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Fulton County Elections Board Chair Mary Carole Cooney speaks at a meeting with the secretary of state Monday, June 22, 2020.

Fulton, State Chart Path Forward To Fix Election Issues

While politicians and the public are still seeking answers about what went wrong with Georgia’s June 9 primary , officials from the state’s most...

June 22, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Rep. Doug Collins (R-Gainesville) told GPB's Political Rewind he would not leave the U.S. Senate special election race for a presidential appointment if offered one.

Doug Collins Says He Wouldn’t Accept Trump Cabinet Position; He’ll Stay In Senate Race

Georgia Congressman Doug Collins (R-Gainesville) has doubled down on his run for a U.S. Senate special election against fellow Republican Sen. Kelly...

February 21, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Former U.S. District Attorney Ed Tarver announced his run for U.S. Senate.

Former Federal Prosecutor Ed Tarver Enters US Senate Special Election Race

Ed Tarver, the first African American U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia and former state lawmaker, has officially launched his campaign...

February 20, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A new study from the Knight Foundation sought to answer why, and found that non-voters are less likely to trust the electoral process, less likely to engage with the news and less likely to have strong partisan opinions on political issues.

New Study Explores Why Millions Of Georgians Don't Vote

This fall, millions of Georgians will make their choices for president, U.S. House and Senate and their state lawmakers – and millions more will stay...

February 19, 2020
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Stephen Fowler
Workers load voting equipment into a truck at the state's election warehouse in Cobb County.

State Delivers Final Voting Machines For March Presidential Primary

At the state’s election warehouse northwest of Atlanta Friday morning, a buzzing hive of workers loaded trucks with boxes of voting equipment, some of...

February 14, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Candidates include (from top left to bottom right) incumbent Sen. David Perdue, Democrats Sarah Riggs Amico, Raphael Warnock, Matt Lieberman, Teresa Tomlinson and Jon Ossoff, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Gainesville) and incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.)

Who Is Running For Georgia’s US Senate Seats?

As you might already know, both of Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats will be on the ballot next November. You also may know that Gov. Brian Kemp has selected...

February 12, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

Georgia’s Largest County Encourages Early Voting With Record Turnout Expected In 2020

As election workers across the state begin final preparations for the new ballot-marking device system being used for the March 24 presidential primary...

February 12, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Rev. Bettye Holland Williams (center), president of the Concerned Black Clergy of Metro Atlanta, receives a demonstration of the new system from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and elections staff.

New Outreach Effort Aims To Bring New Voting Machines To Churches Across Georgia

The Georgia secretary of state’s office is launching an expanded partnership with The King Center to bring demonstrations of the state’s new $104...

February 10, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Members of the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections speak at a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.

Athens-Clarke County Begins Testing, Preps As March Election Looms

The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections has begun testing components of Georgia’s new $104 million ballot-marking device voting system that will be...

February 04, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
President Donald Trump (left), former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg (center) and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (right) raised the most money from Georgians in the last quarter of the year in the presidential contest.

Trump, Buttigieg, Sanders Top Presidential Fundraising Field In Georgia Last Quarter

About 10,000 Georgians individually gave nearly $3 million to Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns from October to December last year,...

February 03, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

Some Georgia US House And Senate Candidates Start 2020 With Millions In The Bank

Candidates for a pair of U.S. Senate seats and several competitive U.S. House races raked in millions of dollars in campaign contributions in the last...

February 02, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Rev. Raphael Warnock sspeaks at the annual MLK Commemorative Service in Atlanta.

Raphael Warnock Is Running For US Senate

The senior pastor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta on Thursday entered the race for a U.S. Senate special election, hoping to capitalize on...

January 30, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

Doug Collins Is Running For US Senate

Georgia Congressman Doug Collins has officially launched his campaign for U.S. Senate, opening a rift in the Republican party that adds another layer of...

January 30, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

Some Voting Machine Issues Present In Southwest Georgia Special Election

Elections officials in three southwest Georgia counties reported no issues with the state’s new touchscreen ballot-marking device system during early...

January 29, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

New Georgia Voting Machines Get Next Test In Special Election

Elections officials participating in a state House special election in southwest Georgia say there have been no problems during the early voting period...

January 28, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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