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News Articles: voter rights

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., from left, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and former Georgia State Rep. Stacey Abrams listen to voters during a roundtable in Smyrna, Ga., on Sunday, July 18, 2021.

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Political Rewind: National Debate Around Election Laws And Voting Rights Lands In Georgia

Monday on Political Rewind: Sen. Amy Klobuchar is in Atlanta today to hold a field hearing on the impact of Georgia’s new election law on voters of color. It’s unlikely that any Republicans on the committee will attend the hearing, which Klobuchar hopes will shine a spotlight on the need to pass a federal voting rights act.

Meanwhile, Georgia Republicans are doing a bit of counterprogramming today. At the same time of the Klobuchar event, GOP House leaders are holding a committee hearing to look at rising violent crime in Atlanta. And Gov. Brian Kemp has scheduled a conference call with reporters to defend the new election law.

July 19, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger discusses the delivery of a new voting system to Georgia's 159 counties.

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Two Lawsuits Challenge Parts Of Georgia's Sweeping New Voting Law

A pair of federal lawsuits allege that absentee ID, restrictions on drop boxes, a four-week runoff and other parts of Georgia's new 98-page voting law violate the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.

March 29, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
A pile of COVID vaccine shots in a pile.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp Expected To Announce Vaccine Expansion; Shootings Reignite Gun Control Debate

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to announce an expansion of vaccine eligibility to all adults in Georgia. The move could come as soon as the first weeks of April. Also: Shooting violence in Boulder, Co., yesterday is the latest example of an epidemic of gun violence in this country.

March 23, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
"We are a Commonwealth that believes in moving forward, not being tied down by the mistakes of our past," Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement.

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Virginia Governor Clears Path For Ex-Convicts To Regain Voting Rights

"Too many of our laws were written during a time of open racism and discrimination, and they still bear the traces of inequity," Gov. Ralph Northam said on Tuesday.

March 17, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo

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