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News Articles: Voter Registration

In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: President Carter's 98th birthday; Ian changes course; Rivian plant updates

Friday on Political Rewind: Partisan politics has paused between Florida Governor DeSantis and the Biden administration in the wake of #HurricaneIan.

Plus a judge handed down a ruling that may mean trouble for Rivian.

And Jimmy Carter celebrates his 98th birthday over the weekend.

 

September 30, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Gwinnett County elections supervisor Zach Manifold looks over boxes of voter challenges on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Lawrenceville, Ga. Manifold estimated his office has a month to log and research the challenges, before mail ballots go out for the November elections. “It is a tight window to get everything done,” he said.

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  • Elections

Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices

Election conspiracy theorists are flooding local election offices with voter challenges and public records requests. The wave of inquiries is adding to the already heavy workload those offices face as they scramble to prepare for November's elections.

September 19, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Greater Georgia, a organization founded in 2021 by former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler to promote conservive candidates, has targeted Hispanic voters with roundtable discussions and events like a July 28 voter registration drive at a Supermercado in DeKalb County.

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  • News

The variety of voter groups has grown in Georgia, reflecting an increasingly diverse electorate

Voting advocacy groups in Georgia are working to mobilize a disengaged and diverse group of voters for the upcoming midterm elections that will determine not just leadership of the state government but could also once again decide control in Congress.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
An illustration of televisions depicting red and blue flags.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Differing tones in new primary ads; Greene to testify; A dip in voter registration

Friday on Political Rewind: We talk the latest on political advertising in Georgia's statewide races. What tone is each of the candidates striking with a month left before primaries? Meanwhile, new political forecasting paints a dreary picture for Democrats in 2022 elections. Politico's analysis labels Georgia’s Senate race a tossup.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Election Day in Atlanta

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  • News

Voter registration in Georgia possibly cut by website change

A change in a Georgia website may have resulted in a sharp drop in people registering to vote as they obtained driver's licenses. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution finds the share of Georgians registering or updating information through the Department of Driver Services fell from 79% in 2020 to 39% last year.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger delivers a press conference Nov. 4, 2020.

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  • Politics

Raffensperger Announces 185,666 Voter Registrations Will Soon Move To Inactive Status

The Georgia Secretary of State's office will soon move more than 185,000 voter registrations to inactive status, beginning the process for eventual removal from the state's rolls under a federally mandated list maintenance process.

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Sen. Kamala Harris stands with attendees and participates in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. hymn at their Annual Pink Ice Gala in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.

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  • Race

In Harris, Black Sororities And Fraternities Celebrate One Of Their Own

Lawrence C. Ross, author of The Divine Nine, explains why Black sororities showed up and showed out for Kamala Harris—and how Black Greek organizations have long pushed for enfranchisement.

November 09, 2020
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By:
  • Karen Grigsby Bates
An election worker uses an electronic pollbook to check voters at a polling station in the Echo Park Recreation Complex in Los Angeles on March 3, 2020.

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  • Investigations

Voter Websites In California And Florida Could Be Vulnerable To Hacks, Report Finds

Cyber experts told the Department of Homeland Security in July that voter registration systems in California and Florida could be vulnerable to a hack, a closely-held report obtained by NPR reveals.

October 24, 2020
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By:
  • Dina Temple-Raston
A homeless man walks downtown in East Liverpool, Ohio. Efforts to register homeless voters in the state have relied on churches and shelters volunteering to receive mail-in ballots for people with no permanent address.

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  • Elections

In Cleveland, Homeless Get A Helping Hand With Mail-In Ballots

James Harrison is one of around 150 people now able to vote thanks to registration drives aimed at making sure the democratic process is accessible to everyone, regardless of housing status.

October 14, 2020
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By:
  • Taylor Haggerty
"I voted" stickers at the Arlington Art Center in Arlington, Va. Several prominent Virginians including Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax are calling for an extension to the voter registration deadline.

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  • Elections

Virginia Voter Registration Site Experiences Outage On Final Day To Register

Virginia election officials said the problem, which was caused by a severed fiber optic line, was fixed after nearly six hours. Several politicians called for the deadline to be extended.

October 14, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Matt Nowling, a senior at Denison University and interim president of College Democrats of America, is one of many campus activists adjusting to virtual organizing during the pandemic.

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  • Education

College Political Activists Trade Door-Knocking For Apps To Register Voters

College campuses are traditionally a big venue for voter registration, but during the pandemic, political mobilization efforts are going virtual.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Shannon Bond

More Than 7 Million Georgians Are Registered To Vote In The March 24 Presidential Primary

More than 7.2 million Georgians are eligible to cast their ballot in the state’s presidential preference primary next month, as state officials prepare...

February 25, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

Georgia's Voter Registration Deadline Is Monday, Feb. 24

Monday is the deadline to register to vote in next month's presidential primary.

February 21, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Jones
Georgia's new secretary of state released a list of 313,000 voter registrations that will soon be removed as part of federally-required list maintenance.

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  • Politics

Georgia's Voter Registration Purge Raises Eyebrows

Voting in Georgia has remained a prickly subject after last year's midterm elections. The governor's race between Republican Secretary of State Brian...

November 06, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Stephen Fowler

Why Are 53,000 Voter Registrations On Hold In Georgia?

On the final day of voter registration in Georgia, a report from The Associated Press found the Georgia Secretary of State’s office has more than 53,000...

October 24, 2018
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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