Amid criticism of other voting changes, few noticed in 2021 when Georgia lawmakers shortened the period between an election and a runoff from nine weeks to four weeks. But the change is leaving less time to vote early before the state's June 21 runoff.
Georgia's public education leaders heard vastly different approaches to teacher pay and keeping schools safe from the two gubernatorial candidates vying for their votes in November.
The initial pandemic shutdowns of 2020 caused Georgia businesses to lay off workers in record-breaking numbers, leading to record-breaking problems for people trying to receive unemployment insurance benefits. Jobless Georgians reported unanswered calls for help and months-long wait times for approval.
On this week's episode, we look at some of Georgia's primary runoff debates, from Democratic secretary of state to several Republican Congressional races.
A newly rebuilt State Election Board is positioned to determine whether the state takes over Fulton County election operations, oversee Georgia’s pivotal midterms, and investigate election security challenges.
Some Republican activists are calling on abolishing Georgia's open primary system. They are complaining that too many Democrats voted in the state's Republican primary against candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Skeptics about Georgia’s voting systems are mounting an array of challenges in Chatham County and statewide to the outcome of the May 24 primary election.
Both Democratic candidates for Secretary of State say Georgia's chief election official Brad Raffensperger has pushed conspiracies after standing up to others.
The two Republicans vying to replace Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District sparred over which was the true conservative or even a real Georgian in their debate Monday.
In Georgia's newly drawn 6th Congressional District, the question won't be if voters will elect a conservative politician come November, but which one.
Over 7,000 groups ranging from political parties to environmentalists and anti-union coalitions spent money to beam Facebook ads to Georgians’ screens last month during the buildup to the May 24 primary election.
Georgia's Stacey Abrams is trying to pick who else will be on the Democratic ticket with her as she runs again for governor. Abrams is making two new endorsements in her party's June 21 runoffs.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger probably would not have won last week's Republican primary without Democrats. An Associated Press analysis of early voting data has determined that more than 37,000 people who voted in Georgia's Democratic primary two years ago cast ballots in last week's Republican primary.
