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(Zachary Hansen/AJC)" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Zachary Hansen</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/politics/trumps-global-tariffs-could-pose-challenge-to-farmers-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-helene/T42APPOGDRHVJENOLHYSRQTYJA/"><h3>Donald Trump’s global tariffs could add to Georgia farmers’ woes after Hurricane Helene</h3></a><p class="description">In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation, Georgia farmers could face another challenge: President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed sweeping tariffs.</p></div></div></div><div class="column-2"><div class="row"><div class="c-story-tease hide-description "><a href="/politics/cdc-rate-of-abortions-in-georgia-10th-highest-in-the-country/EW233ICA2VEATIBIOK2P2DP3P4/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/6VDRAFXCDVBY63XE2NN34FV7FM.jpg?auth=fb05485923a7129bcb9e3b5b7fb2e5c23655ed16eda2997472c7b5c175342be0&width=330&height=330&smart=true" alt="Abortions were performed in Georgia at a rate of 17.2 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44, according to data shared by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Olivia Bowdoin for the AJC 2023)" width="330" height="330" class=" square-image " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1;max-width:20.625rem;max-height:20.625rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/politics/cdc-rate-of-abortions-in-georgia-10th-highest-in-the-country/EW233ICA2VEATIBIOK2P2DP3P4/"><h3>CDC: Rate of abortions in Georgia 10th highest in the country year Roe was overturned</h3></a><p class="description">Georgia had the 10th highest rate of abortions performed in the country in 2022, according to federal data released Wednesday.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease hide-description "><a href="/politics/an-audit-read-the-text-of-every-georgia-ballot-the-results-were-nearly-identical/EV7DKMC7INGO3GPATBEJV4DITA/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/PS3QDIYXQNOS4I7NVXDMCEWNPM.jpg?auth=5412586b83f6aea1259b7622818512a8a1e2f8203d71217985615b430a28c4ce&width=330&height=330&smart=true" alt="Election workers look over provisional ballots on Election Day at Gwinnett County Voter Registrations & Elections, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, in Lawrenceville." width="330" height="330" class=" square-image " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1;max-width:20.625rem;max-height:20.625rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Hyosub Shin/AJC</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/politics/an-audit-read-the-text-of-every-georgia-ballot-the-results-were-nearly-identical/EV7DKMC7INGO3GPATBEJV4DITA/"><h3>Text-recognition election audit verifies voting machine count in Georgia</h3></a><p class="description">A new type of election audit used optical character recognition to check all 5.3 million ballots cast on Georgia voting machines. The results were nearly identical.</p></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="c-story-tease hide-description "><a href="/politics/georgia-starts-budget-season-with-165-billion-in-reserves/RVULGEGNJZDTTJTPARHOO5GADE/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-portrait"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/4YP67IGXPXCIUKXPQVBBVV3OGE.jpg?auth=b059d98a04c679a640faf58ec7334d17216942eef4424c3a2f27091f9abf73d7&width=330&height=330&smart=true" alt="Workers are replacing the iconic gold leaf atop the dome of the Georgia Capitol as part of $392 million worth of renovations that include a new legislative office building, parking deck, meeting rooms, offices and air conditioning system. A series of budget surpluses have left Georgia flush with cash to pay for such projects. (John Spink/AJC 2024)" width="330" height="330" class=" square-image " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1;max-width:20.625rem;max-height:20.625rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: John Spink</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/politics/georgia-starts-budget-season-with-165-billion-in-reserves/RVULGEGNJZDTTJTPARHOO5GADE/"><h3>Georgia starts budget season with $16.5 billion in reserves</h3></a><p class="description">Georgia officials will begin the upcoming budget season with plenty of cash on hand and no shortage of ways to spend it.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease hide-description "><a href="/politics/trumps-2024-win-in-georgia-certified-by-secretary-of-state-brad-raffensperger/Q2DURKBX2FHKFGI3QUE34KVG5Y/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/2CPJIUFWP5EU6W5VEPUDQIZCJ4.jpg?auth=21d1a73b69072277b0ece9e1766e1f1a780cb46dbd2c60d7a6287277c9620e8d&width=330&height=330&smart=true" alt="Voters cast their ballots in Cobb County, Ga., on Nov. 5, 2024. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)" width="330" height="330" class=" square-image " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1;max-width:20.625rem;max-height:20.625rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Ben Hendren</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/politics/trumps-2024-win-in-georgia-certified-by-secretary-of-state-brad-raffensperger/Q2DURKBX2FHKFGI3QUE34KVG5Y/"><h3>Certified: Georgia election chief and governor finalize Trump’s win and statewide results</h3></a><p class="description">President-elect Donald Trump's victory in Georgia is complete after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gov. Brian Kemp certified the results Friday.</p></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="c-story-tease hide-description "><a href="/politics/activists-urge-georgia-lawmakers-to-abandon-focus-on-transgender-children/Q5X3AKEJM5ECNKO3PPX3YSGNA4/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/3XEXVJ42SSOS4Q2IS4KK7UULS4.JPG?auth=757be199a08ccb06678ec48ed156c16b148ba3a4bbabe62f419f7eb269cbe195&width=330&height=330&smart=true" alt="The state Senate’s Special Committee on Protecting Women's Sports meets to hear testimony earlier this year from swimmers who oppose the participation of transgender athletes in women's sports. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)" width="330" height="330" class=" square-image " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1;max-width:20.625rem;max-height:20.625rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Arvin Temkar/AJC</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/politics/activists-urge-georgia-lawmakers-to-abandon-focus-on-transgender-children/Q5X3AKEJM5ECNKO3PPX3YSGNA4/"><h3>Activists urge Georgia lawmakers to abandon focus on transgender children</h3></a><p class="description">The state Senate Special Committee on Protecting Women’s Sports, which could propose bills for the upcoming legislative session, met Thursday.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease hide-description "><a href="/politics/georgia-runoffs-2024-whos-on-the-ballot-for-metro-atlanta-races-dec-3/6ZWV4KKJYJA7LN2V3MA5UWUCUM/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/D3IG4UD726GKVTELUKHSU2MF5I.jpg?auth=384203d940be4f11d0a79beeeb3a3531e1c20e77a92c9f871586d41406332857&width=330&height=330&smart=true" alt="Trisha Perry contemplates her vote at the Don and Mary Ellen Harp Student Center in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Some Atlanta voters will return to the polls for City Council runoff elections on Dec. 3. (John Spink/AJC)" width="330" height="330" class=" square-image " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1;max-width:20.625rem;max-height:20.625rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: John Spink/AJC</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/politics/georgia-runoffs-2024-whos-on-the-ballot-for-metro-atlanta-races-dec-3/6ZWV4KKJYJA7LN2V3MA5UWUCUM/"><h3>Runoffs to decide county, city seats across Georgia</h3></a><p class="description">Runoff elections across Georgia, including DeKalb County and the city of Atlanta, will decide races for city council and county commission races on Dec. 3.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MP02 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="RP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 tablet-only"></div><div data-fusion-lazy-id="f0fCUdaWJpGU5Jo"><div class="c-pkg-lead-auto b-margin-bottom-d30-m20" data-sectiontitle="Resources"><p class="title">Resources</p><div class="content top-border"><a href="/politics/georgia-bill-tracker-2024/4PPGGGS7MZAV7LFI3GIM4MSOAI/" class="block-1 img-override-aspect"><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/TTJA6EMFF7OGUI6FOLWFY7KTB4.JPG?auth=dfa5db4a0b5d3db997078c470bc497e87ed62d3307c577dd06e1907ba86392e0&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="State Rep. 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In each county, adjudication panels reviewed and counted those ballots before results were certified."},{"_id":"OCJB66NQEBETRN2PTG2GFYOPDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732572937444},"type":"text","content":"In the presidential race, the audit <a href=\"https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/contest_results_comparison_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">counted </a>five fewer votes for Republican Donald Trump and 14 fewer for Democrat Kamala Harris."},{"_id":"FNS2TA5ZIVBQNF4KAY4JJWG2WQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732572937445},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/Georgia/elections/2024NovGen\" target=\"_blank\">Official results</a> showed that Trump won the race by 115,100 votes, a 2.2 percentage point margin of victory."},{"_id":"CVOSYXJQKVDY3FF5MJM7GO2DTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732572937446},"type":"text","content":"The latest audit, which used optical character recognition technology, followed a hand-count audit completed last week."},{"_id":"7MLTIUJUAJHEXFST7X5LEQAPRE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732572937447},"type":"text","content":"The <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/hand-count-audit-of-georgia-election-confirms-trumps-win-over-harris/KMHVLZOH7ZAOVMSDMK7E65H4KY/\" target=\"_blank\">manual audit</a> showed 11 more votes for Trump and six fewer for Harris out of nearly 750,000 ballots reviewed. 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According to a State Accounting Office report released last month, Georgia finished the fiscal year that ended June 30 with an $11 billion undesignated budget surplus, plus nearly $5.5 billion set aside in case of revenue shortfalls."},{"_id":"KBKNWJ5YHBBX7GPA7ZXJS3PEPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688203},"type":"text","content":"That doesn’t include $2.4 billion in lottery funds and other restricted reserves."},{"_id":"ZEAMOF5UCRDS3MNOSWFB7SNH5M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688204},"type":"text","content":"That big financial cushion is a dramatic improvement from 14 years ago, when the fallout from the Great Recession left Georgia with just enough cash on hand to pay for a couple days’ worth of spending."},{"_id":"Q7XOL6EU3RFJHFG2LC6GOBJRCQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688205},"type":"text","content":"Then-Gov. Nathan Deal began rebuilding the state’s reserves in the 2010s by holding the line on spending as revenue improved. Gov. Brian Kemp has continued that approach."},{"_id":"KHKOVHK7LFD73GSZYTTFAQLBMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688206},"type":"text","content":"By law, legislators can only appropriate as much as the governor estimates the state will collect in revenue each year. In recent years, Kemp’s conservative revenue estimates have restrained state spending. When revenue exceeded Kemp’s estimates, it led to billions of dollars in surpluses."