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Sen. John Kennedy, who chaired the Senate Redistricting Committee, argued during a 2021 special session that the GOP-drawn maps are fair to all Georgians.

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Long simmering dispute over Georgia political maps drawn after 2020 Census returns to federal court

We’ve passed the halfway point between the 2020 U.S. Census and the 2030 U.S. Census, but the battle over redistricting maps based on the last national headcount is still underway in Georgia. On Thursday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments about whether or not to enact new maps.

May 12, 2025
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  • Ross Williams and
  • Georgia Recorder
A woman votes at a polling location at The Chapel, an Evangelical church in St. Joseph, Mich., on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.

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Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts

Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
 In Monday’s ruling on Curling v Raffensperger, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg credited the plaintiff’s role in providing evidence that exposed a major security breach of Georgia election equipment in Coffee County, pictured above, following the 2020 election. (Georgia Recorder File)

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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit that challenged Georgia’s electronic voting machine system

A federal judge has dismissed a long-running lawsuit challenging the security of Georgia’s electronic voting machines even though the judge maintained substantial concerns about the system. 

April 02, 2025
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  • Stanley Dunlap and
  • Georgia Recorder
A voter leaves a polling location after voting Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Rutledge, Ga.

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Georgia Republicans backtrack on some election rules after sharp criticism

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.

March 28, 2025
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  • Associated Press
An election worker scans an envelope that holds a voting machine memory card at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Justice Department sues Georgia county, saying elections violate rights of Black voters

The U.S. Justice Department is suing a Georgia county, alleging that its method of electing county commissioners violates the rights of Black voters. The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court asks a judge to stop Houston County from continuing to use countywide elections for each of its five commission seats.

January 17, 2025
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  • Associated Press

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Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation's voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. They want to push through long-sought changes such as voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements.

December 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The Georgia General Assembly is slated to resume its lawmaking process when they return Jan. 13, 2025 for a new legislative session. File/Georgia Recorder

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In first meeting since Trump win, Georgia election board defers to Legislature to implement plans

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.

November 19, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Georgia Election Board member Janice Johnston voted Sept. 23 in favor of the board opening an investigation into eight county boards that review mass voter eligibility challenges filed predominantly by conservative residents. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia election board majority that was praised by Trump resumes rulemaking push this week

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.

November 18, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
 A successful 2024 election was declared by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday night after announcing a record number of voters participated in the election. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia’s record early voting, post-2020 stress tests helped to defuse election rules overhaul

Democrats and Republicans in Georgia and across the country have fought for four years in the courts and in Washington, D.C. over changes to election rules enacted by the state’s GOP Legislature following the election of Joe Biden in 2020. 

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
The picture of the women with the red and white pompoms is of NPHC of Dekalb members preparing to cheer newly registered high school students  before they vote.

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After Harris' loss, Black communities aim to remain energized about political issues

Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign fired up Georgia's Black communities with enthusiasm not seen since Barack Obama's first campaign 16 years ago. 

November 08, 2024
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  • Donna Lowry
A woman holds up her sticker that signifies that she has officially voted in the state of Georgia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Cobb voters who received late absentee ballots must return them on Election Day, high court says

Georgia's highest court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed certain voters in the state's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late to return them after the deadline. That means the affected Cobb County residents must vote in person on Election Day, which is Tuesday, or get their absentee ballots to the county elections office by 7 p.m. that day

November 05, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A poll worker heads into the entrance of the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church polling area in Macon Tuesday at the start of voting.

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UPDATES: Georgia election results and voting reports from around the state

Election Day is here and GPB News has it covered. This live blog provides real-time updates from reporters around the state of Georgia. Keep tabs on the presidential race and other down-ballot contests.

 

November 04, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022.

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US officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to ‘Russian influence actors’

A video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia by a man who claims to be from Haiti is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday.

November 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Berry College and Georgia Tech University students pictured for WNET’s Preserving Democracy social media campaign, in which GPB, as a partner, asked students what democracy meant to them. Ambria Burton & Allexa Ceballos/GPB News

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Preserving Democracy: GPB asks college students about voting plans and democracy

In partnership with WNET for the nonpartisan Preserving Democracy project's "Ready to Vote" social media campaign, Georgia Public Broadcasting interviewed students from Berry College in Rome, Ga., and Georgia Tech in Atlanta about their plans to vote and their thoughts on democracy ahead of the election.

November 01, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Harris in GA

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Early voting among women voters in Georgia encourages Democrats, even as some polls favor Trump

Women are outvoting men by more than 10 points in Georgia, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's voter turnout data hub.

October 30, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
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