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Subtle change may have undermined Georgia automatic voter registration ATLANTA — A dramatic drop in automatic voter registrations in Georgia may be caused by a government website that required potential voters to click a button before they could sign up. Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022
Poultry and politics: On the road in Georgia - Roll Call Georgia’s annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Cookout is in focus this week, an event that draws many Peach State GOP candidates. Roll Call · Apr 15, 2022
Voting rights trial opens with disputes over Georgia election hurdles ATLANTA — A major voting rights trial launched Monday with allegations that Georgia has erected “a series of roadblocks” to casting a ballot, and a response that the case attempts “a wholesale attack” on the state’s election system. Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022
Georgia voting rights trial to begin after years of heated elections ATLANTA — One of the most prominent voting rights cases in years is going to trial Monday, testing allegations that Georgia's election policies illegally obstructed voters from casting their ballots. Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2022
Poll: Perdue still lags behind Kemp in Georgia governor's race despite Trump’s help ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump’s rally to boost David Perdue’s campaign for governor of Georgia hasn’t significantly improved his standing in the GOP primary against Gov. Brian Kemp, according to the first major public poll released since the late March event. Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022
Election skeptics roil GOP contests for secretary of state Republican state election officials in several states are having to defend their records as they face challengers from within their own party who either outright deny that Democrat Joe Biden won the presidency or raise unsubstantiated claims that elections are not secure The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022
No noncitizen voters found in Georgia election review ATLANTA — Citizenship checks prevented any noncitizens from voting in recent elections in Georgia, though 1,634 people with unverified U.S. citizenship tried to register to vote, according to a review released Monday by state elections officials. Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022
Trump airs grievances, all but admits at a 2024 run in Georgia Trump complained about the elction being rigged while hinting he might run again The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022
‘Smartest one gets to the top’: Trump again praises Putin at Georgia rally Ex-president also had warm words for Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un at event as primary races heat up before midterms elections The Guardian - US · Mar 26, 2022
‘Arsonists with keys to the firehouse’: once-obscure state races fuel fears for US democracy Candidates for secretary of state are raising huge sums after Trump’s lies shook 2020 election The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2022
A target of Trump's ire, Raffensperger fights for reelection As former President Donald Trump sought to lay blame for his 2020 election loss, Georgia’s secretary of state emerged as one of his main targets The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022
GOP hopeful for Georgia election chief campaigns on 2020 denial ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., says he still doesn’t believe the outcome of the 2020 presidential election was correct, more than a year after he objected to counting Georgia’s electoral votes for Democrat Joe Biden. Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022 Raffensperger endorses overlapping election investigators Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is for the first time endorsing a separate agency hiring election investigators
Reason · Feb 9, 2022 Georgia Election Investigation Fails, Once Again, To Find Massive Voter Fraud Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger claimed that over 1,000 people voted more than once. He now admits that number is far lower.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2022 State election officials survived Trump's attacks. Will they survive the ballot box? WASHINGTON — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and her 4-year-old son were settling in to watch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" after putting up Christmas decorations when dozens of protesters descended on her home in December 2020 chanting "Stop the Steal" and "We want an audit."
Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022 Investigation finds less double voting in Georgia than alleged ATLANTA — After the hectic 2020 Georgia primary, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger made a bombshell allegation from the steps of Liberty Plaza outside the Georgia Capitol that 1,000 people potentially voted twice.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2022 Commentary: The Republicans who did the right thing during the 'Stop the Steal' campaign When Donald Trump and his allies set out to alter the results of the 2020 election, they targeted local election officials and legislators all over the country. Very often the people in these critical positions, and most vulnerable to Trump’s influence, were Republicans. Many were his supporters.
Los Angeles Times · Jan 28, 2022 Commentary: Trump may believe in his own Big Lie, but that shouldn’t save him from a guilty verdict for election tampering Many experts doubt the ultimate ability of the criminal justice system to convict Donald Trump because it’s possible he really believed he’d won the election.
Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022 Judge is asked to release report on alleged Georgia voting vulnerability ATLANTA — Both Georgia election officials and critics of the state's voting touchscreens asked a federal judge Thursday to release a confidential report that describes how a hacker could attempt to change votes.
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2022 Judge to decide if report on voting machines can be public Georgia’s secretary of state called on a voting technology expert to ask a judge to release a report detailing alleged security vulnerabilities in the voting machines used by the state — something the expert had already done
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2022 Special grand jury granted in probe of Trump’s election interference in Georgia Former president insists he ‘didn’t say anything wrong’ on his call with election officials to ‘find’ votes
Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2022 US charges Texas man with threatening Georgia election officials Charge is first by a special US Justice Department task force aimed at stopping threats against election workers.
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022 In Georgia, GOP upheaval over elections continues into 2022 The storm over how Georgia’s elections are run is far from abating