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Criminalizing the vote: GOP-led states enacted 102 new election penalties after 2020

In March 2021, four months after former President Donald Trump claimed that voter fraud cost him the state’s electoral votes and the presidency, Georgia’s Republican governor signed a law criminalizing people who give food or drinks to voters waiting at the polls.

July 18, 2022
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By:
  • Kira Lerner
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

An appeals court reinstates portions of Florida's new election law

A federal appeals court granted Florida's request to reinstate parts of the state's election law while it appeals a lower court's decision that the law was aimed at suppressing Black voters.

May 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The chambers of the General Assembly.

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Political Rewind: Lawmakers achieve mental health reform; Movement on bills in final days of session

Thursday on Political Rewind: The legislative session ends Monday, so we looked at the latest news from the Capitol. A bill making sweeping changes to Georgia’s mental health services is on its way to the governor's desk for his signature.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
A photo of the state Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Political Rewind: Election bill stripped down; Mental health bill moves forward; Trump changes tune

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Host Bill Nigut is back at the helm, as we discussed the marathon of issues the legislator has to pass before Sine Die. But first, former President Trump seems to backpedal on former Sen. David Perdue's run for governor.

March 30, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, R-Gainesville, sparks laughter, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, during a hearing on an election law bill at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Miller asked a House member "What happened to your bill?" after the Senate Ethics Committee slashed it from 39 pages to two pages, removing all controversial proposals.

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Georgia senators scrap proposal for more election rules

Georgia senators are scrapping further big changes in state election law. The Senate Ethics Committee took the vote Tuesday after strong opposition from local election officials who said changes would create needless red tape.

March 30, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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  • Elections

State judges across the U.S. face growing GOP pushback against rulings in election cases

New Georgia law makes it harder for judges to expand polling place hours

February 17, 2022
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By:
  • Kira Lerner
Voters on line in College Park in 2020

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  • Elections

Seven states to watch in the 2022 push to restrict voting rights

Republican state lawmakers across the country are ramping up their drive to enact voting and election-related laws in time for crucial 2022 midterm elections.

January 17, 2022
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  • Kira Lerner
President Joe Biden

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‘I’m tired of being quiet.’ Biden rips Georgia GOP, says time is now to protect voting rights

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris urged Senators to push federal voting rights legislation in a speech Tuesday in Atlanta.

January 11, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch and
  • Stephen Fowler
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about voting rights at the Justice Department in Washington, on Friday, June 11, 2021.

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Political Rewind: Federal Officials Pledge Review Of Election Laws, Audits In Ga. And Other States

Monday on Political Rewind: Georgia’s new election law is likely to face federal scrutiny now that Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced plans for the Department of Justice to review state laws across the country that some say limit the right to vote. Garland's DOJ will also look at post-election audits, such as those being proposed here.

June 14, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
State Farm Arena early voting

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Conservative Heritage Group Takes Credit For Georgia Voting Overhaul

The director of the conservative Heritage Action for America claims the lobbying organization played a pivotal role in some of the most controversial provisions in Georgia’s sweeping new voting overhaul.

May 17, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Republican state Rep. Briscoe Cain (center) stands with co-sponsors as he speaks in favor of the election bill Thursday in the House chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin.

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  • Politics

After All-Night Session, Texas House Approves GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions Bill

The legislation was criticized by Democrats, progressive groups and voting rights advocates as "voter suppression." Republicans view it as "sensible election integrity legislation."

May 07, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz

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