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LeBron James

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  • Elections

Ahead Of All-Star Game, LeBron James Ad Tackles Restrictive Voting Measures

A new ad from the voting rights group founded by NBA superstar LeBron James speaks out against Republican-led efforts to roll back voting rights in states across the country, including Georgia.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James shoots during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Los Angeles.

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  • Politics

LeBron James Going To All-Star With Elections On His Mind

Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James, one of the organizers of the More Than A Vote organization that aims to stop Black voter suppression and which played a major role in the outcome of the 2020 elections by encouraging voter turnout, will narrate an ad that will be aired for the first time during Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta — in which he vows that the efforts will continue.

March 05, 2021
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  • Associated Press
Hundreds of people wait in line for early voting on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Marietta, Georgia. Eager voters have waited six hours or more in the former Republican stronghold of Cobb County, and lines have wrapped around buildings in solidly Democratic DeKalb County.

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  • Elections

Georgia Republicans Want To Reshape Voting Laws, Burdening Voters Of Color

Voting Bills being considered in the state legislature would eliminate options local officials used to make voting easier. A close look at two counties shows how it could play out.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler ,
  • Kimberly Cataudella ,
  • and 1 more
Crowd on steps of U.S. Capitol

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  • Elections

Sweeping Voting Rights Package Passes U.S. House; Georgian Politicians Speak

The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance and ethics reform late Wednesday night along party lines in a 220-to-210 vote, but the historic package will face an uphill battle in the Senate as no Republicans currently support the bill.

March 04, 2021
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By:
  • Ariana Figueroa
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

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  • Elections

Georgia Secretary Of State Speaks About Election Challenges, Proposals To Change Voting Laws

Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger supports adding an ID requirement to absentee ballot applications but thinks more input from local officials is needed to tweak voting laws in Georgia.

8.6.1

March 04, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A poll worker sanitizes a voting machine on Nov. 3, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio. Conspiracy theories floated by former President Donald Trump about equipment made by Dominion Voting Systems has led local officials in one Ohio County to slow down the purchase of new Dominion machines.

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  • Politics

Trump's Baseless 2020 Conspiracies Complicate Ohio Effort To Buy Voting Machines

Trump and his allies' false claims about Dominion Voting Systems are leading elected officials in one Ohio county to slow down an effort to procure new voting equipment.

March 03, 2021
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By:
  • Nick Castele
Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could put new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting.

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  • Law

Supreme Court Seems Ready To Uphold Restrictive Voting Laws

The court heard arguments in a case that could allow state legislatures to make it more difficult for some to vote. The arguments centered on a key portion of the Voting Rights Act.

March 02, 2021
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Vice President Kamala Harris, then the Democratic vice presidential candidate, speaks to supporters at a campaign event in October in Orlando, Fla.

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  • National

The Florida Democratic Party Has A Problem: It's Broke And Disorganized

After losing two seats in Congress and several in the legislature in November's election, Florida's Democratic Party is soul searching with a new party chairman at the helm.

March 02, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Protesters at State Capitol

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  • Elections

National Spotlight Again On Georgia Elections, Now For Planned Restrictions

The tension between Georgia voter access and GOP lawmakers’ efforts to defuse perceptions of election irregularities last year continued to build Thursday as protesters, Democrats and civil rights groups denounced Republican legislation intended to restrict access to the ballot box.

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

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  • Politics

What Is Happening With Voting Bills In Georgia?

Nearly 80 bills and resolutions have been filed in the Georgia legislature that would change the way Georgians vote, including two omnibus measures working their way through the chambers. What would voting look like if these proposals were approved?

8.7.3

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Georgia absentee ballot

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate Committee Considers Walking Back Proposal To Limit Absentee Voting

An omnibus voting bill filed in the Georgia Senate this week that proposed ending no-excuse absentee voting could be pared down after outcry from voting rights groups and concern from Democrats and some Republicans.

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
poll worker inspects absentee ballot

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  • Politics

New Omnibus Georgia Senate Proposal Would Severely Restrict Absentee Voting

A 25-page bill filed by Senate Republican leadership would give Georgia one of the most restrictive absentee-by-mail voting laws in the country after record-setting turnout helped Democrats flip both U.S. Senate seats and gave Joe Biden a victory.

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Lt. Gov. Jeff Duncan

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate Passes 4 Voting Bills, Including ID For Absentee Applications

The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate approved four elections bills Tuesday, the first of many expected in the legislative session following Democratic victories in November and January. The biggest change would see absentee by mail applications verified using a form of ID.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
President Biden speaks Friday at a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing site in Portage, Mich. The House could pass a version of his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation this week.

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  • Politics

Biden's Agenda To Come Into Sharper Focus, Even As Trump Plots His Comeback

President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan heads for a House vote as early as this week, while the former president makes his first major speech since leaving office.

February 22, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Then-candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Mobile, Ala., in August 2015.

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  • Politics

With Or Without Trump, Republicans Will Likely Keep Right And Head South

Where will the GOP turn in its hour of crisis? If the past is any guide, it will turn to the wellsprings of strength that have brought the party back from the brink before.

February 21, 2021
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By:
  • Ron Elving
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