The Georgia Republican Party is asking legislators to get rid of a week of early voting, end no-excuse absentee voting and eliminate automatic voter registration. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

A huge backlog of cases at the State Election Board has, at times, prevented the timely prosecution of double-voting, allowing alleged wrongdoers to escape justice. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

A federal judge upheld a Georgia law restricting voting organizations from mass-mailing absentee ballot applications as they did during the 2020 election. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

In a rare show of bipartisanship in Georgia elections, a few prominent Democratic lawmakers are supporting a Republican effort to move toward hand-marked paper ballots. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Gabriel Sterling, a leading defender of Georgia’s voting system who famously called for President Donald Trump to condemn election threats in 2020, launched a campaign for secretary of state. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Key Georgia lawmakers Tuesday called for a rapid test-run of hand-marked paper ballots in this year’s elections, switching from touchscreens in some polling places. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Automatic voter registration — which has given Georgia one of the highest registration rates in the nation — might be endangered next year. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

CLARKESVILLE — A divided, bickering State Election Board was on full display Thursday as Georgia legislators repeatedly heard about its deep “dysfunction.” State representatives were not impressed. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

A judge held the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in civil contempt Wednesday, ordering $10,000 daily fines for defying a court order by failing to appoint two Republican nominees to the county Election Board. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia finished canceling nearly 471,000 voter registrations Friday, one of the largest removals of inactive voters in U.S. history. The cancellations shrink the state's number of registered voters from 8.44 million to less than 8 million. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners refused to appoint two election critics nominated by the county Republican Party on Wednesday, despite a court order requiring them to do so. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Since the Georgia Supreme Court rejected several of the State Election Board's voting rules this summer, all sides have agreed to dismiss the rest of the case. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

A judge threw out a lawsuit Monday over the 2020 presidential election, ruling against Georgia election critics who had demanded to review ballot images that don't exist. www.ajc.com/politics/202... #gapol

Georgia’s mass cancellation of inactive voter registrations — one of the largest in U.S. history — targets people who likely moved away and didn’t vote recently. But it comes with a risk that eligible voters could get swept up in the process. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals questioned whether providing food and water to voters waiting in line is a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment or an intrusion on the protected space near polling places. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

A Georgia elections study has become a public venue for conservative activists to demand major changes, such as switching to hand-marked paper ballots, ending no-excuse absentee voting and getting rid of automatic voter registration. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Investigations of election fraud and errors took a back seat to the State Election Board’s failed efforts to change Georgia election rules last year. Now there's a backlog of 315 cases that have already been investigated and are awaiting decisions. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Attorney General Chris Carr’s campaign for governor just filed a federal lawsuit challenging a 2021 Georgia law that allows his Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, to raise unlimited cash while imposing strict limits on his own fundraising. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners must appoint election critics nominated by the Fulton County Republican Party to the county election board, a superior court judge has ruled. By @calebgroves.bsky.social #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

He’s a candidate running to oversee Georgia elections. She’s a State Election Board member and media personality who appears on Fox News. Does Janelle King’s government position give a political benefit to her husband? #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Three right-wing members of the State Election Board revived a fight over the 2020 presidential election Wednesday and called for President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to intervene. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The State Election Board found that Lyft violated a Georgia law against paying for votes when it offered discounted rides to the polls. Free rides are allowed, but the board's majority opposed Lyft's pro-voter offer. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

I voted in the Georgia PSC runoff! I was voter 1901 at the DeKalb election office. Turnout wasn’t too bad—there was even a tiny line! Early voting ends Friday and Election Day is Tuesday.

