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As a mass shooting, possible tornadoes, and school closures drew Georgians' attention on St. Patrick's Day, Republicans in its GOP-majority legislature in Atlanta raced to push a massive rewrite of an election bill to "drastically change" the state's voting laws toward passage.
If you read the United States Constitution and recent Supreme Court rulings, it is primarily the state’s business how we conduct our elections.
A U.S. Senate committee gathered in Atlanta Monday where witnesses asked Congress to expand voting protections through federal legislation.
The United States lawsuit challenging Georgia’s new, highly restrictive voting law is likely to be more of a slow burn than fast-paced litigation. The Department of Justice’s patience may place Georgia’s lawmakers under a microscope by making their intent the subject of subpoenas. To understand how this could happen, we have to know a little bit about the complaint and the options open to the DOJ. What did the DOJ allege? On June 25, 2021, the...
In that bill, Roberts proposed ballot images be made public with the goal of transparency. "My goal was to go into session and try and work across the aisle to pass legislation that would actually restore public confidence, and I think transparency is the best way to do that," Roberts said. "The purpose of [HB 659] was so everyone, parties, candidates, the public, if they wanted to, they could count [the ballots]." Her bill had bipartisan support and part of her idea was rolled into SB 202. "We've asked the secretary of state to create a pilot program to see how this would work and try it o...