Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears headed for confirmation under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.
Local leaders in south Georgia worry that Democrats aren't doing enough to mobilize Black voters in rural areas. Democrats saw unprecedented wins across the state in 2020, in part because of organizing efforts to turn out voters who usually stay home.
The Democratic Party of Georgia is appealing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision last week to include independent Cornel West and socialist Claudia De la Cruz on Georgia’s presidential ballot.
Georgia’s top election official has greenlit a trio of independent and third-party presidential candidates after an administration law judge said they should not appear on the ballot this November.
On the Monday, July 29 edition of Georgia Today: The secretary of state's office has a new website to help ensure accurate voter rolls, a group of Atlanta-based musicians face tragedy in Wyoming, and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Georgia tomorrow.
The Joint Blue Ribbon Committee Investigating Licensing Issues is expected to hold several meetings this year as it considers ways to reduce professional licensing glitches, costs and the amount of time it takes to process and review applications. Ideas include adopting more universal standards and making it easier to transfer licenses from other states and countries.
The U.S. Postal Service says local management is aware of concerns that some Georgians have over mail delays and reports of undelivered mail, with a general primary coming up in May — and absentee voting along with it. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger joined GPB’s Morning Edition host Pamela Kirkland to share his thoughts about the problem and what actions voters should take to minimize delays.
Critics of Georgia's plan to wait until after next year's presidential election to install a software update to address security flaws on the state's voting equipment called that irresponsible. They say that leaves the machines open to attack.
He spent Friday and Saturday in Atlanta meeting with the CDC, Mayor Andre Dickens and HBCU leaders. He also gave the commencement address at Georgia Tech.
Friday onPolitical Rewind: Today is the last day of early voting. And as the midterm elections reach a crucial phase @GabrielSterling joins us to talk about Georgia's electoral process. He'll discuss record early voting, potential challenges, and how quickly results will come down on election night.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: A record number of Georgians are already casting their ballots. This comes as President Biden says he'll prioritize codifying Roe v. Wade into law if Democrats take control of Congress. Meanwhile, Georgia's restrictive abortion law was a central theme in the debate for attorney general.
Georgia Secretary of State candidates Brad Raffensperger and state Rep. Bee Nguyen both claim to be strong defenders of voting rights for Georgians, but the Republican and Democrat hold starkly different visions about how to do it.
A court filing says a Republican Party official in Georgia told a computer forensics team to copy components of the voting system at a rural elections office two months after the 2020 election and spent nearly all day there, contradicting her deposition testimony.
