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News Articles: Elections

Rep. Sam Park

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  • Elections

Democrats cry foul over GOP state lawmakers’ remake of local redistricting

The drama of last year’s special redistricting session played out writ small Tuesday morning as the Republican-led House Governmental Affairs Committee passed a redrawn map for Gwinnett County’s Board of Commissioners despite objections from the Democratic majority of the county’s legislative caucus and the commissioners themselves, who are all Democrats.

February 02, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Residents wait in line to vote outside of the Tippecanoe branch library on Oct. 20, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wis. Minimum standards for access to in-person early voting are one reform that both Republicans and Democrats have backed.

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  • Elections

There are election reforms that both Democrats and Republicans seem to like

After failing to pass a voting rights bill, Democrats in Congress haven't made their next move clear. Bipartisan talks have begun over smaller measures that election experts still see as necessary.

February 01, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Denise Freeman (center), a former Lincoln County Board of Education member and community activist, calls a plan to consolidate polling places in the rural Georgia county "unconscionable."

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  • Elections

A Georgia county set off a tense debate by planning to reduce polling sites

Concerns over Lincoln County's proposal suggest many election administration decisions will now be viewed through a lens of growing mistrust.

January 27, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler,
  • Carrie Levine,
  • and 1 more
Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat from Alabama, represents the state's only Black-majority district in Congress. She's pictured here alongside Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio, and Martin Luther King III, in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 2022.

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  • National

Federal court says Alabama's congressional map disadvantages Black voters

Blocking the new congressional map from taking effect, a panel of judges says Alabama needs at least two, not one, congressional districts in which Black voters are the majority, or close to it.

January 25, 2022
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By:
  • Cody Short
Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather outside the Michigan State Capitol in 2020.

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  • Elections

Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions

Legal experts say the illegitimate submissions should motivate Congress to update the Electoral Count Act and "firm up the guardrails" of democracy.

January 25, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairperson of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, testifies before the House Rules Committee in December.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Jan. 6 panel is investigating a Trump administration plan to seize voting machines

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi confirmed Sunday that an executive order was drafted for Trump to sign that would have used the military to seize machines in battleground states.

January 24, 2022
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
GPB News NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

West Virginia's plan to fight 2022 misinformation

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mac Warner, West Virginia's secretary of state, about a bipartisan campaign by state election officials to fight misinformation ahead of the 2022 vote.

January 23, 2022
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, a voter fills out paperwork before casting a ballot the first day of early voting for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta.

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  • Law

Texas man faces federal charges for allegedly threatening Georgia election officials

He allegedly wrote a graphic Craigslist post about killing three officials and harming law enforcement families. The case is the first brought by the Justice Department's election threats task force.

January 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas and
  • Carrie Johnson
A reflection of the U.S. Capitol on a car window on Jan. 13, the day President Biden met with Senate Democrats to talk about voting rights legislation.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

The Senate is set to debate voting rights. Here's what the bills would do

The two measures the Senate will debate aim to prevent states from limiting access to the ballot, and make it easier for people to vote.

January 18, 2022
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
Young people have been on the front lines of activist movements, including on the issue of climate change.

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  • Books

A new look at how turmoil is defining the lives and politics of Generation Z

In a new book, Fight: How Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America, pollster John Della Volpe explores how America's youngest voters and activists are coming of age.

January 18, 2022
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By:
  • Juana Summers
David Safer and Lin Wood

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

Will false Trump electors’ attempt to hijack the Georgia vote be punished?

Imposter Electoral College ballots were submitted to Congress from seven states, including Georgia.

January 18, 2022
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By:
  • Melanie Conklin
Voters on line in College Park in 2020

Tagged as: 

  • 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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By:
  • Kira Lerner
Glenn Youngkin waves to the crowd at his inauguration on Saturday Jan. 15, in Richmond, Va.

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  • National

Republican Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as the governor of Virginia

The businessman, the first Republican to hold the office in nearly a decade, took the oath alongside Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears. The pair surprised Democrats when they swept office in November.

January 15, 2022
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By:
  • Ben Paviour and
  • Michael Pope
Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., walks down the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2021. Katko has announced his retirement from Congress.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Republican Rep. John Katko, who voted for Trump's impeachment, is retiring

Katko is the third Republican who voted for former President Donald Trump's second impeachment to announce his retirement.

January 14, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Then-candidate Joe Biden walks on stage to begin the first presidential debate in September 2020. The 2020 faceoffs may be the last of their kind.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Republicans threaten to skip traditional general election debates

The Republican National Committee has released a letter outlining complaints and will ask presidential nominees not to participate in debates put on by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

January 13, 2022
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
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