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Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed off on an overhaul of Georgia’s new voting laws that limit absentee voting Thursday with partisan support and an acknowledgement that courts will decide if new restrictions are legal.

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Legal challenges filed hours after Kemp signs controversial election bill

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderMarch 26, 2021September 24, 2023

Sweeping legislation to overhaul voting by mail, advance voting and state oversight of Georgia elections passed the state House of Representatives Thursday, a major step for election changes Republican lawmakers are seeking this year.

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Georgia House passes 95-page election overhaul bill

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 25, 2021March 29, 2021

Republican state lawmakers hammering out changes to Georgia’s election system have dropped controversial proposals to scrap Sunday polling hours and no-excuse mail-in voting amid pushback from Democratic leaders and voting-rights advocates.

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Big changes made to Georgia’s election reform bills

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 23, 2021March 26, 2021

U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, and former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle announced their candidacies for Georgia secretary of state Monday by attacking incumbent Brad Raffensperger’s handling of last year’s elections.

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Georgia’s elections chief will face challengers in Republican primary

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 22, 2021September 24, 2023

A new wide-ranging measure from Republican state lawmakers with changes to Georgia’s election system abruptly appeared Wednesday just before a scheduled committee hearing, sparking backlash from Democrats and voting-rights advocates about transparency.

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93-page election bill sparks outcry in Georgia House of Representatives

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 17, 2021March 23, 2021

A major overhaul of Georgia’s absentee voting system and other election changes brought by Republican lawmakers passed in the state Senate Monday by a party-line vote, sparking cries of voter suppression from Democratic leaders.

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Georgia senate passes major voting reform bill

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 8, 2021March 15, 2021

As Republican lawmakers in Georgia work to pass voting reforms, including requiring photo identification in order to vote absentee, the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives wants to make the identification cards free.

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Georgia’s top Republican wants state ID cards to be free

by Thom ChandlerMarch 3, 2021March 6, 2021

Republican state lawmakers took a major step Monday toward overhauling voting by mail and other election procedures in Georgia with passage of an omnibus bill by the state House of Representatives along party lines.

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Georgia House passes major voting overhaul

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 1, 2021March 3, 2021

Polling Place Vote Here Sign On White Board Near House

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Gwinnett County plans to sue Georgia if voting changes become law

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 26, 2021March 3, 2021

Lawmakers on a Georgia House panel are set to continue debating a sweeping election bill this week that is drawing fire from voting rights advocates and has sparked concerns among some of the state’s local election officials.

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Voting changes draw fire under the Gold Dome

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderFebruary 22, 2021February 25, 2021

The Fulton County Board of Elections voted to fire Elections & Registrations Department Director Richard Barron. However, Barron still has his job until the Fulton County Board of Commissioners votes on whether or not to accept the recommendation of the Board of Elections.

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Fulton County Board of Elections Votes to Fire Elections Chief

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 16, 2021October 10, 2023

Fulton County authorities have launched an investigation into alleged attempts to influence Georgia’s 2020 elections including a call former President Donald Trump made in January pressuring state election officials to overturn his losing results.

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Fulton County prosecutor to investigate Trump’s call to Raffensperger

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 10, 2021February 13, 2021

Georgia’s most powerful state lawmaker threw cold water Thursday on calls by some top Republican officials to eliminate no-excuse absentee voting after the 2020 election cycle.

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Ralston does not plan to end no-excuse absentee voting

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 8, 2021January 8, 2021

On the day after an election that looks like it will seat two democrats from Georgia in the U.S. Senate, firebrand political figure Vernon Jones announced that he is joining the republican party.

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Vernon Jones says he’s joining the Republican party

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 6, 2021January 6, 2021

A steady trickle of Georgians mostly breezed in and out of polling places across the state for the final day of voting in the state’s high-stakes U.S. Senate runoffs, adding more than 1 million votes to the already 3 million cast before Tuesday.

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Warnock defeats Loeffler in Georgia Senate race

by Jill Nolin | Georgia RecorderJanuary 6, 2021September 24, 2023

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The Georgia Senate runoff is razor thin as counting continues

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 6, 2021September 24, 2023

side view of attractive woman voting near stand with vote lettering and american flag

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Georgia elections chief says voting is running smoothly today

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 5, 2021January 5, 2021

The race for control of Congress saw the country’s two most powerful leaders swoop into Georgia for competing last-push rallies on Monday, one day before the intensely watched U.S. Senate runoff elections.

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Georgia gets visit from Trump and Biden on eve of historic election

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 5, 2021September 24, 2023