirement to absentee ballot applications but thinks more input from local officials is needed to tweak voting laws in Georgia.
Georgia is in last place among U.S. states in the pace of vaccination. Only Puerto Rico and Micronesia are slower than Georgia at distributing COVID-19 vaccines.
A bill that proposes to bar transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams in Georgia high schools passed the state Senate Higher Education Committee Wednesday and is now set to head to the full Senate.
