| Covering Georgia Politics
Oct 28, 2024 · South Georgia woman headed to prison for pandemic fraud. by Dave Williams | Oct 25, 2024. ATLANTA - A South Georgia woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the state Department of Labor out of more than $30 million in unemployment benefits. According to court documents, Tyshion Nautese Hicks, 32, of ...
Presidential race in Georgia heading to finish line too close to call
4 days ago · ATLANTA – As the 2024 presidential election heads into its final days, all signs in Georgia continue to point to a tight race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Recent history in the Peach State and early voting trends offer encouragement as well as cause for concern to both sides.
Brisk early voting in Georgia shatters record
1 day ago · ATLANTA – A record-smashing 4 million Georgians voted before Election Day this year, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office reported during the weekend. The 3.76 million who cast their ballots in person and the 242,620 who voted absentee by mail combined to account for 55.3% of the electorate, leaving fewer than half of Georgia ...
Georgia early voting smashing records entering final week
Oct 28, 2024 · That Day 15 early voting total shattered the previous record of nearly 2 million for the same day in the 2018 early voting period. Nearly 1.98 million had voted early by Day 15 in 2020, and more than 1.6 million had cast ballots early by the same day in 2022. “Georgia voters know we’ve made it easy to cast a ballot. It’s really that ...
State Board of Election to investigate counties accused of refusing ...
Sep 24, 2024 · ATLANTA – The State Election Board is launching an investigation into allegations that local election boards in eight counties are routinely thwarting citizen activists’ challenges of thousands of voter registrations. The five-member board voted 3-0 Monday to direct Mike Coan, the board’s executive director, to look into how challenges ...
Study committee to address civil justice gap
5 days ago · ATLANTA – Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs has ordered the creation of a study committee to look for ways to address the state’s civil justice gap. The 13-member committee will develop recommendations by June of next year to increase access to civil legal services for rural or low-income Georgians while maintaining high standards for ...
Harris draws sharp contrasts with Trump at Atlanta rally
3 days ago · On Saturday, Harris focused on a combination of themes she has used throughout the campaign, warning that Trump poses a threat to American democracy while countering with what she wants to do if elected president. “Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t believe the people who disagree with me are the enemy,” she said. “He wants to put them in jail.
Trump rallies his troops at Georgia Tech
Oct 29, 2024 · Just eight days before Election Day, the Republican nominee called Georgia critical to a Trump victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5. “We win this state and we win the whole ball of wax,” Trump said during a rally at Tech’s McCamish Pavilion to a cheering crowd waving “47” signs. The next president of the United States ...
Republicans favored to retain majorities in General Assembly
Oct 18, 2024 · While the maps redrawn by the General Assembly’s Republican majorities likely will hold the Democrats to minimal gains in the state House and Senate, no changes are expected in the makeup of Georgia’s congressional delegation. The congressional map the legislature adopted last year essentially swaps the 6th and 7th congressional districts.
Georgia early voters continue setting records
Oct 23, 2024 · ATLANTA – More than 1.8 million Georgians cast their ballots during the first week of early voting, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday. That record number, which included early votes through Tuesday, was expected to cross the 2 million mark by midday Wednesday, representing more than 26% of the state’s electorate.