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By Regina Park Feb 25, 2021 A committee in the Georgia State House of Representatives passed an elections bill on Wednesday (February 24). The House Election Integrity Committee made changes to the bill before passing it, however, restoring the Sunday early voting option which many pointed would unduly impact Black voters that participate in the “Souls to the Polls” initiative after church.  “We need in the Legislature to pass reasonable measures that begin to build confidence back into the election system for both the left and the right,” committee chairman Atlanta Journal-Consti...

After significant loses, Georgia Republicans appear to be going after one of the state's most influential voting blocs.

GOP lawmakers in the once reliably red state are rolling out a slate of voting legislation that critics argue is tailored to curtail the power of Black

ATLANTA (AP) — Fueled by Black turnout, Democrats scored stunning wins in Georgia in the presidential and U.S. Senate races. Now, Republicans are trying to ma

22 Feb 2021 The Special Committee on Election Integrity of the Georgia House of Representatives held hearings Thursday and Friday on HB 531, which includes a provision designed to ban private funding of election administration of the sort practiced by the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Technology and Civic Life  (CTCL) in that state in 2020. “No superintendent shall take or accept any funding, grants, or gifts from any source other than from the governing authority of the county or municipality, the State of Georgia, or the federal government,” lines 47 through 49 of HB 531, which is ...