},{"_id":"ZQ72S7UKSFDYTHDUO2QFFPDACA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2024-11-22T21:36:44.746Z","start":147,"end":149,"text":"added comma here","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1732300688207},"type":"text","content":"That has allowed the governor and legislators to spend big in recent years on priorities such as <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-to-sign-budget-with-raises-for-300000-workers-today/YHW6W5P3V5BCPPGFWT3DIVEUDE/\">raises</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-plays-santa-to-308000-georgia-teachers-state-employees-with-1k-bonus/AUXDMA3OCZGH7MEW76BXZDA2KQ/\">bonuses</a> for teachers and state employees, while still providing <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-gives-final-approval-to-1-billion-income-tax-rebate/F4FII2M76VAOLAN3WGG35LS63M/\">tax rebates</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-gives-final-ok-to-income-tax-cut-for-georgians-and-businesses/ODKP3VSPMZA63CR76GOK5DA42I/\">tax cuts</a> to Georgian residents and businesses."},{"_id":"QRMEGTFZ45GFBICEEUCUBQJNVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":85,"comment":"July 1 "}],"comments":[{"date":"2024-11-22T21:52:00.973Z","start":139,"end":141,"text":"fixed fiscal year end date and added 0 before decimals","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1732300688208},"type":"text","content":"More recently, state revenue collections have slowed. For the fiscal year that ended June 30, collections were <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-tax-collections-end-fiscal-2024-down-but-big-surplus-likely-again/NA3TZJ4G5NHS3NZRJZNWLEPF2Y/\">down $182 million</a>, or 0.5%. They <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-tax-revenue-declines-for-second-consecutive-month/LUYIQRN54FDW3EYUPGO4LA7ZZM/\">fell 0.6%</a> for the first four months of this fiscal year compared to the same period last year."},{"_id":"P5MQJA6CNJHRFKJA7VOWDO6GBE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688209},"type":"text","content":"But the state’s sizable reserves mean Kemp and legislators still have plenty of cash to spend."},{"_id":"F4VOXASZPVDBVIAFFQ52JQSBFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688210},"type":"text","content":"“They have all the money in the bank to pursue whatever substantial or transformative pursuits they want,” said Kyle Wingfield, president of the conservative Georgia Public Policy Foundation."},{"_id":"6QAAO76WSNCLRHKN4IOS3F7Y7A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688211},"type":"text","content":"Plans to spend some of the money are already taking shape."},{"_id":"2SFEM5KCZVG6FCKS6OXOCPREVQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688212},"type":"text","content":"Last month Kemp and Republican legislative leaders <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-proposes-new-1b-income-tax-refund-from-georgias-giant-surplus/6WTSULGFUNC6RIETG3ONUTRB3A/\">announced plans</a> to refund more than $1 billion to taxpayers when they file their income taxes next year. If approved by the General Assembly, Georgians would receive a maximum refund of $250 for single residents, $375 for heads of households and $500 for married couples filing jointly based on their 2023 earnings."},{"_id":"2SPQEDUGHJFPDLZM7SUKCU2QYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688213},"type":"text","content":"Elected officials also could spend some of the cash on infrastructure projects, as they <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-signs-georgia-budget-with-capitol-hill-remake-55-billion-in-spending/VHA3BCZUEJB5DPTN2VZ2RNVHNE/\">did last year</a>. In a recent budget request, the Georgia Department of Transportation asked for an extra $100 million for road resurfacing this year and $125 million for construction projects."},{"_id":"YFHCWD2YEZBRLE3THWPBBTBTNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688214},"type":"text","content":"The governor also could propose more tax cuts, pay raises and aid for victims of Hurricane Helene."},{"_id":"F5CINZKERNH5JIHG5ONZTTVQ54","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732300688215},"type":"text","content":"Kemp won’t unveil his proposed budget until January, though he could announce some details before then. 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A <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-18-others-indicted-for-trying-to-overthrow-2020-georgia-election/PQ3N2YBIDRDJFLJGFLEBZUWM6I/\" target=\"_blank\">criminal case</a> alleging Trump tried to subvert the 2020 election has <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/defense-is-pushing-for-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-to-be-disqualified-from-trump-case/T4YKWW7XLBFPFDL2SEAV52HNYM/\" target=\"_blank\">stalled </a>in Fulton County, and Trump’s attorneys <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/georgia-election-interference-case-trump-lawyers-will-try-to-get-criminal-charges-tossed-out/7OB6UCWH2JDLLF7FFK5QTXCJAE/\" target=\"_blank\">plan to ask a judge to dismiss the charges</a> because he’s the newly elected president."},{"_id":"2MIDEDX4FBALHBYGJLNIWLZHGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732296604463},"type":"text","content":"This time, without any dispute over the outcome, Raffensperger isn’t facing controversy since <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-donald-trump-election-ddeae9fb378530159201ef4196cba9b3\" target=\"_blank\">Harris conceded without complaint</a>."},{"_id":"U77RHPFETBA7TJK2LE4GLQSRCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732296604464},"type":"text","content":"Certification makes the results official, a step <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-judge-ruled-that-county-election-board-members-in-georgia-must-certify-elections/635RIP3ILBC4ZH5AGMMSQXPYBQ/\" target=\"_blank\">required by state law</a> 17 days after the election. Since then, election officials have checked vote counts, verified voting data and signed off on the winners."},{"_id":"GINA5QZHLNBE3LMGYT7PUX35DI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732296604465},"type":"text","content":"Besides the presidential race, Republicans secured the same majorities over Democrats in Congress and the state Senate, holding a 9-5 lead in Washington and a 33-23 advantage in the state Senate. Republicans lost two seats in the state House but still maintain a 100-80 majority."},{"_id":"3F446F3VJZHZBJNNANXQ7F7NBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732296604466},"type":"text","content":"A <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/hand-count-audit-of-georgia-election-confirms-trumps-win-over-harris/KMHVLZOH7ZAOVMSDMK7E65H4KY/\" target=\"_blank\">hand-count audit</a> this week showed similar results as the machine count, with tiny differences that Raffensperger attributed to human error."},{"_id":"U4LJK4PSK5HPRG22NEWDGPHD3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732296604467},"type":"text","content":"The manual review of nearly 750,000 ballots — about 14% of total turnout — reported 11 more votes for Trump and six fewer for Harris."},{"_id":"M7AW3HJP3ZHG7GZ7OGV27OWB44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732296604468},"type":"text","content":"In all, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voters-set-a-new-turnout-record-at-almost-53-million-in-2024-election/ZRE5Y6ZLBNCUBL54MZOMWGDIF4/\" target=\"_blank\">turnout reached a record</a> of nearly 5.3 million voters in Georgia."},{"_id":"WQ7XBVHUQZHPBGGZTJFWRRGC5Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732296604469},"type":"text","content":"The secretary of state’s office said election officials also completed a second audit that used <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-to-use-text-recognition-software-to-double-check-2024-ballots/RBU5T4SOCBEBLGXLYBPFSCXBTA/\" target=\"_blank\">text-recognition technology</a> to read candidate names printed on every ballot cast in Georgia, and then counted the totals. 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Burt Jones created the panel to look into transgender kids playing sports in Georgia. Khelif is not transgender."},{"_id":"AFFESFCQHVHVNOOHRKDBIRJP4Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732215938696},"type":"text","content":"Jones, a potential 2026 candidate for governor, has said he will prioritize passing a bill that would put into law the policy implemented by the GHSA. Lawmakers and advocates said they are unaware of any transgender athletes playing in public high schools before or after the rule took effect, but state lawmakers often push through legislation on the possibility something “could” happen."},{"_id":"AXWTWYZ4DRB45CZSH2WLLSHNSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732215938697},"type":"text","content":"Thursday was the third of what is expected to be four legislative hearings on the topic that, until this week, had almost exclusively featured testimony from conservative groups and surrogates for Republican President-elect Donald Trump. Chairman Greg Dolezal, a Republican from Cumming, said he expects the committee to meet again in the coming weeks to put forth recommended legislation for next year."},{"_id":"KGNRWO4PFNBDZM6OIPRZLZHN5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732215938698},"type":"text","content":"State Sen. Clint Dixon, a Duluth Republican who sponsored the legislation that banned certain treatments for transgender children, said he is adamant about keeping “biological males” out of girls bathrooms and locker rooms."},{"_id":"KFFED5ICJRAFBNAWJALHQP2GEM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732215938699},"type":"text","content":"“I come back to it very simply,” Dixon said. “Selfishly, as a father of two young daughters, we’ve got to protect women. We’ve got to protect their sports. We’ve got to protect them in changing rooms.”"},{"_id":"OTKRNSARONBBRLY2QAGWKU33R4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732215938700},"type":"text","content":"Dixon relayed testimony given earlier this year by five former collegiate swimmers who said they were forced to compete against Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, in 2022. The swimmers told senators they still suffer emotional damage because they had to “compete against a man” and because Thomas exposed “full male genitalia,” in the locker room. 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And when we asked her why, she’s like, ‘The laws.’ She’s like, ‘I know that there are people out there’ — and by out there, which means in here — ‘that would be happier if I didn’t exist.’ So bringing these (college swimmers) up, making it a platform, making it the topic of conversation in the public sphere, hurts these kids, whether these bills pass or not.”"},{"_id":"AFFESFCQHVHVNOOHRKDBIRJP4Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732215938706},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"},{"_id":"LOZEJ4RHHBF3RIANTU2RL7NSRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732215938707},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"The state Senate Special Committee on Protecting Women’s Sports, which could propose bills for the upcoming legislative session, met 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That number was then fed into a computer to pick which ballots needed to be reviewed in each of Georgia’s 159 counties."},{"_id":"3JMCBPQ3PVCLPDJKM7H7ZSJDAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732140636417},"type":"text","content":"County election officials audited 442 batches of ballots, including ballots printed by machines for in-person voters and filled out by hand by absentee voters. Over 86% of the batches had no deviation from the machine-counted totals."},{"_id":"7XC5QHMUBBBB5DBRAI5MMTOXFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732140636418},"type":"text","content":"Election officials also conducted a hand-count audit of the 2020 race, but that review covered <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/recount-teams-assemble-for-manual-review-of-georgia-election-results/V22J6ZW66VESNHW77WJ2ZZ35WY/\" target=\"_blank\">all 5 million ballots cast</a> because the margin was so close between Trump and Joe Biden. 