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Mar 12 2024
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Georgia Trump indictment calls for justice for election workers
The sweeping Georgia indictment, which covers every aspect of former President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state, includes references to one woman: poll worker Ruby Freeman. The Fulton County poll worker was helping count ballots in the state when she was singled out by Trump and his then-lawyer Rudy Giuliani and accused of mishandling ballots, sparking a wave of
Georgia Law NewsMar 24 2024
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Georgia lawmakers could still tinker with election rules in waning days of 2024 legislative session • Georgia Recorder
Georgia’s lawmakers head into the final week of the 2024 legislative session with pending legislation designed to add a new security feature to paper ballots, provide online access to ballots, change the way votes are tabulated and a bill intended to provide more clarity on voter eligibility challenges. Local election supervisors across Georgia have been keeping an eye out for proposed changes
Georgia RecorderApr 02 2024
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A new election law battle is brewing in Georgia, this time over voter challenges
State Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook, D-Savannah, votes on Election Bill SB 189, regarding ballot scanners, at the House of Representatives in the Capitol in Atlanta on Sine Die, the last day of the legislative session, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has been rocked by furious battles over election laws ever since Democrat Stacey
Yahoo NewsMar 22 2024
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Six bills that could change the way elections are conducted, tallied and audited in Georgia
A plethora of election bills cleared committee hearings this week, with bills on election deepfakes, election audits and voter registration challenges potentially making an appearance on the Georgia House and Senate floors before Sine Die, the final day of the 2024 state legislative session. Taken together, the bills could change the way elections across the state are conducted, tallied and
Savannah Morning NewsMar 05 2024
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Georgia candidates flood state Capitol to qualify for 2024 elections
Georgia's 2024 elections kicked into high gear Monday with the start of qualifying for state and federal offices.Dozens of candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties streamed to the state Capitol to sign papers and pay their qualifying fees, while those running for nonpartisan posts and as independents lined up across the street to qualify with the secretary of state's office.
Fox News (Online News)Apr 01 2024
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Mark Meadows tells Georgia judge to dismiss his election racketeering case
Mark Meadows is demanding that his Georgia election racketeering case be dismissed due to the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution, according to by investigative reporter Zach Merchant. Meadows' attorneys requested Monday an evidentiary hearing to discuss his argument in the Fulton County court where he and former President Donald face multiple criminal charges linked to the 2020
Raw StoryMar 14 2024
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Georgia Senate OKs bill to loosen limits on health care facilities, but talks ongoing • Georgia Recorder
A proposal to loosen up Georgia’s health care business regulations cleared the Senate Thursday with some bipartisan support, but Democrats say they will withhold support next time unless the bill includes full Medicaid expansion. Republicans in the GOP-controlled chamber may not need Democrats to send the measure to the governor’s desk, but the final form of the bill is destined to be hashed
Georgia RecorderMar 29 2024
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Bill privatizing water rights for Hyundai workforce housing passes in Georgia Senate
A bill that would allow private companies to supply water for workforce housing near the new Hyundai plant in Bryan County passed in the Senate on the last day of the legislative session, with a contentious 32-22 vote. The bill, one of few that did not cleanly fall along party lines, with Sen. Derek Mallow (D-Savannah) voting for the bill and Sen. Frank Ginn (R-Danielsville) opposing it. House
Savannah Morning NewsApr 17 2024
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The Sun, FOX45, UB to host US Senate Democratic primary election forum Friday
With less than one month to primary election day, The Baltimore Sun will host a live U.S. Senate Democratic primary forum Friday in partnership with WBFF FOX45 and the University of Baltimore’s Schaefer Center for Public Policy. Candidates U.S. Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks have confirmed they will participate. A new poll from The Sun, FOX45 and UB’s
Baltimore SunApr 04 2024
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Georgia judge rejects Trump's 1st Amendment challenge to election-racketeering case
Former President Trump speaking in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 2. Photo: Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg via Getty Images A Georgia judge on Thursday rejected former President Trump's attempt to get the state's election-racketeering case against him dismissed based on First Amendment claims. Why it matters: Lawyers for Trump recently argued that the former president can't be charged because his
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