Several candidates are vying to defeat a pair of incumbent Republican Georgia Public Service commissioners in an election that challengers say will become a referendum on rising Georgia Power bills.
Georgia’s State Election Board voted Monday to request state lawmakers pass legislation next year making voter lists readily available to the public before and after elections.
The Georgia State Election Board will hold its first post-election meeting on Monday, where it is set to consider resuming its recent push to change Georgia’s election rules and stir the debate anew about counties review controversial mass voter challenges.
The right wing of the Georgia State Election Board that champions rules favored by GOP supporters of President-elect Donald is set to get back to its agenda after court decisions thwarted past attempts to implement the changes before November.
Three first-time or non-incumbent candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines.
Halloween night, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger released a warning to voters: Social media posts may include disinformation from foreign sources.
Former first lady Michelle Obama and celebrities from music, film and television urged young Georgians to exercise their right to vote on Tuesday night.
Civil rights groups say new Georgia voting rules have made it too easy to challenge the eligibility of people living in nursing homes, college dormitories and military facilities, and will make it more difficult for homeless people to register to vote.
Poll "watchers" and poll "observers" do not enjoy the same legal status. GPB's Peter Biello speaks with former elections director for Georgia's Secretary of State Chris Harvey about the distinction between these two roles.
In Georgia, nonvoters are the most complicated piece of the electoral puzzle in a state that could decide the presidency. There are more than 47,000 people in Bibb County, Georgia, about 80 miles south of Atlanta, who are eligible to vote but don't.
