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News Articles: Elections

Voters cast their ballots Election Day in 2020 in East Los Angeles. Smartmatic says it's the only county they were operating in for the presidential election, but Fox News mentioned the company 137 times in a month afterward as President Trump and his allies pressed baseless claims of a rigged election.

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  • Media

Fox News countersues a voting machine maker, saying its damage estimate is inflated

Smartmatic says claims aired by the network contributed to losing $2.7 billion in business through 2025. In a new suit, Fox says that figure represents absurdly huge growth for the small business.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Christopher Dean Hopkins
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison addresses the DNC Winter Meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel on March 10, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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  • Elections

New Jersey Democrats may want to knock Iowa off the top of the presidential calendar

As Democrats consider selecting new states to go first in the presidential primary calendar, New Jersey pitches itself as a sensible choice.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
In February, ahead of the Texas statewide primary, Carlos Vanegas at the Harris County Elections Office in Houston pushes a cart with mail-in ballots to be sent to voters. The county ultimately rejected thousands of the mail ballots it received back.

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  • Elections

In Texas, thousands of mail ballots were rejected following new ID requirements

Perhaps most notably, Harris County rejected a whopping 19% percent of the mail ballots it received, or 6,888 ballots in total. Four years ago the county's rejection rate was about 0.3%.

March 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Former President Donald Trump listens as Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Sept. 25, 2021.

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  • Elections

Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker questions evolution

The Trump-backed Republican candidate also doubted scientific intervention in human reproduction. He's the favorite in the primary to take on Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November.

March 16, 2022
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks in Cuthbert on her "One Georgia" campaign tour.

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  • Elections

Stacey Abrams launches statewide tour highlighting call for Medicaid expansion

"In the state of Georgia, we should not have differences of outcome because of differences in ZIP code," the Democrat said.

March 15, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Legislature

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  • Politics

Georgia lawmakers face do-or-die Crossover Day on elections, culture wars bills

Tuesday is Crossover Day in the state Legislature, the last day a bill can cross from one chamber to the other. While lawmakers have been known to practice legislative necromancy by grafting dead language onto healthy bills, legislation that does not pass either Georgia’s House or Senate by Crossover Day is typically considered dead for the session.

March 15, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap
People check a voter list to confirm where they should cast their ballots during legislative elections in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

Colombians vote for a new congress and presidential candidates

Three major candidates emerge to compete in the country's May presidential election.

March 14, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump smiles at the crowd after speaking at a rally on Jan. 15 in Florence, Ariz.

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  • Elections

Trump's political revenge tour takes on Republicans who broke with him over Jan. 6

The former president is campaigning in South Carolina on Saturday night in the district of one GOP lawmaker who voted for impeachment and is facing a primary challenge from a Trump-backed opponent.

March 12, 2022
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Democrat Stacey Abrams and Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Elections

Qualifying week sets the stage for Georgia's contentious 2022 primary races

Hundreds of candidates have qualified to run for office in 2022, setting up several marquee primary races on May 24.

March 10, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Election workers in Georgia count ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta in 2020.

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  • Elections

1 in 5 local election officials say they're likely to quit before 2024

A new national survey raises alarms from election administrators facing constant threats. Stress and attacks by political leaders on the voting system are top forces pushing them out of their jobs.

March 10, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday, the morning after his victory in the country's presidential election.

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  • Asia

South Koreans vote political conservative as new president

The politically inexperienced Yoon Suk Yeol's pledge to get tough on North Korea could mark a sharp break with the outgoing liberal administration's policies.

March 10, 2022
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Election officials count votes after Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India on Thursday.

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  • Asia

Modi's ruling party is ahead in crucial state polls in India

The results are seen as a referendum on the prime minister's popularity and a resounding endorsement of his party's Hindu-first politics.

March 10, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Sample section of Georgia absentee ballot application

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | How to vote absentee by mail in Georgia under SB 202

On this week's episode, we walk through the steps of requesting and voting an absentee by mail ballot under new voting law SB 202.

March 09, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
People in State Capitol qualifying to run for office

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  • Elections

Trump factor to be tested as hopefuls qualify to run for Georgia’s top elected posts

Candidates have until noon Friday to qualify to run, but the first day saw big crowds at the Capitol, where Democrats and Republicans queued up to fill out their paperwork in separate rooms.

March 08, 2022
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By:
  • Jill Nolin and
  • Ross Williams

Tagged as: 

  • Law

Supreme Court stays out of key state rulings on partisan gerrymandering, for now

In cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican state legislatures sought to block decisions issued by state supreme courts based on the states' respective constitutions.

March 07, 2022
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  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Ryan Ellingson
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