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Carolyn Hugley as minority leader on Thursday, putting her in charge of setting their agenda after a bruising presidential election."},{"_id":"4FDOS5IXNNCMVMEWZMI5V6OCRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054785},"type":"text","content":"Hugley, a Democrat from Columbus who has served in the House for 32 years, overwhelmingly won the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/georgia-house-democrats-jockey-for-leadership-after-limited-election-wins/FVF6JEWI7BA4ZCRG2TGVLWXUG4/\" target=\"_blank\">top job</a> where she’ll be responsible for refining the party’s priorities and growing its numbers."},{"_id":"QP2BE66D4NFSDKPN3SKMHYK3DM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054786},"type":"text","content":"“People all across the state are looking to Democrats for leadership because of the losses nationally, and so our caucus is ready to stand in the gap and fill that void,” Hugley said. “We’re going to reconstruct our Democratic agenda to reflect the challenges that our citizens face.”"},{"_id":"SLZHN35J7NC5ZPUOOPMN3BZADM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054787},"type":"text","content":"Hugley, an ally of former Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, is known as a calm strategist who holds Democrats together during tough votes. 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Beverly faced <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/review-harassment-claims-against-leading-state-dem-cannot-be-substantiated/A6SWI3KAINGHVCOXJFTHXZBO24/\" target=\"_blank\">harassment allegations</a> that an investigation conducted earlier this year found to be unsubstantiated."},{"_id":"NSQZJFEDVJB3HLULJ2ROJ64MTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054789},"type":"text","content":"Democrats picked up two House seats in last week’s election, but Republicans <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/redistricting-plans-come-true-republican-drawn-maps-kept-them-in-power-in-georgia/6SV6YGKWVZCNRK2ME2EF3LYWQQ/\" target=\"_blank\">hold a 100-80 majority</a> in the chamber."},{"_id":"GZCVMVH3XRAJLJA6XR6FXUHIPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731612215920},"type":"text","content":"The Democrats are seeking direction in Georgia after Donald Trump <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/inside-donald-trumps-comeback-victory-in-georgia/GWR4UGRABZF6TDOAX6SGS3QMVE/\" target=\"_blank\">defeated </a>Kamala Harris in the presidential election. Hugley said Democrats will come back like a winning football team."},{"_id":"ABRTH33YRNHQLBV3J6FRBA6K3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054792},"type":"text","content":"“The next game, what do they do? They look at the tape, see what they did wrong, make adjustments and head back to the field,” Hugley said. “So that’s what we’re going to do.”"},{"_id":"JFNA4GQJ3ZHJPBOR6E5PHJZ2CQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054793},"type":"text","content":"Hugley said she’ll prioritize health care access, economic security and educational opportunity."},{"_id":"SIOXWILZI5A6LEO3SFICH6OK7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054794},"type":"text","content":"She won the post by defeating state Rep. Derrick Jackson of Tyrone, a U.S. Navy veteran who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022."},{"_id":"Q4IMIQDMXJHP7DP26F32CP7QIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054795},"type":"text","content":"House Democrats also picked state Rep. Tanya Miller of Atlanta as minority caucus chair, ousting state Rep. Billy Mitchell of Stone Mountain."},{"_id":"3XTPHGH5VFB2BFXR2VEU2ZSTT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731611054796},"type":"text","content":"Minority Whip Sam Park of Lawrenceville retained his role, defeating a challenge from state Rep. Jasmine Clark of Lilburn."},{"_id":"R6O74C4T4FF7DLG2AVHJ4SMXC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In the state Senate, Democrats <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-democrats-elect-harold-jones-ii-as-minority-leader/4AN3CXA3URAABNMDDEEPHKO7VI/\" target=\"_blank\">elected </a>state Sen. 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The hand-reviewed count will be compared with the machine count to verify the outcome was correct."},{"_id":"QLMLZ6Y54VFXNFU4S5KFFWT6TY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731608477198},"type":"text","content":"The audit will prove to voters that Georgia’s vote count was accurate, said Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the secretary of state’s office."},{"_id":"DKI2SU7O6FCJNEYVMMHZRMDV3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731603850851},"type":"text","content":"“You’re taking away the argument that the computers did something or the black box did something or somebody hacked the machines,” Sterling said. “It should take away all reasonable doubts.”"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":{"locality":"Atlanta","region":"GA"},"auth":{"1":"e01dbbb39b55161b0a68eed2bc3672806389a244c8495e9dabd2cb0bae3e0bad"},"caption":"Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the secretary of state’s office, said the statewide audit of ballots that began Thursday, Nov. 14, and will end Tuesday, Nov. 19, \"should should take away all reasonable doubts” about the outcome of this year's presidential election in Georgia. 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With more fair competition, the legislative chambers would be in play every election.”"},{"_id":"JMIKSGDUN5CKLHWQIMRQZ4U7ZQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"6C55IS3ARVH3XAQUNG56HOSSGI"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"FYMFYLUVOJHBHBR74RVKVV74BI\" />"},{"_id":"OUXSO2ROORGO5O7ZNP5I5SDXPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421159},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Instead, while Georgia is closely divided in statewide elections, Republicans command outsize legislative majorities. Republican Donald Trump <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/inside-donald-trumps-comeback-victory-in-georgia/GWR4UGRABZF6TDOAX6SGS3QMVE/\" target=\"_blank\">won this year’s election</a> by 2.2 percentage points after Democrat Joe Biden had a 0.2 percentage point margin of victory in 2020."},{"_id":"T6FLQKCWWREPXFOSNMYCL3DYPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421160},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Republicans will hold a 9-5 advantage in Congress, a 33-23 lead in the state Senate and a 100-80 majority in the state House."},{"level":1,"_id":"KLMLXMUFV5G2XLYT7MVIHOF3GA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731545849348},"type":"header","content":"Voters vs. maps"},{"_id":"LCPRUSZWBBALDHDRKRWZSZSJ3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421161},"type":"text","content":"The election results matched predictions from when the General Assembly passed the new maps. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-republicans-pass-maps-that-secure-control-of-general-assembly/WMWALXPMSVGKPOO4AF3U4D43GM/\" target=\"_blank\">reported </a>the expected outcomes nearly a year ago."},{"_id":"DYIML7BZYRCTHFWQT6BUQPLHIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421162},"type":"text","content":"Rather than praising the maps, Gov. Brian Kemp credited Republicans’ success to strong candidates and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/in-close-georgia-legislative-races-democratic-and-republican-fundraising-is-nearly-equal/4PHII4UKRZCQ3PV6MKXXLSVDVI/\" target=\"_blank\">campaign spending</a> in competitive districts. His leadership committee <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-to-spend-15m-to-boost-republicans-in-swing-legislative-districts/DGEYPU4ALNBGXG33RBP5PUVSPE/\" target=\"_blank\">invested heavily</a> in supporting the GOP’s candidates for the state House."},{"_id":"MEKRRSWZGFFBLJGQBAH3GNAXPQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731542161113},"type":"text","content":"“When you have invoices that are half a million dollars, you’re doing a lot to help Statehouse candidates,” Kemp said during an election night watch party. He said he was “laser-focused on a lot of these really tough swing districts.”"},{"_id":"WANWZMWOBZBDPGREWT4NYMCSWQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421164},"type":"text","content":"A <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-judge-throws-out-georgias-redistricting-orders-new-maps/OCXTSZBQ7ZGY7PWJWFELWRK6EA/\" target=\"_blank\">federal judge’s order</a> that required the General Assembly to create more districts with a majority of Black voters didn’t translate to many victories for Democrats, who generally receive overwhelming support from Black voters."},{"_id":"ZMMZCOUUBZHLBE7AC4VD7W3OCE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"HTK2O5IVJRAMZCMK2TEWC2BNTA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Trump’s high-stakes election strategy worked. 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After the first round of redistricting in 2021, Republicans <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/path-to-republican-us-house-majority-boosted-by-georgia-redistricting/ELVWVNOXMZEOFO5AZ34ACGATRE/\" target=\"_blank\">gained a seat in Congress</a> that had been held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, a pickup they maintained in this year’s election."},{"_id":"ZJUCZPP7I5FQBI6BD7YGSPRRG4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731548290005},"type":"text","content":"The judge mandated several <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/court-invalidates-georgias-gop-drawn-maps-as-democrats-seek-gains/RZR2XSXABBAQ7ISBFNN5SXWVTA/\" target=\"_blank\">additional majority-Black districts</a>: five in the House, two in the Senate and one in Congress."},{"_id":"I3PNDPC3D5COJEWOQMH5CVWVIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421166},"type":"text","content":"Republicans drew some of those new majority-Black districts in areas that were previously represented by white Democrats, minimizing the ability of Democrats to pick up seats."},{"_id":"ORRQ7AEWGRC6DPDNVIISCYZDPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421167},"type":"text","content":"In one of the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gwinnett-legislative-candidates-adapt-to-a-transformed-county/HZP6NJY2Y5ARZK2Q4CBIGTGJAY/\" target=\"_blank\">closest races</a> in Georgia, Republican challenger Sandy Donatucci defeated incumbent Democrat Farooq Mughal by just 80 votes for a state House seat representing northern Gwinnett County."},{"_id":"6QO4NSG2VJBLTD5GV43UTJS3E4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421168},"type":"text","content":"Redistricting made that district a toss-up by adding conservative-leaning neighborhoods to a region that was previously more Democratic."},{"_id":"6LOJOQ6YQRDERJMY6FLDSGGUGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421169},"type":"text","content":"Donatucci said she won because of door-to-door campaigning on the economy and public safety rather than redistricting."},{"_id":"UIM67VH2VZH4XBRDENIRRD7CXM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421170},"type":"text","content":"“It really was the conversations with voters and just getting out there and talking to people,” said Donatucci, a real estate agent. “People say their vote doesn’t matter, but it does. Every single vote counts.”"},{"_id":"CP4CGKYGV5GKRGHHF4OSFN2WOI","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"FPD477QN6ZC7JLS62MWCIL3D34"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia House Democrats jockey for leadership after limited election wins","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/georgia-house-democrats-jockey-for-leadership-after-limited-election-wins/FVF6JEWI7BA4ZCRG2TGVLWXUG4/"},{"_id":"63SBMUIMFVFJRGXJR7FDMLAVR4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421171},"type":"text","content":"But Mughal said the redistricting process was designed to make his campaign more challenging."