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News Articles: Elections

David Sumrall, the head of the Republican Party in Georgia's Bibb County, presents his case to challenge the eligibility of nearly 800 voters at a hearing in Macon in May.

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  • Elections

A data tool being used to challenge voter registrations is raising many concerns

There are concerns that a new election data system that's being pushed by conservative activists and is fueling many mass challenges of registrations could kick legitimate voters off the rolls.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Lorraine Cochran-Johnson

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  • Elections

Runoff results: Cochran-Johnson becomes first Black woman to lead DeKalb County

In a historic vote in DeKalb County, former county commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson defeated Larry Johnson in Tuesday’s runoff election for the office of chief executive officer.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • Cathy Cobbs and
  • Bob Pepalis
People arrive before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the "People's Convention" of Turning Point Action Saturday in Detroit.

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  • Politics

It's easy to believe young voters could back Trump at young conservative conference

Democrats have an advantage with young voters: they voted for President Biden by a 24-point margin in 2020. But, inside Turning Point's conference, it's clear young conservatives are all in on Trump.

June 18, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
 Several winners of the June 18 Georgia Legislative primary runoffs will spend the early months of 2025 working long hours inside the state Capitol’s Gold Dome. (File Georgia Recorder)

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  • Elections

Georgia voters in eight legislative districts head to the polls to choose their state lawmakers

Eight legislative seats will be on the ballot Tuesday to determine the incoming lawmakers for hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Tuesday’s runoffs feature at least two intraparty fights from both sides of the aisle, including a race for a metro Atlanta Senate seat that has opened up for the first time in two decades and a coastal matchup where a GOP House incumbent is fighting to keep his seat

June 17, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap
President Biden speaks next to former President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles on June 15,

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  • Politics

Biden says the next president may get to name two Supreme Court justices

Former President Donald Trump cemented the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. If Trump wins again, Biden said "one of the scariest parts" would be his power to fill upcoming vacancies.

June 16, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
A supporter holds a sign during a rally for former Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Feb. 16 in San Antonio.

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  • Politics

Once underdogs in the presidential race, Haley voters could now be kingmakers

Many of Nikki Haley's voters wanted an alternative to Biden and Trump. But now, these potential swing voters have to choose between the two men, again.

June 12, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
People vote in the Nevada primary at a polling place on Tuesday in Henderson, Nev.

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  • Elections

Sam Brown wins Nevada's GOP Senate primary to challenge Democrat Jacky Rosen

Republican Sam Brown will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, who also won her primary Tuesday night, in a race that could help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.

June 12, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sunday in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

Trump could — and wants to — shake up U.S. foreign policy even more in a second term

Promising to revaluate NATO and reshape global trade, former President Donald Trump is crafting foreign policy that picks up where he left off after his first term and takes things to the next level.

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
People wait in line to vote in Georgia's 2022 primary election in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

1 in 10 eligible U.S. voters say they can’t easily show proof of their citizenship

An estimated 21.3 million adult U.S. citizens don't have or can't easily access documents proving their citizenship. The findings raise concerns about requiring proof when registering eligible voters.

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Wanda Geter-Pataky (center) talks with her lawyer, John Gulash (right), during October 2023 testimony in a challenge of absentee ballots in the 2023 Bridgeport, Conn., mayoral Democratic primary. Geter-Pataky was among four people charged Tuesday in relation to the city's 2019 mayoral primary.

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  • Elections

4 people are charged in a Connecticut city election misconduct case

Four people involved with a 2019 mayoral primary in Connecticut's largest city were charged for allegedly misusing absentee ballots. Similar accusations roiled the 2023 mayoral election as well.

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
Members of the NAACP’s Georgia and Macon-Bibb County chapters held a press conference in front of the county Board of Elections Office May 10, 2024. (JESSE FRAGA)

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  • Elections

There’s ‘grave concern’ over Macon ballot mix-ups. Officials warn it may happen again

Voting rights groups are investigating the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections for “voter irregularities’‘ after voters received ballots for the wrong districts during the May primary election, and the issue may not be resolved.

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • Jesse Fraga
Chuck Hand leaves the Atlanta Press Club debate

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  • Elections

WATCH: Republican Chuck Hand walks out during Atlanta Press Club runoff debate with Wayne Johnson

A debate between the two Republican candidates hoping to represent Southwest Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District was cut short Sunday when one of them — a politician who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol — abruptly left the stage.

June 10, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
President Biden visits the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery to pay his tribute to fallen US soldiers of the World War I, in Belleau, Northern France, on June 9, 2024.

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  • Elections

Biden visits a military cemetery that Trump reportedly said was 'filled with losers'

The Aisne-Marne WWI cemetery in France has become a staple in President Biden's political speeches, used to paint an unflattering picture of former President Donald Trump.

June 09, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
An election worker prepares mail ballots at the Clark County Election Department on Nov. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as state law permits.

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  • Elections

Republicans are targeting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day

Many states, like crucial Nevada, allow mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day to be counted — even if they arrive after Election Day. Republicans say this violates federal law.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference at Trump Tower in New York on May 31.

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  • Politics

The Veepstakes is on. Here are 10 Republicans Trump could pick to be his running mate

A lot hangs in the balance on who former President Donald Trump chooses as his running mate: the vice presidential nominee might shape the MAGA movement or could woo voters who lean moderate.

June 07, 2024
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  • Jeongyoon Han
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