Georgia's 159 counties will have six days to hand recount nearly 5 million votes cast in the presidential race as part of a risk-limiting audit. Training documents show the procedure centers around keeping an accurate paper trail.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are hitting record highs across the nation, and Georgia is back in the red zone among 42 states, according to the latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report. But experts caution against letting pandemic fatigue affect the decision to wear a mask, get a flu shot or maintain physical distance from others in public.
Thursday on Political Rewind: County election workers across Georgia soon begin a hand recount of nearly 5 million ballots cast in the presidential election.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the extraordinary measure will clarify the outcome of the presidential race in Georgia. Raffensperger has faced criticism from state Republicans who continue to make unfounded allegations of election fraud and accuse him of lacking transparency.
While county election workers were still counting the votes in Georgia, the Republican State Leadership Committee declared victory in the state.
That political action committee’s goal is to elect Republicans to state offices and protect their seats. In Georgia, it spent nearly $3 million to defend Republican seats.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday that the risk-limiting audit of the presidential race will require every single ballot cast to be hand counted by Friday, Nov. 20 to verify the results.
U.S. Rep. David Scott, an Atlanta Democrat, is a leading candidate the chairmanship of the House Agriculture Committee after a longtime congressman’s reelection defeat opened up a contest for the post.
Scott has announced that he’s seeking to run the influential panel after the current chair, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, lost Tuesday to his Republican challenger, Michelle Fischbach. Peterson had served for nearly three decades in Congress and is a fixture in the agricultural community.
It's been a week since polls closed in Georgia, and it may be weeks until we officially know the winner in the presidential race. On this episode of Battleground: Ballot Box, we take a look at what to expect as the state braces for a recount, and voters prepare for two U.S. Senate runoff races
Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler are calling on Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign after "too many failures in Georgia elections this year," though the lawmakers failed to cite evidence to support their claims.
Some students in Macon-Bibb County are returning to in person instruction this week, making the district one of the last in the state to scale back online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The man who wants to put more oysters on restaurant platters says Georgia lawmakers may be trying to put a lid on his business.
When Bob Rheault, executive director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, saw legislation written to legalize oyster farming in Georgia, he said his first thought was: “They don’t really want an industry, do they?”
Just in case you thought things were over, there are two more elections happening in the next two months, culminating with a runoff for both U.S. Senate seats that could decide control of the chamber.
People rushed to balconies in Midtown Atlanta and unleashed a chorus of cheers upon news of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory. Atlantans driving cars through historic Sweet Auburn near the home of Martin Luther King Jr. honked horns, waved American flags and shouted in jubilation.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Friday that the margin between President Trump and Joe Biden will likely end up in the thousands and that the loser would request a recount.
Deep in southwest Georgia, a local school board has been torn apart over racial gerrymandering. On Georgia Today, New York Times reporter Nicholas Casey discusses how the long shadow of voter suppression manifested in a voting map, and why electoral outcomes often come down to the lines we draw on paper.