},{"_id":"H7K5UVOI3ZAXHMTF53Z3COVT6U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421172},"type":"text","content":"Republicans put two Democratic-leaning precincts in a different district and gave Mughal three new ones — two where most voters tend to back Democrats and one that was slightly Republican, he said."},{"_id":"TICXUQCQQNCBLGXA4POLXVZQVQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421173},"type":"text","content":"“When we looked at the numbers, I said, ‘Let’s fight,’” said Mughal, the founder of a public policy consulting company who was the first Pakistani American elected to the General Assembly."},{"_id":"VYPXMBMZ6VAWBIRJMTA5C4K5QE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421174},"type":"text","content":"His reelection effort appears to have come up short. Mughal could still seek a recount."},{"_id":"6IZYMSZLQNBE7IOPVMVNM43DYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421175},"type":"text","content":"Meanwhile, in a newly created district near Macon, Democrat Tangie Herring defeated Republican Noah Harbuck by just 276 votes."},{"_id":"YQ2RKH3BURBLZP6OV6GERXONXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421176},"type":"text","content":"That win for Democrats was mostly expected, she said."},{"_id":"GTQJOSZT5BD6ZEET3IGHR4B24Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421177},"type":"text","content":"“This district and the strength of my candidacy is supposed to lean mostly for African Americans,” said Herring, a teacher. “Even though this seat was drawn to increase more minority representation,” Herring said there was “still room for Republicans to take the seat.”"},{"level":1,"_id":"YUFBHIMOXJD6POE5CUBMXYQ4XQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731545849367},"type":"header","content":"Majority party makes partisan maps"},{"_id":"IFGYLS7NDFCG3OYLDFUYGNF3HE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421178},"type":"text","content":"The Republican-controlled General Assembly followed court orders to increase the number of districts with a majority of Black voters, but did so in a way that protected most of the party’s representatives, said Andra Gillespie, an Emory University political science professor."},{"_id":"J27EJYFVVREMVAQLTVQVBNRBZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421179},"type":"text","content":"“You can redraw lines to increase Black representation, but it doesn’t necessarily increase the representation of the party to which most Blacks in the state belong,” Gillespie said. “It’s not surprising that partisans would draw lines in a way to meet the letter of the court mandate while still preserving their partisan advantage.”"},{"_id":"ZDEPYFGY4JB5DECCIN54K4GC7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421180},"type":"text","content":"Because of Georgia’s <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgias-growth-and-diversity-set-stage-for-redistricting-fight/BUFV7OFAOFCH7PGBPKTOHTBLHU/\" target=\"_blank\">tremendous population growth</a>, primarily among people of color in cities that tend to elect Democrats, Republicans weren’t able to completely avoid losses after Georgia <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/feds-set-to-release-2020-census-data/4NT7E3XMHZFBBDK5T5IK5NNOVE/\" target=\"_blank\">added 1 million people</a> in the decade before 2020."},{"_id":"O4A2W3TPCFDERKZVG7MUNNOXXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731537421181},"type":"text","content":"But two fewer Republican seats in the House still leaves the GOP with a 20-vote cushion."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2023 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"4f486e891cfd0892bd5dfb25a8413f6d33f40324ac602902eaea68252537ebe0"},"caption":"State House Rep. 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Adams, who refused to certify this spring’s primaries, had <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/republican-member-of-fulton-elections-board-wont-certify-primary-results/IDYT7CZVMZAJXHDAADS7G6JNT4/\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit</a> arguing that she could vote against certifying."},{"_id":"KAKMMYBTHBHNRHP7KU523D7LM4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252895},"type":"text","content":"“It’s funny — I don’t know who won a lot of these races,” said Adams, who wanted more details to compare voter check-ins with results. “I have no idea what I just voted ‘yes’ to, but I have a court order that I have to.”"},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"68a4751807d03a2dbfa37a585ed7443f723f96a63395d4c17cd33ed88113d24d"},"caption":"Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County election board, lost a lawsuit last month when a judge ruled that election board members had a duty to certify results. 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The board spent Thursday, Friday and Tuesday reviewing documents."},{"_id":"DVFLJIBWINDLXJE3OAENSGV36U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252898},"type":"text","content":"“We have to certify what we believe the numbers are,” Johnson said. “That doesn’t give us the ability to supersede the law. 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He said the General Assembly should give local boards until the second Friday after an election to certify."},{"_id":"6DRGW2TVWBBWXDRAVD2HFETDOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252905},"type":"text","content":"“It’s such a rushed process,” Hancock said. “Give us a little more time.”"},{"_id":"TKOZ6JSO6JDGFIAWGLPL44HKSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252906},"type":"text","content":"This year’s election wasn’t as tight as in 2020, with Trump <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/flipped-back-trump-recaptures-georgia-four-years-after-losing-the-battleground-state/NEDAISGHABHYRO2FVYGVPIXPPA/\" target=\"_blank\">defeating </a>Democrat Kamala Harris by about 117,000 votes in Georgia."},{"_id":"2XDYQYVSZREWVDBGEWK55KR2D4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252907},"type":"text","content":"Four years ago, three vote counts showed Biden won by about 12,000 votes, and investigations have repeatedly <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/5-georgia-fraud-claims-from-the-2020-election-separating-fact-from-fiction/VWFCVFL55VEEVEPZ5Q62COV4R4/\" target=\"_blank\">discredited allegations of widespread fraud</a> that could have changed the result. Investigations found some errors, such as over 3,000 <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-scrutinizes-double-voting-allegation-in-fulton/FIT6OKELVZGJ7LAROV36AUKR24/\" target=\"_blank\">double-scanned ballots </a>in a recount in Fulton."},{"_id":"IQ5JNGACWRDE3P7B3T7UCIDOGQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252908},"type":"text","content":"Michael Heekin, a Republican appointee to the Fulton election board, also called for the General Assembly to change the state’s certification law."},{"_id":"B2UCPEVSDZDQDDSJIB4CVGOLXU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252909},"type":"text","content":"“I take issue with the fact that this is a purely ministerial duty,” said Heekin, who had proposed an election rule <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-approves-new-inquiry-for-certifying-election-results/BI6SME6TJVHQHGMMADOKGQ3UPU/\" target=\"_blank\">requiring an inquiry</a> before certifying results. “We should be at least one of the lines of defense in examining the goodness and the accuracy of the election.”"},{"_id":"JVEKB7PO4VAVLN7GRWCBSBKK2M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731514252910},"type":"text","content":"In Spalding County, a Republican-leaning area south of Atlanta, the election board unanimously certified the results before finishing a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/hand-counts-confirm-results-of-georgias-voting-machines/EFCTJAM3MNGOVCGGIMKZ2TCB2Q/\" target=\"_blank\">hand count</a> that it had requested, prompting accusations of hypocrisy from Yoshunda Jones, a Spalding resident. 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Trump received nearly 117,000 more votes than Harris, a 2% margin of victory."},{"_id":"R7DDE4OCANCPJIOZSVC2ZQMH4A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730991143176},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The high turnout showed <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-sees-record-election-day-turnout-as-some-voters-deal-with-russian-bomb-threat-hoax/PS43N7QN6FEQLM5OARTDCVQGRY/\" target=\"_blank\">strong voter engagement</a> in Georgia, one of seven swing states. Trump was on track to win Georgia and every other swing state, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin."},{"_id":"KMTBO4EHMVBT5MVR7ZYUELHX74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730991143177},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"While the overall number of voters was larger than the 5 million who showed up in 2020, the turnout rate was slightly lower because more voters have registered in the state as Georgia has grown the past four years. About 65% of registered voters participated in 2020, when Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump."},{"_id":"O3RUIYYUGRHD7A2AIRAIYSWDAY","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"RWVENJOLH5AHXB2DC7YQTZHRYE"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"FYMFYLUVOJHBHBR74RVKVV74BI\" />"},{"_id":"CYBR3PCYPNDGDKWOD42HJP5U5M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730991143178},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The largest batch of Georgia votes were cast <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/early-voting-ends-in-georgia-as-swing-state-heads-for-election-day/26EQIB3ECNFYDNI2IWC7J3KCWA/\" target=\"_blank\">before Election Day</a>."},{"_id":"U66WSIBZURBVTBTKQB2ZHPNC24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730991143179},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"More than 3.7 million voters turned out during three weeks of in-person early voting, and 51% of them supported Trump. The president-elect also received a majority of the 1.2 million votes cast on Election Day."},{"_id":"NUN3VKJEMJBHRM5ICT4EH2PM2Y","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"MAEMEMZCJFC57C5YPI7SITVKQA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Analysis: Inside Donald Trump’s comeback in Georgia","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/inside-donald-trumps-comeback-victory-in-georgia/GWR4UGRABZF6TDOAX6SGS3QMVE/"},{"_id":"R2EHH32X4FBJPCESGMLN2A6UQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730991143180},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Harris won 64% of the absentee vote, which was much lower than in 2020, when many people voted by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic."},{"_id":"IBVBE6YEOZHD3AHDAFMYOQCLQU","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"GLPOFSUM4VAGNIGEA2P6BAVW5Y"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"Georgia's voter turnout, 2006-24\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-0UU9U\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/0UU9U/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"440\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\r\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"MVBHXHETN5BYFLM3JDTKFE77MY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730992811848},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"About 5% of Georgia voters cast absentee ballots this year, compared with <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/under-georgia-voting-law-absentees-decline-but-turnout-resilient/COFLCIQB5RHOJC27SLQIB4TUM4/\" target=\"_blank\">26% in 2020</a>."