Check whether your Georgia voter registration is on the cancellation list. @ajc.com created a tool where you can type in your name, birth year, zip code and county to find out: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

One of the largest voter registration cancellations in history began Thursday with 478,000 letters mailed to Georgia voters whose registrations will be removed unless they respond within 40 days. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia election officials are conducting an audit to find potential inaccuracies in the state’s voter list, an additional step along with this summer’s upcoming cancellation of nearly 500,000 inactive voter registrations. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Election board members are required to certify election results, even if they distrust the outcome, according to a Georgia Court of Appeals decision. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

What if Georgia held an election and almost no one showed up? Early voting begins today across Georgia for the Democratic primary runoff for Public Service Commission, but turnout is expected to be low and many counties are closing polling places. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Republican state Rep. Tim Fleming, a former top aide to Gov. Brian Kemp, is planning to run for Georgia secretary of state, kicking off the race to become the state’s top elections official. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

A new report shows insights into turnout and voter behavior. Full report by the Election Administration and Voting Survey: www.eac.gov/sites/defaul... 🧵 * Turnout rose in just five states from '20 to '24: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Trump won all of those states.

The Republican Party is pushing voter challengers and election critics for seats on election boards in Fulton and DeKalb counties in Georgia. The GOP sued after Democrats rejected its nominees in Fulton. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

What if they called an election and no one came? Turnout is low in Georgia's rescheduled, off-year, summertime primaries for the state's powerful utility regulators. Some counties might even close polling places if there's a runoff. www.ajc.com/politics/202... #gapol

Breaking: The State Election Board exceeded its authority by passing new voting rules last year, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday, limiting the Republican-led board’s power. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

A man falsely accused of voting fraud in the conspiracy film “2000 Mules” tried to hold its producers responsible Friday, asking a federal judge to rule in his favor. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Who tinkered with a rural Georgia county border? Somehow, the line moved behind a powerful sheriff’s house, unleashing accusations of mapping manipulation that allow the sheriff to stay in office. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

I voted! These alternate art "I Voted" stickers in DeKalb County are cool. Turnout is low and no other voters were there for these important races for the Georgia Public Service Commission. Early voting lasts till June 13 and election day is June 17. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a state law Wednesday that prohibits people under 21 years old from possessing or carrying handguns in public. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

An administrative law judge on Tuesday recommended that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger disqualify Daniel Blackman from running for a metro Atlanta district seat on the Public Service Commission. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Early voting is underway in Georgia for the Public Service Commission! The PSC is important because it oversees Georgia Power rates, which have risen $43 since the start of 2023. Find your voting info at mvp.sos.ga.gov. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Lake Lanier has suddenly become a new symbol of President Donald Trump’s government-shrinking agenda just in time for the Memorial Day break. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

Now election boards in two large Democratic-leaning counties — who previously rejected many Republican voter eligibility challenges — are taking on the task of reviewing voters who appear to be improperly registered at nonresidential addresses. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Challengers on Thursday told a federal appeals court that Georgia lawmakers are still violating Black voters’ rights after redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative maps. by @jeffamy.bsky.social #gapol apnews.com/article/geor...

Just in: Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump to recoup millions of dollars of legal costs in the Georgia election interference case. #gapol ajc.com/politics/geo...

The State Election Board fined a Florida lawyer $3,500 after he attempted to register to vote in Georgia's 2021 Senate runoffs and encouraged other Republicans to follow his lead. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/sta...

It’s decision day for Gov. Brian Kemp. Today is the deadline for the second-term governor to either sign or veto bills that passed the state Legislature this year. #gapol ajc.com/politics/bri...

An appellate court seemed skeptical that a district court judge considered whether True the Vote was trying to intimidate voters with mass challenges following Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. by @calebbgroves #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/app...

Elections finally resume this month for Georgia’s powerful utility commission following three years of canceled races and a court battle over the legality of statewide voting that has elected only one Black candidate to the board. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/geo...

Gov. Brian Kemp will not run for U.S. Senate in 2026, dashing the hopes of Republicans in Georgia and Washington who saw him as their strongest shot to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026. via @bluestein.bsky.social #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/bri...

Most Georgia voters say marijuana should be made legal for recreational use, a sign of growing acceptance of a drug that‘s allowed in 24 other states, according to an @ajc.com poll. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/ajc...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and workers at a Georgia tankless water heater factory are celebrating the elimination of energy efficiency requirements that would have threatened their jobs. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/ene...