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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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  • Associated Press
Morgan County will no longer use two fire stations as polls after a February 8, 2022 elections board vote.

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  • Elections

Morgan County consolidates smaller, Republican-heavy polling places

The fire station voting sites used for two smaller, rural precincts had few Election Day voters and caused extra problems for elections officials.

February 08, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Lincolnton photo

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  • Politics

Voting rights activists temporarily delay poll closures in Lincoln County

The majority-white, majority Republican rural county planned to move from seven to one polling place because of scarce resources and a change in voter behavior. 

January 19, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Politicians hear from voters in Georgia

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  • Elections

Klobuchar: Senate Dems 'Very Close' To A Deal On Revised Voting Rights Bill

Klobuchar during a virtual panel Thursday with state lawmakers said that she met this week with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-N.Y.), along with Manchin and Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, to discuss crafting a bill to protect and expand voting rights, as well as require states to use independent commissions for redistricting.

July 30, 2021
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By:
  • Ariana Figueroa
PSC voting

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  • Elections

Feds Side With Black Voters In Suit That Says Rights Violated By At-Large PSC Elections

The original lawsuit, filed last summer, claims the Georgia Public Service Commission’s statewide at-large districts dilute the voting strength of the state’s Black residents and that the state should move to regional districts represented by one commissioner.

July 29, 2021
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  • Jill Nolin
Rep. Bee Nguyen

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  • Elections

Georgia's New Voting Law Takes The Stage Again As Rules Are Tightened

During a panel discussion, state lawmakers from Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida discussed how they’ve fought against restrictive elections measures introduced and passed in their legislatures.

July 21, 2021
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By:
  • Ariana Figueroa
Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks to Georgia lawmakers

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  • Elections

Senate Democrats Push Voting Rights Bill, Lambast Georgia Election Law

A U.S. Senate committee gathered in downtown Atlanta on Monday to hear how shortened runoff timeframes, tighter absentee ballot deadlines, and new state powers over local election officials are cause for Congress to expand voting protections through pending federal legislation. 

July 20, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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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  • Politics

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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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
State Farm Arena early voting

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  • Politics

Conservative Heritage Group Takes Credit For Georgia Voting Overhaul

The director of the conservative Heritage Action for America claims the lobbying organization played a pivotal role in some of the most controversial provisions in Georgia’s sweeping new voting overhaul.

May 17, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Official Senate video

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  • Elections

Controversial Georgia Election Laws Tackled In U.S. Senate Hearing

Georgia’s controversial new voting laws took center stage Tuesday at a U.S. Senate hearing where majority Democrats blasted changes in state voting rules as a revival of the Jim Crow era of segregation.

April 20, 2021
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  • Beau Evans
People voting in College Park

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  • Elections

Report: New Ga. Election Law Rates Well For Access But A 'Step Backward'

A national election researcher says Georgia’s controversial new voting law is a “step backward” from the state’s 2020 election, but the state remains one of the most accessible in the nation for its vote-by-mail and in-person voting options. 

April 16, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Coors Field in Denver

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  • Elections

No, Colorado's Voting Laws Are Not More Restrictive Than Georgia's

Both Republican and Democratic elections officials in Colorado routinely praise its election system as a “gold standard” for voting across the country, and its turnout rate of 76.4% was second-best among states in 2020, according to the U.S. Elections Project. That’s significantly higher than Georgia’s turnout rate of 67.7%

April 07, 2021
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  • Chase Woodruff
Gov. Brian Kemp addresses the public after signing SB 202, the election omnibus bill, on Thursday, March 25, 2021.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Controversy Over Ga. Election Law — And Rep. Cannon Arrest — Grows

Monday on Political Rewind: Criticism of the new election bill continued over the weekend as the measure, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp Thursday evening, receives nationwide attention. Democrats in Congress say the Georgia bill highlights the need for H.R. 1., the federal election bill currently awaiting action in the U.S. Senate.

In other news, Kemp signaled he will soon lift most of Georgia's coronavirus restrictions. Is his decision based on the advice of his public health team?

March 29, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Sen. Raphael Warnock

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  • Elections

Warnock Argues For Federal Protection From State GOP Voting Bills

U.S Sen. Raphael Warnock challenged his colleagues Wednesday to support federal legislation that would strengthen voting rights he says are under attack in Georgia and other states following the contentious presidential election. 

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Vernon Jordan sits at a press conference in this file photo from the 1970s.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Tributes Pour In For Georgia's Vernon Jordan; Battle Continues Over Voting Laws

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Reforms or restrictions? That's the question on the latest bundle of laws that would change the way Georgians vote. Voting access advocates are expressing concerns this legislation will make voting harder, and describe it as an attempt at voter suppression by state Republicans. But first, we remember the life of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan.

March 03, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
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