},{"_id":"HZ5CV3GL75C4ZIXUUMPXNOQHUY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730992811849},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Compared with the rest of the United States, Georgia had the 17th-highest turnout rate, according to data from Michael McDonald at the <a href=\"https://election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-election-turnout/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Florida Election Lab</a>."},{"_id":"UTQUBBQLPVDVVEXTEQEK45W6RM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730992811850},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"An estimated 68% of eligible Georgia voters participated in this year’s election, higher than the national turnout rate of 65%. The University of Florida calculates turnout based on eligible voters rather than registered voters."},{"_id":"6GTQATIWC5FQZIXPRLQY5NVX7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730992811851},"type":"text","content":"The highest states for turnout this year were Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan."},{"_id":"X7RXACSGOBAELGFMRIO3AO6THQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731417196089},"type":"text","content":"<i>This article was updated on Nov. 12, 2024, to reflect that turnout reached 5.29 million voters.</i>"},{"_id":"MS4ARPAZBRD4VCK77V3GW72BPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730991243791},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"},{"_id":"ZFFMJ4BLOBDIDAVDXWFWEFQLG4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730991243792},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":"Early voting drove high turnout toward Trump’s victory"},"description":{"basic":"Georgia voters set a turnout record in this year's election, with nearly 5.3 million ballots cast. 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While the outcomes have yet to be finalized, the Democrats stand to gain two seats in the House, leaving the Republicans with a 100-80 advantage in the chamber."},{"_id":"TBROCW7CDVFEXD4Z7URFSXJNIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730918022642},"type":"text","content":"In the state Senate, there are 23 Democrats and 33 Republicans. The election results did not change those numbers."},{"_id":"RZONF2X6PVDUVPTACHGAQHSHKQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"WLH5AWZAUNAU5M2UCM6C4TNNJY"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-parliament\" data-src=\"visualisation/20173813\"><script src=\"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20173813/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"parliament visualization\" /></noscript></div>"},{"_id":"HY2O7ZZUUBC6RD4CITQVCFPXSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730918022643},"type":"text","content":"Throughout Forsyth, Fulton and Gwinnett counties, Republican incumbents defeated well-funded Democratic challengers. Some Republican candidates running in swing districts in metro Atlanta held on to their seats by distancing themselves from the party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump, but it’s not clear how much that played into their victories."},{"_id":"XE5YNLNTKFAURMG5FFAWJNHTL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730912025351},"type":"text","content":"Republican state Rep. Scott Hilton avoided mentioning Trump’s name on the trail and said he <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/pg-am-georgia-republicans-to-stump-for-presidential-candidates-in-iowa/XG2SQALAVJEU5JVE75B67WOEYI/\">voted for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley</a> in the state’s presidential primary. He kept<b> </b>his seat in the Georgia Statehouse with 55% of the vote."},{"_id":"AUACQB2HDNA7VC4Q7A5NDUIS5A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842522},"type":"text","content":"He was <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/swing-voters-in-this-competitive-georgia-district-have-candidates-campaigning-from-the-middle/KBLI7TGONZH3JPQ74MRCOOENKE/\" target=\"_blank\">competing against Democrat Laura Murvartian</a> for House District 48, which covers parts of Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Peachtree Corners and Roswell. She sought, unsuccessfully, to tie him to the state’s abortion and gun laws, and she criticized his position on school vouchers."},{"_id":"J6QWZCIMGFCNLLQ365UL3MEMFM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":252,"comment":"Suwannee "}],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842525},"type":"text","content":"State Rep. 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Republicans at every level of government have consistently delivered results on the issues that matter most to voters across the state,” Burns said in a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution."},{"_id":"A4TNJUJS25HLBNAHVD2N7HSRYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730928901630},"type":"text","content":"The speaker said the state’s tax cuts and education legislation sent “the message that led to the results we witnessed Tuesday.”"},{"_id":"6NJ2FQFEUZGH7KMWETIG6A2W5U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842528},"type":"text","content":"State Sen. Shawn Still won his race despite being indicted in 2023, alongside 17 others, including Trump, in a sweeping criminal case tied to their conduct following the 2020 presidential election. His opponent, Democrat Ashwin Ramaswami, had made <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-race-gets-tense-as-candidates-spar-over-negative-campaign-mailers/COICFA45SFFY5NY2447CERDZ6U/\" target=\"_blank\">Still’s indictment a prominent point in his campaign</a>, yet Still won with 53.6% of the vote with 97% of the count completed."},{"_id":"VJNJBVBDCBB23PRF76EBNSN2DY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842531},"type":"text","content":"While the Democrats had some success in retaining seats that were targeted by Kemp and Burns, they struggled to make gains. One prominent Democrat, state Rep. Mack Jackson of Sandersville, was barely hanging on as of Wednesday."},{"_id":"NE57L5U63NGUNFOA75LPGUEKRQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842532},"type":"text","content":"Democratic state Rep. Jasmine Clark held <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gwinnett-legislative-candidates-adapt-to-a-transformed-county/HZP6NJY2Y5ARZK2Q4CBIGTGJAY/\">on against a challenge</a> from Republican Elvia Davila, winning 53.9% of the vote to keep her seat<b> </b>in House District 108, which includes Lilburn and Lawrenceville."},{"_id":"YX5AACHJ6FDG7E3YBZ6P2LKTCA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842533},"type":"text","content":"Republican state Rep. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-party-switching-incumbent-in-georgia-is-fighting-for-reelection-in-west-atlanta/7YWINBHNKBA5HFDSIRKQKRXMAE/\" target=\"_blank\">Mesha Mainor, after switching parties last year</a>, lost to Democratic challenger Bryce Berry. He took 83.8% of the vote in the race for House District 56, which includes neighborhoods surrounding Atlantic Station, Georgia Tech, Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Morehouse College."},{"_id":"WGBZCDBISNDEJK3ITWBBXZWFFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842534},"type":"text","content":"Democrats also picked up a<b> </b>Milledgeville-based seat. After a court order, the district was drawn to be a majority-Black district. Democrat <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/redrawn-district-makes-for-tougher-race-georgia-legislator-says/UL4CC4T7YVH4JJPMAAGWZLAXC4/\" target=\"_blank\">Floyd Griffin defeated state Rep. Ken Vance</a> with 55.3% of the vote."},{"_id":"IRAD6UQSQJHHLOGE6WHEJILQDU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842535},"type":"text","content":"In another newly created House district in the Macon area, Democrat <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/candidates-in-this-new-majority-black-district-in-georgia-say-campaign-ads-are-racist-and-misleading/RPGYVOGF7VC57OWWRW2YBQ2C3I/\" target=\"_blank\">Tangie Herring was leading Republican Noah Harbuck</a> with 50.5% of the vote. The race, however, had not yet been called by The Associated Press."},{"_id":"GTH2KIRZIFFG5DL6VAPCY2AKX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730907842536},"type":"text","content":"In Gwinnett County, Democratic state <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gwinnett-legislative-candidates-adapt-to-a-transformed-county/HZP6NJY2Y5ARZK2Q4CBIGTGJAY/\">Rep. 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Raffensperger called the video “targeted disinformation.”"},{"_id":"H46OBJ5MGNFHTA33XLTOOQAQZI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730848482516},"type":"text","content":"The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the video appeared to be part of a Russian influence operation."},{"_id":"3PDS32REB5E7XEIGWDLMGMA7TE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730848482517},"type":"text","content":"Voters across the country faced more disinformation on Election Day, including a fabricated video using the FBI’s name and insignia that encouraged Americans to “vote remotely” because of a “high terror threat at polling locations.”"},{"_id":"KRCTAACNABHBXIVU547C6KEHII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730848482518},"type":"text","content":"People seeking information about the election or their polling location should turn to their local election office, the FBI said."},{"_id":"OD2WV3CQFVF37FYC7U6LURLBQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730849003367},"type":"text","content":"Foreign election interference is nothing new, but the volume of attacks has expanded from past elections, said Cliff Steinhauer, the director of information and engagement at the National Cybersecurity Alliance, an organization that advocates for safe technology use and protection from cybercrime."},{"_id":"D6L3GGMY2ZFE7ABFQNB3SDIT6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730850467636},"type":"text","content":"The threats are primarily aimed at Georgia and other swing states, he said."},{"_id":"4UFLDG7YWJFVDGZL5OMLBCYIBQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730849003368},"type":"text","content":"“It’s not necessarily red versus blue,” Steinhauer said. “It’s really outside influence, making it seem more divided than I think it really is.”"},{"_id":"BHGYBLXKVFH43EPIBVPI77QMDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730848482519},"type":"text","content":"Voters reported isolated problems Tuesday besides hoaxes and evacuations."},{"_id":"F3VSZRTNARFGBCKU3XLOIXASXM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730848482520},"type":"text","content":"Election officials <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/cobb-county-absentee-ballots-must-be-returned-by-election-day-georgia-supreme-court-rules/7DHUDZ4IARGOLDHYPR53AI7PYU/\" target=\"_blank\">failed to send absentee ballots</a> to over 3,000 Cobb County voters until last weekend, leaving them little time to get their votes in before Georgia’s deadline when polls closed at 7 p.m."},{"_id":"AKIICHNMJJCYREDQ2OYP4QNXOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730848482521},"type":"text","content":"Meanwhile, a federal judge <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/federal-judge-blasts-gop-attorneys-for-factually-and-legally-incorrect-lawsuit/GLSG2UVUINE2JAVOVLNHUCXMVQ/\" target=\"_blank\">rejected </a>a Republican Party lawsuit Tuesday that alleged Democratic-leaning counties couldn’t count absentee ballots <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/republicans-escalate-attacks-as-georgia-counties-accept-ballots-over-weekend/AXIXFC3PGNBUDEHKI2363OOQRM/\" target=\"_blank\">dropped off at election offices</a>. 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During the presidential election four years ago, 5 million people turned out to vote."