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News Articles: Voting Rights

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit said Monday it will hold off ruling on Georgia’s anti-abortion litigation until the nation’s highest court settles a case that could have implications for Georgia’s 2019 law.

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  • Politics

Court fight over 2021 Georgia mass voter eligibility challenges heads to federal court

A federal appellate court is set to hear a case Tuesday centered on a five-year debate over whether the national right-leaning group True the Vote used mass voter challenges to intimidate minority voters.

May 13, 2025
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  • Stanley Dunlap 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
People fill out their ballots in voting booths at the Green Street Community Center in Concord, N.H., on Nov. 5, 2024.

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  • Politics

19 states sue over Trump's voting executive order, arguing it's unconstitutional

The lawsuit is the fourth legal challenge against Trump's executive order on voting. The attorneys general argue the order is "an unconstitutional attempt to seize control of elections."

April 03, 2025
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
The battle over key election rules is still set to play out before the Georgia Supreme Court. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia election board set to resume next week after court setbacks delayed Trump’s agenda

The right wing of the Georgia State Election Board that champions rules favored by GOP supporters of President-elect Donald is set to get back to its agenda after court decisions thwarted past attempts to implement the changes before November.

November 12, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
The Department of Justice is photographed on June 8, 2023. The department has brought a suit against Virginia election officials that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of U.S. law.

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  • Politics

The Justice Department says Virginia is illegally striking voters off of voter rolls

The lawsuit alleges that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law.

October 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Inmates at the Cook County, Ill., jail head to a staging area at the jail's Division 11 law library before registering and voting in the local election in 2023 in Chicago.

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  • National

Many people in jail have the right to vote. So do many felons

People who are in jail and haven't been convicted of a crime — and even many who have been convicted — retain their right to vote. But it's often challenging for them to exercise it.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Leaders with IMAN Atlanta wear bright yellow shirts to canvas in Augusta on September 15, 2024.

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  • Politics

Criminal justice advocates work to register thousands of formerly incarcerated Georgians to vote

It’s a common misconception that people found guilty of a felony permanently lose their right to vote. Research estimates 450,000 Georgians with a past conviction are eligible, and organizers are spreading the word.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
 Out-of-state students living in Emory University’s dorms need to register at the addresses of individual buildings according to the secretary of state’s office, despite information provided by the school’s Emory Voter Initiative. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Dorm life poses challenges to Georgia college students aiming to vote in November election

What seemed like one of the only inconsequential choices in a consequential election could potentially cost young voters their ballots. 

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Chaya Tong
Rep. Saira Draper speaks at a press conference raising concerns about potential mass voter challenges.

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  • Politics

Potential mass voter challenges in Georgia November elections elicit Democrats’ warnings

Georgia Democrats are sounding the alarm over potential mass voter challenges ahead of the November election. Georgia law allows local voters to challenge the eligibility of as many people as they want if they suspect the person is ineligible to cast a ballot.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Alabama's congressional districts, poses for a portrait on Government Street in Mobile, Ala., on April 1.

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  • Politics

In new congressional district, Black voters weigh what representation really means

Alabama could soon have a U.S. House delegation that more closely matches its diversity after a redistricting lawsuit. For Black voters, the change has greater significance than who holds the seat.

April 15, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Crystal Mason, center, at the Tim Curry Justice Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 25, 2018.

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  • Elections

Texas appeals court acquits Crystal Mason's illegal voting conviction

The court said the state did not have enough evidence to prove that Mason knew she was ineligible to vote when she cast a ballot in the 2016 election. She was facing a five-year prison sentence.

March 29, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Sen. Jon Ossoff

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  • Politics

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff introduces legislation to protect election workers, polling places from threats

This week in Congress, Sen. Jon Ossoff introduced legislation that would prevent acts of violence and threats against election workers and at poll places after Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman were threatened after the 2020 election.

March 15, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Congressman Jefferson Long, left, and pioneering educator of Black children Lucy Craft Laney, right, are depicted in a mural by artist Kevin Lewis in Macon's Pleasant Hill neighborhood which both at one time called home.

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  • History

Why today's Supreme Court debate recalls prophetic words spoken by Maconite Jefferson Long in 1871

When Georgia's first African American congressman became the first Black man to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, his argument presaged the Trump v. Anderson case by more than 150 years.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The Georgia Congressional Black Caucus holds a new conference to protest the Republican redistricting maps presented during the Georgia General Assembly Special Session.

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  • News

Black caucus, Democrats react to passage of Republican-drawn district and congressional maps

Georgia’s special legislative session to redistrict voting maps could wrap up the process before the court-imposed deadline. 

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
Georgia in Play 11_3

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  • News

Georgia in Play: Lawmakers to redraw Georgia's voting maps; forgiving medical debt; Michelin's best

This week on Georgia in Play, host Leah Fleming looks at Georgia's impending redistricting. Plus, conversations with Savannah Mayor Van Johnson and Hidden Brain's Shankar Vedantam. We'll also look at a church's medical debt forgiveness ministry, the new Michelin Guide to Atlanta, and top bookstores around the state.

November 03, 2023
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Chase McGee
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