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An emergency order from the State Election Board permitting Georgia counties to use ballot drop boxes expires Friday, but a group of Democrats wants to extend the practice permanently.
State Sen. Sheikh Rahman, a Democrat representing Lawrenceville, introduced Senate Bill 26 last week, which would require counties to install a drop box at every early voting location.
“We need to look really closely at how convenient this was for the voters,” Rahman said. “And in terms of safety, we don’t know with this COVID situation, so we need to prepare for the next election, and the next election will come a lot sooner than we think.”
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Caption FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 file photo, Supporters take photos with construction executive Marjorie Taylor Greene, background right, late in Rome, Ga. Credit: AP Photo/AP Photo
From filing provocative (and error-filled) articles of impeachment against President Biden to renewed scrutiny of inflammatory Facebook posts to ejecting a reporter from a town hall in Dalton, the opening weeks of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene s term in Congress have been heavy on controversy and light on substance.
Now, a Democratic colleague is drafting a resolution to expel her from the House.
The first-term conspiracy theorist and business owner representing the 14th Congressional District in northwest Georgia campaigned as a social media-savvy, ardent supporter of President Trump who pledged to stop socialism and take up conservative policies such as strengthening gun rights, opposing abortion and increasing support for military veterans.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Tennessee man who had expressed pro-Trump views and was accused by online researchers of carrying plastic hand restraints in the U.S. Senate during the Capitol riot Wednesday, has been arrested.
The Nashville man, Eric Munchel, 30, was being held in a Nashville jail Sunday on a federal warrant, online records show. An FBI spokesperson, Samantha Shero, confirmed the arrest.
The federal prosecutor s office in Washington is handling the case. Photos depicting his presence show a person who appears to be Munchel carrying plastic restraints, an item in a holster on his right hip, and a cellphone mounted on his chest with the camera facing outward, ostensibly to record events that day, the office said in a news release, which identifies him by his full name, Eric Gavelek Munchel.
Nashville man Eric Munchel, who was accused by online researchers as being one of the men who carried zip ties into the U.S. Capitol during the riot Wednesday, has been arrested and now faces federal charges.
After photos of a masked man dressed in paramilitary gear and carrying zip ties in the U.S. Senate chamber appeared online, people began referring to him as the zip tie guy on social media. That online sleuthing coincided with the FBI s call for tips leading to the identification of rioters seen in the photos.
Here s what we ve learned about the Nashville zip tie guy since Wednesday.