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News Articles: voting

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  • Elections

How to register to vote in the 2026 primaries

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

February 16, 2026
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang,
  • Benjamin Swasey,
  • and 1 more
Georgia General Election 2020 ballots are loaded by the FBI onto trucks at the Fulton County Election HUB, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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  • Politics

Unsealed affidavit lists items taken during FBI search of the Fulton County election center

LISTEN: A newly unsealed affidavit lists the items taken during a recent FBI search of the Fulton County Election Center. GPB's Sarah Kallis reports.

February 10, 2026
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
 An election worker in Gwinnett County demonstrates how to insert a voter card into ballot-marking devices used by voters across Georgia. Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Lawmakers weigh seismic changes to Georgia’s voting equipment

Lawmakers introduced ballot-marking devices across the state in 2020. Nearly six years later, some are ready to pivot again.

November 17, 2025
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By:
  • Maya Homan and
  • Georgia Recorder
Shaare Zion (pictured in 1995) started as a small congregation in the 1940s. It is the largest Syrian synagogue in New York, and sits on a busy street in the neighborhood of Gravesend in Brooklyn.

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  • Religion

Want a seat at this synagogue for the High Holidays? You have to register to vote first

A Brooklyn synagogue has taken an unusual step by requiring congregants to show proof of voter registration in order to secure seats for High Holidays. Their biggest concern? The city's mayoral seat.

September 23, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Ventre
The line to vote at the board of elections in Macon, Ga. stretched around the corner from the front door and into a half hour wait by around 1pm on the final day of early voting Friday, Nov. 4, 2022.

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  • Politics

Federal appeals court hears pros and cons of giving snacks to weary — and occasionally wary — voters

Attorneys on either side of the issue argued to a panel of federal appellate judges their take on the ongoing pause on the Georgia law prohibiting handing out snacks to voters in long lines to the ballot box.

August 14, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Voters line up at the Rose Creek Public Library in Woodstock for the first day of early voting. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Early voting is underway for Georgia PSC races. Here’s what you need to know

For the first time since 2020, Georgia voters have a chance to decide who will represent them on the Public Service Commission.

June 03, 2025
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By:
  • Amber Roldan and
  • Georgia Recorder
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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  • News

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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By:
  • 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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  • Elections

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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  • Politics

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

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  • News

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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By:
  • 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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  • News

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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By:
  • Associated Press

Tagged as: 

  • Law

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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By:
  • 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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  • Politics

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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By:
  • 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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  • Politics

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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By:
  • 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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  • Politics

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
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