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Battles over voting rights, preventing fraud and access to ballots – what research tells us
The Conversation asked scholars to look at various aspects of voting rights. Here is a selection of their stories to provide more background to today’s consequential conflict. The strong message from all of these: The outrage generated by these laws may be out of proportion to their true impact.
2022 brings conflicting priorities for Georgia lawmakers
Observers say citizens need to understand longer term motives for each move as General Assembly squabbles over bills.
Bills for access to guns, voting become battlefields as legislature opens
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who presides over the state Senate, vow not to let politics get in the way of addressing mental health and crime.
Perdue sues over new law that gives Kemp fundraising advantage
Legislation allows Georgia’s governor, lieutenant governor, the general-election nominees opposing those two statewide incumbents and the heads of the majority and minority caucuses in the legislature to create leadership committees that can raise unlimited campaign contributions.
Lawsuits claim Georgia’s redistricting maps ignore Black population growth
Georgia’s congressional delegation will gain a GOP-favored seat under the new law. And while the state legislative maps cede more seats to Democrats in metro Atlanta, Republicans will still have a comfortable majority in both chambers.
More Georgia Secretary of State’s office officials interviewed by Jan. 6 committee
The meeting with more figures in Georgia’s election orbit comes after Raffensperger sat for four hours with investigators two weeks ago to discuss his Jan. 2 phone call with the former president just days before a dual U.S. Senate runoff that would decide control of the chamber.
Coastal Georgia’s state delegation picks Kemp, party unity
Georgia’s state Republicans are quietly lining up behind Gov. Brian Kemp in his re-election primary battle against David Perdue.
Despite state’s division, Stacey Abrams has a plan for ‘One Georgia’
former state House minority leader says current Republican leadership has not done enough over the past three years to tackle the biggest problems people are facing, whether it’s health care or education or the coronavirus.
David Perdue’s launched his campaign on claims about Georgia elections. Here’s why they’re false
Perdue has repeated false claims that Democrat Stacey Abrams controlled Georgia’s elections system, implied that “irregularities” marred the thrice-counted presidential election and said he would have ignored state law requiring him to certify election results if he had been governor in 2020.
David Perdue files election lawsuit with recycled, already-disproven claims of fraud
The former U.S. senator and a Georgia voter claim that thousands of “unlawfully marked” absentee ballots were counted in Fulton County’s presidential election, despite three separate counts of the results and no evidence of so-called “counterfeit” ballots included in the vote totals.
Judge denies bid to quash challenges to Georgia election law changes
Georgia Republican leaders say the lawsuits are a politically motivated effort aimed at a legitimate attempt to restore election integrity in Georgia and prevent voter fraud.
Professors’ free speech rights can clash with public universities’ interest in managing their employees
Charges at University of Florida pit protections for free inquiry, debate against an institution’s desire to manage their operations.
Raffensperger defends record, voting law heading into busy 2022
Raffensperger reiterated that he continues to advocate for fair and honest elections, regardless of the political fallout. Trump narrowly lost in Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden.
How Georgia’s redistricting process sets the playing field for 2022 and beyond
Barring successful legal challenges or any mid-cycle realignments, these maps will control Georgia’s politics for the next 10 years, and have a profound impact on how the swing state will be governed and what types of candidates will run.
GOP releases Congressional redistricting map with few changes for Coastal Georgia
Republicans in the Georgia legislature finally unveiled a joint redistricting map that would drastically alter Atlanta’s northern suburbs to create another likely Republican seat — for now.
Dropboxes, Poll Dates, Locations
Click here to find your nearest absentee ballot drop box or early voting location in your county.
How, where, when to vote early in Coastal Georgia
Know your options and where to go to vote as sites open for early voting.
Who Pays for Campaigns?
CHATHAM COUNTY RACES: Search this online database to see individuals, groups funding local contests. Thanks to Transparent Savannah for the hard work to compile these lists.
STATE, NATIONAL RACES: Search our online database for people, PACs and other organizations that help fund area campaigns for state and federal offices.