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News Articles: Elections

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
Items at a Gwinnett County, Ga., voting location on Jan. 5, when Democrats flipped two U.S. Senate seats after President Biden won the state in November. Georgia Republicans are proposing a sweeping new state law that would restrict early and absentee voting.

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  • Politics

Georgia Republicans File Sweeping Elections Bill To Limit Early And Absentee Voting

Republican lawmakers vowed to make changes in response to false claims of election fraud in 2020, when Democrats won the presidential race in Georgia then flipped both U.S. Senate seats.

February 19, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A sign directs voters to the polls in Gwinnett County.

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  • Politics

Georgia Republicans File Sweeping Elections Bill That Limits Early, Absentee Voting

An omnibus elections bill introduced directly into a Georgia House committee Thursday would ban Sunday early voting, shrink the window to request and mail out absentee ballots and make other sweeping changes to election laws.

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Fulton County election workers sort absentee ballots during a pilot audit after the June 9 primary.

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate Ethics Committee Advances Voting Bills, Including Absentee Photo ID

The Georgia Senate Ethics committee approved a number of elections bill Thursday, including a measure adding an ID requirement to absentee applications and a proposal to require counties to process mail-in ballots earlier, as more extreme bills wait in the wings.

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A Georgia Senate panel advanced legislation Wednesday that would eliminate the state's no-excuse absentee ballot law. It also signed off on a bill to require voters to provide ID to vote by mail and a full committee is set to consider the changes Feb. 18.

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  • Elections

Ga. Senate Panel Advances Bill To End No-Excuse Absentee Voting, Require ID

Georgia’s Senate Ethics Committee is set to consider Republican-sponsored election bills Thursday that eliminate no-excuse absentee voting and require an ID to vote by mail.

February 17, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Workers sort through ballots in Fulton County's election warehouse.

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  • Politics

Report Shows No Fraud But Many Problems With Fulton Voting Process

Fulton County's November and January elections had no fraud but faced problems with its mail-in absentee voting process, according to a report from a State Election Board-appointed monitor.

February 17, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Member of the national guard patrol the area outside of the U.S. Capitol on the third day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Georgia A Major Player In Trump's Second Impeachment Trial

On Georgia Today, GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler discusses Georgia's role in former President Trump’s second impeachment trial, and whether there could be criminal charges tied to Trump’s interference in the presidential election.

February 12, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
John Gimenez attaches a flag to his vehicle during an event hosted by the Hispanic Federation to encourage voting in the Latino community Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. The Hispanic Federation is a non-partisan organization.

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  • Politics

Politicians Encouraged To Learn Spanish, Not Just Fake It During Campaigns

The advocacy group Voto Latino is stressing the need for year-round, bilingual engagement with Latino constituents. They're also calling out feeble attempts many candidates make to speak Spanish.

February 12, 2021
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By:
  • Juana Summers
Georgia prosecutors are investigating whether former President Donald Trump's phone call to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Ben Raffensperger to overturn the state's election results in Trump's favor broke state laws.

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  • Politics

Georgia District Attorney Is Investigating Trump's Call To Overturn Election

In a letter to state officials, the top prosecutor in Atlanta said the investigation will look into potential violations of state law stemming from Trump's call with election officials last month.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
David Shafer

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  • Politics

Georgia GOP Report Calls For Crackdown On Voting Laws After 2020 Defeats

After unsuccessfully trying to overturn the November election and losing both U.S. Senate seats in January, the Georgia Republican Party has released a report recommending sweeping crackdowns on voting rights.

February 09, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Poll workers help voters get ready to cast their ballots on Nov. 3 in Atlanta. State lawmakers are now considering legislation that could roll back some laws that made it easier for voters to cast ballots by mail.

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  • Politics

After Record 2020 Turnout, State Republicans Weigh Making It Harder To Vote

After an election that saw record voter turnout, some GOP state lawmakers are proposing a wave of new voting laws that would effectively make it more difficult to vote in future elections.

February 07, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler,
  • Abigail Censky,
  • and 2 more
President Biden meets with House Democratic leaders, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in the Oval Office on Friday to discuss coronavirus relief legislation.

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  • Analysis

Biden, Democrats Prepare To Go It Alone, Believing Most Of Country Is On Their Side

The president is not waiting around for Republicans to come around to his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. "We can't do too much here. We can do too little," Biden said Friday.

February 07, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
People listen to the Rev. Raphael Warnock speak on Jan. 5 in Marietta, Ga. Warnock and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff won the Georgia Senate runoffs on the strength of superior Democratic organizing around the state.

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  • Politics

How Democrats Found Thousands Of New Voters And Flipped Georgia's Senate Seats

Roughly 225,000 people who voted in January runoff elections didn't vote in November. A disproportionate number of them were people of color, a sign of where Democrats' political future lies.

February 07, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Hurt
Supporters cheer as former President Trump arrives to address a "Keep America Great" rally in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Feb. 20, 2020. After his loss, the county GOP faces a deep ideological divide.

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  • National

GOP Divide Not Just A D.C. Drama: Post-Trump Reckoning Splits Colorado County

As the GOP split reverberates across the U.S., the head of one Colorado county Republican Party insinuates that COVID-19 is a hoax, calls on militia group for security and faces calls to resign.

February 05, 2021
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By:
  • Bente Birkeland
Sidney Powell, center, and Rudy Giuliani, left, are defendants in a new lawsuit filed by the electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic. The company is seeking more than $2.7 billion over what it says was a "disinformation" campaign about its role in the 2020 election.

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  • Politics

Election Tech Company Sues Fox News, Giuliani And Others For $2.7 Billion

The suit names Fox stars Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, as well as Trump allies Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.

February 05, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • David Folkenflik
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