Georgia's State Election Board is considering a rule to define when emergency hand-marked paper ballots are needed instead of machine-marked ones. Supporters say it clarifies when touchscreen machines can't be used. Critics argue it oversteps the board's authority.
When Georgia’s State Election Board considered a proposal to recommend that state lawmakers ban no-excuse absentee voting early last year, the Republican-dominated body shot it down, with then-newly appointed Chair John Fervier casting the deciding vote.
Georgia's highest court is overturning four rules passed by the State Election Board, saying that the board overstepped its authority and intruded on lawmaking power reserved for legislators under Georgia's constitution.
Georgia lawmakers are retreating from some controversial election proposals. A proposed bill would no longer allow the Donald Trump-aligned State Election Board to possibly strike thousands of challenged voters from the rolls.
Sweeping changes to election rules intended to increase paper ballot options, expand the powers of the State Election Board and remove the state from a voter registration sharing database are up for debate as the 2025 legislative session nears a close.
A last-minute House election bill that advanced on Crossover Day last week would give new authority to the House speaker and Senate president to remove State Election Board members during the legislative offseason.
The Georgia State Election Board has voted to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena against a conservative group that had alleged ballot stuffing in the state after the group was unable to produce evidence to support its claims.
Georgia’s State Election Board voted Monday to request state lawmakers pass legislation next year making voter lists readily available to the public before and after elections.
The Georgia State Election Board will hold its first post-election meeting on Monday, where it is set to consider resuming its recent push to change Georgia’s election rules and stir the debate anew about counties review controversial mass voter challenges.
The right wing of the Georgia State Election Board that champions rules favored by GOP supporters of President-elect Donald is set to get back to its agenda after court decisions thwarted past attempts to implement the changes before November.
The state and national Republican parties are appealing a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republicans want to overturn a ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, who on Wednesday ruled that the board did not have the authority to pass the rules.
An Associated Press survey finds that more than 63,000 Georgia voters have had their qualifications challenged since July 1. That's a big surge from 2023 and the first half of 2024, when the AP found that about 18,000 voters were challenged.
The Muscogee County Board of Elections and Registration has sued the State Election Board in Georgia to block a new rule requiring a hand count of ballots, saying the move is too late in the process and it will “dramatically” alter election work.
