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ATLANTA (AP) — Fueled by Black turnout, Democrats scored stunning wins in Georgia in...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Stricter ID rules for vote-by-mail in Georgia pass state Senate Election workers sort absentee ballots that had come into the Newton County Elections Office in Covington through Dec. 9. - photo by Tom Spigolon Stricter identification rules for voting by mail in Georgia inched closer to law with the state Senate’s passage of a controversial bill on Tuesday. Sponsored by state S...

BY: QUINN SCANLAN, ABC NEWS (ATLANTA) — Republicans in the Georgia state House have introduced a 48-page omnibus bill that, if enacted, would make sweeping changes to the state’s election processes. Republicans on the committee argued the bill, which tackles multiple areas of election law, would help restore faith in Georgia’s elections, but Democrats and voting rights advocates blasted it as a “voter suppression bill” and questioned the motive behind the rush to bring it before the committee just hours after it was introduced. “This bill seems to offer solutions for a lot of prob...

By Syndicated Content By Julia Harte and John Whitesides (Reuters) - Democrats and voting rights groups condemned on Friday a broad proposal by Georgia Republicans to limit absentee and in-person voting in the state, the latest salvo in a national fight over efforts to place new restrictions on casting a ballot. Republicans said the sweeping measure was needed to bolster confidence in election integrity after former President Donald Trump disputed November's results that saw Joe Biden become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state in 28 years. The legislation,...

The effort is dividing Republicans, some of whom are trying to head off the measures to prevent being labeled the party of voter suppression.