},{"_id":"YG56ERC4OJEGJBS3Y5JKTH7LAM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"GVKNW2WC65GMVEEH3DFVEPVJBQ"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Live updates: Voting underway in Georgia as Harris, Trump eye historic election","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/polls-open-in-georgia-as-harris-trump-eye-historic-election-live-updates/VDYLODTHGFCOVPAQIW5R64Z7SA/"},{"_id":"VVHIDTCHYRBNFETP3WJTUA5WVQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728075291555},"type":"text","content":"Georgians can review their registration information online through the <a href=\"http://mvp.sos.ga.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">My Voter Page</a>. All voters are required to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/number-of-georgia-voters-without-state-id-declines/FHXQFA5IFJGVXEIYACSQ62ASLI/\" target=\"_blank\">show ID</a> before casting a ballot in Georgia."},{"_id":"JL7DZGUQDBGYZKNLJMYBF6DV6Q","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"DQKORX3QTVB77A7YNG5FOVU7PI"},"type":"divider"},{"level":1,"_id":"PHGASC6CQZASLCCDBHBH3GPKAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728075291558},"type":"header","content":"<b>How to register to vote</b>"},{"_id":"LTKGS2X5ZVCBHGZECQQSJV6AQA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728075291559},"type":"text","content":"Georgia voters can check their registrations through the state’s <a href=\"https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">My Voter Page</a>. Unregistered voters can sign up online through a link on the My Voter Page. 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Members of the military, overseas voters and more than 3,000 Cobb County voters who received their ballots late have a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/civil-rights-groups-say-cobb-county-should-extend-absentee-ballot-deadline-because-of-delivery-failure/VLKJNZCXS5AP3EG445JLHU5XJY/\" target=\"_blank\">later deadline</a> of 5 p.m. Friday as long as their ballots are postmarked by Election Day."},{"_id":"T5275AA44ZBCNA7F3DB345JWXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730736521948},"type":"text","content":"Raffensperger said Fulton election officials should have announced sooner that the county was opening election offices on the weekend."},{"_id":"WCRBEQQULRF2PKZESYOPRTTFOM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730736521949},"type":"text","content":"“When you don’t give people notice, it just catches them unaware and it’s a mad scramble and just a breeding ground for conspiracy theories,” Raffensperger said. “I know in Georgia, we’re going to have a free, fair and fast election.”"},{"_id":"O7NYPRTT7JAPHMZP6GFF77MJXE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730736521950},"type":"text","content":"Over 2,200 voting locations will be open across Georgia on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters are required to cast ballots in their designated precincts on Election Day."},{"_id":"JWHCZPO4QZECPCGCXLPMRYGXGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730736521951},"type":"text","content":"Voters can find their precinct locations, sample ballots and registration information on the state’s My Voter Page at <a href=\"https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">mvp.sos.ga.gov</a>."}],"subheadlines":{"basic":"Raffensperger says he expects short lines for voters who haven’t already cast ballots."},"description":{"basic":"Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he expects about 1.1 million voters to turn out on Election Day, and he said voting will be secure."},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/politics","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Politics","description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","_id":"/politics","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","TopicsBar2023":null,"BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_politics_georgia_voter_guide":null,"subnav_politics":null,"subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"true","sponsor_desktop_banner":null,"sponsor_mobile_banner":null,"sponsor_url":null},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Politics","cohort_desktop_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg","cohort":"true","cohort_mobile_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg","cohort_image_gradient":"true"},"site":{"site_url":"/politics/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","site_title":"AJC Georgia Politics | What's really going on in politics"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Politics","_id":"/politics","ancestors":{"TopicsBar2023":[],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_politics_georgia_voter_guide":[],"subnav_politics":[],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1035,"default":1085,"MainMenu2024":1002,"SectionMap":1127,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./politics","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/politics","name":"Politics"},"tags":[{"text":"politics.ajc"},{"text":"legislature"},{"text":"elections"},{"text":"elections-voting"},{"text":"teamsusan"},{"text":"RunAutoLink_EK7PHEZ52NDF5GUDQOHFZSQ4KA"},{"text":"gapolitics"},{"text":"georgia-news.ajc"},{"text":"opt-test"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"b7b7b014813c5b7d3f85950bed3f54b9628838eb092512a76acc3856050b018d"},"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Jenni Girtman","type":"author"}]},"subtitle":"Raffensperger holds election preview","width":3000,"caption":"Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Georgia is ready for Tuesday's election, when 1.1 million voters are expected to cast ballots after 4 million participated in early voting. “This is the time we’ve been waiting for, when it all comes together, where you, the voters, get to choose who your leaders will be,” Raffensperger said. 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Another 242,000 voters have returned absentee ballots to push the swing state over the 4 million mark."},{"_id":"VKPPR7KDO5G3FGO6VNMXGVRLJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730550658533},"type":"text","content":"No votes will be counted until Tuesday, so it’s <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-set-an-early-voting-record-it-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/QTHWW764F5BFHE4FLUEQZM57BQ/\" target=\"_blank\">impossible to know</a> whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump is leading in Georgia. But both campaigns can point to encouraging signs."},{"_id":"4JFB3JQCNZGLVA4SFBKY4AJNCM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024059},"type":"text","content":"The heavy turnout — more than half the state’s active voters — featured a late surge in the heavily Democratic metro Atlanta. The left-leaning strongholds of Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton counties all finished ahead of the state turnout average."},{"_id":"SRNKASJ57RBWREZPA36JLK5PFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024060},"type":"text","content":"But Republicans are also cheering the turnout boom. After long neglecting early voting, Trump’s campaign and its allies have pushed voters to the polls, and some Republican-friendly bastions also paced at record levels."},{"_id":"ATYMNSV425AJ5BIEUVA3LJ2N4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024061},"type":"text","content":"With many of the most reliable Georgia voters already casting their ballots, both campaigns can now shift their full attention toward turning out their core supporters and others who aren’t regular voters."},{"_id":"V7ZUHU4WWBH5XJTWUKPRKLOYDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024062},"type":"text","content":"That’s one reason why both campaigns plan a busy itinerary in Georgia this weekend. Harris and her running-mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are both holding major rallies on Saturday and Sunday. Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance have events in Georgia scheduled Sunday and Monday."},{"_id":"XAJPOK255BHP5IAKRJUSJJ2HGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024063},"type":"text","content":"Here are several other early voting trends:"},{"_id":"YQBIPFARBFBVFMFRSHWMIHDMFA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"PX6TYNC46FED3GNWJ4N5W6XW6M"},"type":"raw_html","content":"mail vs in person\r\n<iframe title=\"How people cast their ballots in 2024\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-DqGuY\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/DqGuY/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"65\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\r\n<\/script>"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"MAOCCD2NCVC3TH6V2S7TMO4O7Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":167,"comment":"last "}],"comments":[]},"type":"list","items":[{"_id":"R3EDYGWTQZHFDBXNL3ZTUWQ2FA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":167,"comment":"last "}],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"More than 834,000 of this year’s early voters <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/early-voters-georgia-2024-over-half-million-of-early-voters-this-year-didnt-vote-in-2020/3GEPA56CEZDXTI5J7CYHNS7GAU/\" target=\"_blank\">didn’t participate in the 2020 election</a>, a group that includes new Georgia residents and voters who turned 18 during the past four years."},{"_id":"A4AEVHCFGRDZFIO5Y5DMO6AG2E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Women are outpacing men in Georgia, accounting for 56% of voters so far in the election."},{"_id":"TBXQBDHOZJFPDFU22MRFZKTJRE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Older voters dominated early voting, accounting for 58% of overall turnout so far, a higher rate than their 45% of all registered voters in Georgia."},{"_id":"PCWGBTPIARC7JPKFQBFB4B3DNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"White voters made up 58% of Georgia’s early turnout, more than their 51% share of the state’s registered voters. Black voters were 26% of early participants, lower than their 30% statewide share. But a significant number of the 10% of voters who listed their race as “other” are also likely voters of color."}]},{"_id":"WK77PYC2NNGFRI24UEESIMZC4I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024066},"type":"text","content":"Senior Republicans acknowledge that the data shows Democratic-leaning voters “<a href=\"https://x.com/bcp229/status/1852692041618129249?s=46&t=rZ65MPiF5tLq9H9D1iFZWw\">came on strong</a>” in the final days of early voting, when turnout was particularly heavy in densely populated metro Atlanta, home to more than half the electorate."},{"_id":"W6YIUWJVEJEWPMI6TUBZNSRWSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024067},"type":"text","content":"Brandon Phillips, a veteran Republican consultant who was Trump’s top Georgia campaign aide in 2016, said his data modeling suggests a slight GOP edge. But he said more likely Democratic votes will trickle in through the weekend as mail-in ballots are processed."},{"_id":"7S7W5H2XBBCBLGIIOWR7NVCNVE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024068},"type":"text","content":"A veteran operative close to the Harris campaign said there was Democrats were particularly optimistic about the turnout from Black voters, which ended early voting around the same in-person level it hit in 2020."},{"_id":"VZQTP3H2BFEW3ISAGTJ4S6XIBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024069},"type":"text","content":"While turnout lagged the state average in other Democratic-friendly counties, particularly deep-blue Clayton County, the operative said the campaign is likely to put a greater emphasis on get-out-the-vote efforts for Election Day in those areas."},{"_id":"XKEZIK6S3NBUTDC6U6M6XIXBXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730564024070},"type":"text","content":"Early and absentee turnout this year was 3% higher than in 2020. By the time all votes were counted after Election Day four years ago, more than 5 million ballots had been cast."},{"_id":"NDC7SCNQ5JALTCXX7OAEI3VY4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730550658537},"type":"text","content":"If more than 1 million people show up on Tuesday, Georgia will break its previous turnout record from 2020."