Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Democratic-leaning groups are urging Georgians to cast their ballots in person if they can for the Dec. 6 runoff election. “As you know, the mail is slow,” reads a recent email from the Gwinnett County Democratic Party. “If you want the Gwinnett County Elections office to …
Read More »‘Carpetbagger’ Charges Fly as Georgia GOP Senate Candidate Walker’s Texas Tax Break Exposed
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is the beneficiary of a tax break meant for permanent Texas residents—a possible violation of both Texas law and residency rules for voting and political candidacy in Georgia, CNN reported Wednesday. Records reviewed by the network show Walker benefited from Texas’ homestead tax exemption, …
Read More »Poor People’s Campaign Mobilizing Low-Income Voters in Georgia Ahead of Senate Runoff
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Economic justice advocates in Georgia are mobilizing ahead of next month’s runoff U.S. Senate election in the state, working to convince low-income residents who lack access to healthcare and living wages to back Democratic Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock. The Georgia Poor People’s Campaign announced late Wednesday …
Read More »Democrats Stress Continued Importance Of Georgia’s U.S. Senate Race Despite Party’s Majority control
Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder With Senate seats in Arizona and Nevada going to Democrats, the party will be assured of a slim majority regardless of whether Herschel Walker defeats Sen. Raphael Warnock in next month’s runoff election, now less than three weeks away. When Warnock and fellow Democratic Sen. Jon …
Read More »Judge Rules In Favor Of Georgia Early Voting In Senate Runoff On Saturday After Thanksgiving
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder A Fulton County judge is clearing the path for Georgia’s local election officials to have the option of offering early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving ahead of the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff. Late Friday afternoon, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox ruled in …
Read More »Georgia Set To Launch Work Requirements For Medicaid
Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead Georgia is set to become the only state to have work requirements for Medicaid coverage. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection — and a surprising Biden administration decision not to appeal a federal court ruling — have freed the state to introduce its plan that would …
Read More »Fulton County Judge Overturns Georgia’s Strict Abortion Ban
A Fulton County judge ruled Tuesday to overturn Georgia’s recently implemented abortion ban — setting the state’s abortion restrictions back to previous timelines. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney sided with plaintiffs in a state constitutional challenge of the law that was filed quickly after the ban took effect. House Bill …
Read More »Democrats Sue Over Lack Of Saturday Early Voting In Georgia’s Senate Runoff
Stephen Fowler, GPB News A coalition of Democratic groups announced they are suing the state of Georgia over its interpretation of a state law that disallows an optional Saturday of early voting before the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff. In a press release, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Warnock …
Read More »Georgia U.S. Senate Race Headed For A Dec. 6 Runoff
Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Control of the U.S. Senate once again might hinge on Georgia, as voters in the Peach State will head back to the polls next month in a runoff election. Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and former professional football player and GOP nominee Herschel Walker are in a …
Read More »More Than 42 Million Americans Already Have Voted In The Midterms
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder More than 42 million Americans by mid-afternoon on Monday had gotten a jump start on Tuesday’s midterm elections, casting their votes through mail-in ballots or by heading to in-person early voting centers. The United States Election Project’s data showed a significant number of voters continue to prefer voting …
Read More »Warnock, Walker push to avoid runoff in Senate showdown
Stephen Fowler, GPB News Next week’s election offers a now-familiar story for Georgia voters in this new battleground state: an expensive Senate contest with expected close margins and outsized national importance that could decide which party controls the upper chamber. But unlike the 2020 races that were resolved in January …
Read More »Kemp, Abrams Make Final Pitches To voters In High-Stakes Rematch
Riley Bunch, GPB News Millions of Georgians have already cast ballots in a gubernatorial rematch four years in the making between Republican Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams. Both candidates hit the campaign trail running in the final stretch before Election Day to rally their base in hopes …
Read More »Control Of U.S. Senate Still A Guess Ahead Of Midterm Elections
Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent Democrats and Republicans have just a handful of frantic days left to convince voters who should control Congress before voting in the Nov. 8 midterm elections ends. The two political parties are spending millions on campaign ads and mailers in the dozens of toss-up races that …
Read More »Supreme Court Rules Lindsey Graham Must Testify In Georgia Grand Jury Election Probe
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham will have to testify before a Fulton County special grand jury investigating 2020 election interference after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected his attempt to quash the subpoena. The Supreme Court’s unsigned decision sets up a scheduled Nov. 17 showdown …
Read More »Abrams, Kemp Sharpen Attacks On Abortion, Crime In Last Debate Before Midterm Election
Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams sparred over abortion access and other key issues in the last debate before Georgia voters finish casting their ballots in this year’s midterm election. Most notably, a lengthy exchange during WSB-TV’s debate led to the most substantive discussion …
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