},{"_id":"PWZL5LXTYBEEZNRHO4RZ2OSN3I","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"LCJUM7TPMJFVZAYES76JVCVVKY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Early voting in Georgia 2024: See how many ballots have been cast so far","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/early-voting-totals-in-georgia-2024-see-how-many-have-already-voted-in-person-or-by-mail/GT5ULCXA6NF5RNMR3UERT76IM4/"},{"_id":"WULNNVOGLBGXNHN3AWMMMK4O3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":64,"comment":"on "}],"comments":[],"_id":1730550658539},"type":"text","content":"Absentee ballots must be received at election offices by 7 p.m. Tuesday, with the exception of absentee ballots by military personnel, overseas voters and more than 3,000 <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/civil-rights-groups-say-cobb-county-should-extend-absentee-ballot-deadline-because-of-delivery-failure/VLKJNZCXS5AP3EG445JLHU5XJY/\" target=\"_blank\">Cobb County voters who received their absentee ballots late</a>. Those absentee ballots will be counted if they’re postmarked by Election Day and received at election offices by Friday."},{"_id":"7B4LXKCZKJCK7PZDF7R6RXB4BA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730550658540},"type":"text","content":"Voters <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/voters-will-see-fast-results-in-georgias-presidential-election/56ILJI6ERZAPFIB65AGVOHA4EQ/\" target=\"_blank\">won’t have to wait long</a> on election night to find out which candidates these 4 million early voters chose."},{"_id":"7LZI4X7VXVDSFBJKOUPGYWB36Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":164,"comment":"Then "},{"pos":177,"comment":"votes "}],"comments":[],"_id":1730550658541},"type":"text","content":"All early votes and absentee ballots returned by Monday must be publicly reported within one hour of polls closing on election night, according to a new state law. Election Day vote counts will then pour in over the next few hours."},{"_id":"ZJK2YCK2BVH73OSIZWH4MVQEBM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730550658542},"type":"text","content":"By the end of election night, almost all ballots will be counted, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the winner will be known. 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He urged Twitter owner Elon Musk, a prominent ally of former President Donald Trump, and other social media tycoons to take down the post, but posts featuring the video were still on the platform Friday morning."},{"_id":"U5AGZONHPNC5VCPQU46EQMKGEU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730462046894},"type":"text","content":"“As Americans we can’t let our enemies use lies to divide us and undermine faith in our institutions — or each other,” Raffensperger said in a statement."},{"_id":"AISRTU5RUBBMNKY6KSPXOJET2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730462046895},"type":"text","content":"A recent audit by the secretary of state’s office found <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election-audit-shows-20-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-in-georgia/NRORAL7Z3RDSNMQ3QDLVEARPSY/\" target=\"_blank\">20 non-U.S. citizens</a> out of 8.2 million registered voters. Their registrations have been canceled, and they didn’t vote in this year’s election."},{"_id":"5PXLUV63L5DPXK23TNYIVPTSS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730462046896},"type":"text","content":"Senior U.S. intelligence officials have warned that Russia and Iran could try to prompt violent protests in the U.S., according to a <a href=\"https://click-em.ajc.com/u/click?_t=6619f69c571b463192296956df36722f&_m=0f11a41acb7e4ac2b72c1e816d66068a&_e=qH09IUkP_mVk_Y2bDAiOslxjxWlmWLawZRCOunHYD7XbEB1n2tKd5NcEt60RI2jJyeX4Nm9FgVOeMPwhLxtJCxVIjiHwHQ6lF6q4KInTApxZzyMxbG5nKaZnxnJ3suqA_wRvxtzmGE8aZHMpwQexJH7sbMEgyF4yXjiOFpcbbEDSaMn0BR36EBRbXIBX_HRhVfw1xsrJe4p24kaoFmekM_rbM3ZXW77mKPfoDKAcDddIl8LrLnxvqhfRItuwgN6BSwGaNcpzRoere0uFqkBEdj83LFmzMqDAULpSEGMgwILYWvXsGvnb7duQMitS8eVnvgo_C9lTjhl1yadu6yRHqVMSz8q5nuby-DCzwJ649BK-Z1i2tQtm72vJ67_dDobwMrQDjwH9GlNi0oJL90eEWghwpIUXinpDx4oO8odxu03kPMRUfhKW5INL0mMWxK4TalXH8ZH0ZZonEElF7hf3uZfFTmX4B-Cqa_X3vCqXJJOCe_LpUnGsHuaShItHiYK6\">recently declassified memo</a>. It said Russian military intelligence in January attempted to recruit what U.S. officials called a “probably unwitting” American to organize protests in the U.S."},{"_id":"KNX7IFFUGVEQ7HS3NNWXRLA5YM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730462046897},"type":"text","content":"Chris Krebs, the former director of the national Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, called this latest video “more nonsense from Russian troll farms” that will only intensify ahead of the election."},{"_id":"ZS5ZOFJ7QVESPLTYXQAZF4L3CY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730462046898},"type":"text","content":"“You’re the mark. They think you’re stupid,” <a href=\"https://x.com/C_C_Krebs/status/1852148469571400090\">Krebs posted on social media</a>. “They think you’re incapable of half an ounce of critical thinking. 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Georgia’s early and absentee turnout is projected to approach 4 million heading into Tuesday."},{"_id":"KV3YCEBBRZCT7G5VUJK4PM4FIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730407431919},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Over <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/early-voting/\" target=\"_blank\">3.6 million people had cast their ballots</a> in Georgia through Thursday, roughly even with the turnout pace four years ago. Total turnout in the 2020 election reached 5 million voters."},{"_id":"7H6MIIGSC5EWHKKVHK3GXNOTLU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730407431920},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Voters saw <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-set-an-early-voting-record-it-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/QTHWW764F5BFHE4FLUEQZM57BQ/\" target=\"_blank\">heavy turnout</a> on the final day of early voting in prior presidential elections, with 218,000 voters on the last day in 2020 and 253,000 voters in 2016."},{"_id":"N756JZUQQRBKDOTUMBJFKNJ7XU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730407431921},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Georgia offered at least 16 days of in-person early voting statewide, and some counties also opened polling places on two Sundays."},{"_id":"MXQ4NVA2CJFSHH5T3YQGZQR6PU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730407431922},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Registered voters can find their polling places and sample ballots through the state’s My Voter Page at <a href=\"https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">mvp.sos.ga.gov</a>."},{"_id":"VVP4B3RE7VAEPJHI76TKY6OAFI","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"7DXZCSKHURFT7GLTZONWRG2O7M"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"FYMFYLUVOJHBHBR74RVKVV74BI\" />"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":"Three weeks of early voting concludes Friday"},"description":{"basic":"The final day of early voting is usually the most popular. 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Then Election Day results will pour in, likely finishing before midnight."},{"_id":"Y4LRVPGCZNG25G3O3QEM3EKYIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663396},"type":"text","content":"The rapid results are required by a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/new-georgia-voting-laws-put-in-place-ahead-of-2024-presidential-election/OFSN5TSNLFF3DH5WFXG6IMSVNQ/\" target=\"_blank\">new state law</a> that calls for all early votes and most absentee votes to be reported within an hour of polls closing."},{"_id":"NZWY5PXY35GOLMS4NYGJ27HH4A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663397},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Legislators mandated early results reporting to help address suspicions about ballots being counted in the dead of night, giving rise to the kind of <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/5-georgia-fraud-claims-from-the-2020-election-separating-fact-from-fiction/VWFCVFL55VEEVEPZ5Q62COV4R4/\" target=\"_blank\">conspiracy theories</a> seen during the 2020 election."},{"_id":"6TZV7KACCJHEBADSCHZBG2PIDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663398},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"This year, Georgia is poised to become one of the quickest-counting states in the nation. But that doesn’t necessarily mean voters will know whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump won on election night."},{"_id":"VU532IH22RAMHA3BSZLQMC6AGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663400},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"If margins are within a few thousand votes, Georgia’s choice for president won’t be clear until all votes are counted, including last-minute ballots from military service members, overseas citizens, provisional voters and absentee voters whose ballots are received on Election Day."},{"_id":"GZ2IRFAEPRDD5BRMNKGK5OUXI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663401},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“We’re going to have the results so much quicker,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said. “We don’t think you’re going to have to be up to 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning. 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The following Saturday, national news agencies <a href=\"https://blog.ap.org/behind-the-news/calling-the-2020-presidential-race-state-by-state\" target=\"_blank\">called the race</a> for Joe Biden. He officially <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/joe-biden-captures-georgia-in-race-for-the-white-house/FJYFDBSCZRF3XJNYVUOE2IIBUU/\" target=\"_blank\">won Georgia</a> six days later."},{"_id":"ZYYYOMLMLVG6JOZR2ESHPV2LPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663405},"type":"text","content":"This time, even in a close race, the outcome in Georgia is likely to be known by a Friday deadline to verify missing voter information and receive overseas ballots — and possibly on election night if a candidate builds an insurmountable advantage."},{"_id":"6LCHPQVKQVCBTPCU23FBTLGT7Q","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"DUDWU5IJ6FCCLKGQIOLBLHDWBE"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"These hot spots will be the most-watched areas in Georgia on Election Day","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/what-are-georgias-most-important-2024-battlegrounds/XEFD2NEKNZCGLIUDZ5OU2E65DI/"},{"_id":"UM7DTHCIIVFEBHLINNK2S25P6Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":32,"comment":"or more "}],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663406},"type":"text","content":"A lead of at least 10,000 votes might be too large for a trailing candidate to overcome, simply because there won’t be that many ballots left to count. Election officials expect a total turnout of about 5 million voters."},{"_id":"DIFU2ZZRNJAD5LIHKAJHE6IJPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663407},"type":"text","content":"“Reporting early is a fantastic change. We’ve all learned when there’s a vacuum of time, somebody’s going to fill that with assumptions or theories of why it’s taking so long,” said Jennifer Morelli, CEO of the Elections Group, an elections consulting organization. “If the margin is really tight and every vote is going to matter, then we need to wait.”"},{"_id":"DPK3GDFLBBDIRHSM5CPXZLA2NA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663408},"type":"text","content":"Under a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gov-kemp-signs-new-voter-challenge-and-election-security-laws/5D7L7RBZKRFR7MWNPVU6ZMVNCI/\" target=\"_blank\">new Georgia law</a>, within an hour after polls close on election night, all in-person early votes and all absentees returned by Monday must be publicly reported. Then ballots cast on Election Day will be counted nonstop until each county is done, says a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/how-georgias-new-voting-law-works/GF6PLR44PNESPKR5FXCBE7VEOY/\" target=\"_blank\">2021 state election law</a>."},{"_id":"53LJFLLY6FHANOTQCLP66MLMOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663410},"type":"text","content":"“We’re making sure we have everything in place to meet those deadlines,” Fulton County Election Director Nadine Williams said. “We definitely want to meet those goals.”"},{"_id":"RVS2CVBIWFATRO7DEZVADHVOOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663411},"type":"text","content":"Results on election night are unofficial, and county election boards will <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-republicans-pursue-power-over-certifying-election-results/JXEH2QC43JCIBJ7QEPXOLSK5SY/\" target=\"_blank\">certify vote totals</a> one week after Election Day, on Nov. 12, after all votes are counted."},{"_id":"UL67ZEKHEVA4HEIIDSOOYGOW64","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"TVKR6UO2BVETBFXWKWIQHOIJQE"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Flipped or fluke? Georgia readies for monumental 2024 vote","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/flipped-or-fluke-georgia-readies-for-monumental-2024-vote/LIOKVU3CVJFOTEBMAJKHG6HY6A/"},{"_id":"Y7QK4SOF75BKPIVYJMDDQV5GGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663412},"type":"text","content":"Overseas and military ballots will be counted if they’re postmarked by Election Day and returned to election offices before 5 p.m. on Nov. 8. Absentee ballots must be received by election offices before polls close on Election Day."},{"_id":"6BF3IXPTLBDFJJRRKK23O4WNTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663413},"type":"text","content":"During the 2020 election, Georgia’s results came in more slowly, in large part because of a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/under-georgia-voting-law-absentees-decline-but-turnout-resilient/COFLCIQB5RHOJC27SLQIB4TUM4/\" target=\"_blank\">record number of absentee ballots</a> cast during the pandemic — 26% of the total turnout."},{"_id":"GRKVY3RIJFFING4NVPYD7GNPPU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663414},"type":"text","content":"Georgia <a href=\"https://playingwithelectiondata.substack.com/p/looking-back-to-2020-for-a-guide\" target=\"_blank\">reported nearly 80% of all votes</a> by midnight on election night in 2020, putting it in the middle of the pack nationwide, said Charles Stewart III, a political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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But because it takes longer for urban counties with large numbers of Democratic voters to count so many ballots, Harris could make gradual gains as results pour in."},{"_id":"OM7SV2UDWVCEVCJJF7Y6C3GY4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663418},"type":"text","content":"Stewart says he doubts quick results reporting will ease concerns among supporters of the losing candidate."},{"_id":"PU6LRBO4NBAS3AUBBOTWUA7CHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663419},"type":"text","content":"“The deniers will deny,” he said. “If you’re dissatisfied about your candidate losing and you believe the system tends toward fraud, you’re going to believe that, even if all the results are reported simultaneously.”"},{"_id":"IR7EXKRMZRF2FATA7P5KHCAZ2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663420},"type":"text","content":"Speedy reporting of early votes also was made possible by Georgia laws that allowed election offices to begin verifying and scanning absentee ballots three Mondays before Election Day, and in-person early votes can begin to be tabulated at 7 a.m. on Election Day. No results can be made public until polls close."},{"_id":"Q2WCRZV5OVDBTEUN5HONCSNAI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663421},"type":"text","content":"Other swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, will be slower because they don’t allow much preprocessing of ballots before Election Day."},{"_id":"WPM43HQ4ZJFTDL4OQTMCUF23JY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663422},"type":"text","content":"The fastest results in 2020 came from Iowa, Florida and North Carolina, Stewart’s research showed."},{"_id":"6MMKOJDDA5BPZHKGQSU6O2VM6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663423},"type":"text","content":"“<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/why-does-take-long-get-election-results-georgia/zXNTnGA1mrp8OY5hJP55CL/\" target=\"_blank\">Slower vote counting</a> creates an information void, and that is when false narratives and conspiracy theories can really take hold,” said Rachael Dean Wilson of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, an organization focused on countering manipulation and interference in democracies. “Georgia lawmakers looked at this and said, ‘We want to close the gap in reporting.’ It’s a really smart way to increase confidence.”"},{"_id":"YLX52HP45NEQVILUFVM6SZMIUM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"DFWPIWIIYNH33BYS5JFYZJMXMI"},"type":"divider"},{"level":1,"_id":"5EG7N2GLVRHITASUT7UHFV74OQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663425},"type":"header","content":"How to watch election results"},{"_id":"Y65RVKUCSFEIDETAVL5KVMYF3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730320663426},"type":"text","content":"Election results will be updated on <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election-results/\" target=\"_blank\">AJC.com</a> and <a href=\"https://sos.ga.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">sos.ga.gov</a> after polls close 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State investigations repeatedly concluded there wasn’t enough evidence to back up claims of coordinated fraud."},{"_id":"VDNGA2EHYNGDNGKNFRGHPJB7WI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730229834349},"type":"text","content":"Isolated cases of wrongdoing have been found, such as a husband who returned his recently deceased wife’s absentee ballot or a handful of people who voted in both <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voting-fraud-allegations-result-in-rare-criminal-charges/TBLLSBE2A5ALRJOGNG6A2LFSBM/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia and another state</a>."},{"_id":"ARYEMINOSNBK7CIDAF4RIWBMOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730232184759},"type":"text","content":"No conspiracy has been revealed, no ringleaders identified, no details uncovered of how anyone would have pulled off a scheme."},{"_id":"DSTMTJ2XBZCBDDAFPTXEJMCOPE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"WWPL7TMMBFHOBFDPST243YHVP4"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Trump hired him to find voting fraud — he debunked it instead","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/trump-hired-him-to-find-voting-fraud-he-debunked-it-instead/4AQYK7HA5ZCR7CJBMDTLJ5KNBQ/"},{"_id":"7GOK7ICZYFHQJAWNP5E34OKNFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378399},"type":"text","content":"Yet many Republican supporters of Trump say they haven’t found enough answers, and they believe investigations were inadequate."},{"_id":"7FCKZKSNGFAYLH6HAKAOPVP67A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378400},"type":"text","content":"Three vote counts, two by machine and one by hand, showed Biden defeated Trump by about 12,000 votes in Georgia. Investigators have found errors by election workers in some cases, such as double-scanned ballots during a disorganized recount, but they never uncovered intentional misbehavior."},{"_id":"JOKPBI3XR5DCVPA3HH3SLXSQXA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730128065238},"type":"text","content":"Here’s what investigations have found — and what questions remain unanswered — surrounding several popular <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fixating-on-fraud-defendants-in-georgia-trump-case-seek-elusive-proof/NDAUBRDVEZGZ7HL4RUHK4ISTRQ/\" target=\"_blank\">fraud claims</a> involving ineligible voters, vote-flipping, drop boxes, illicit ballots and late-night counting at State Farm Arena."},{"level":1,"_id":"WR54YDTB6RFLPP6SDH57UQOFKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811440},"type":"header","content":"<b>State Farm Arena video</b>"},{"_id":"BV6XYTDMEFCTPIMEFTNWXIUMEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811441},"type":"text","content":"It was perhaps the most sensational allegation of the 2020 election — two Fulton County election workers allegedly caught on video counting fake ballots after hours on election night."},{"_id":"6FAUXXUP6NAATAOTT2SLGCDQFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811442},"type":"text","content":"The security footage came from State Farm Arena where workers counted ballots. It showed them pull containers of ballots from beneath a table and begin scanning them. From those bare facts Trump’s attorney — Rudy Giuliani — spun a wild tale of voter fraud for a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-gop-senators-say-theyll-push-election-changes-in-2021/WG7QFU5UQJG5VFGLZJ4ZALRSKY/\">Georgia Senate panel</a>."},{"_id":"UJHXCQUIRVDFHKIWM5CY5ZIXNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811443},"type":"text","content":"He said the election workers ordered Republican observers and the news media to leave under the guise that counting was done for the night. Afterward, Giuliani said, the election workers pulled “suitcases” of fraudulent ballots from beneath the table and counted them. He called it a “smoking gun” for fraud."},{"_id":"5FUGE6MEQFA5NIB7ZYEIH6H2U4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811444},"type":"text","content":"The Trump campaign used the footage in <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/smoking-gun-video-now-evidence-against-trump/J6ORVROLMRBPZHK2DYALIZJ624/\">ads urging supporters</a> to call Georgia legislators, demanding they overturn Biden’s victory. Lawmakers were deluged with calls and emails. Some lawmakers told the campaign they were <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/jan-6-documents-georgia-legislators-answered-trumps-call-to-overturn-election/LPFVDTZE7RCVPEW6UQKRXM575Y/\">prepared to overturn the results</a>, campaign records show."},{"_id":"ZAAR7RBS6FC43DCQRJYJV2IKIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811445},"type":"text","content":"But the allegation was false."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"© 2020 Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":{"locality":"Atlanta","region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"34af5ef7d6eac3b5fa2cd47aab8da21b30aed13ca24a4f9222787e0e493ab18f"},"caption":"Fulton County election workers counted ballots at State Farm Arena on Nov. 5, 2020. 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They concluded the video showed nothing but ordinary ballot counting."},{"_id":"7LPU7T5KG5HMLDFFHRH52QYDHI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811447},"type":"text","content":"The “suitcases” were regular ballot containers. They were stored under the table when workers thought they were done counting for the night. No one ordered the observers to leave — they left on their own when they thought counting was done. But election officials later ordered workers to resume counting, which they did in full view of security cameras."},{"_id":"QKXY2O5LHFE7ZLTPO5QSHWPOFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811448},"type":"text","content":"The secretary of state’s office <a href=\"https://www.wsbtv.com/news/politics/georgia-election-officials-show-frame-by-frame-what-really-happened-fulton-surveillance-video/T5M3PYIBYFHFFOD3CIB2ULDVDE/\">quickly debunked</a> the allegations. But the Trump campaign repeated them for months while two election workers — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss — <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-election-worker-giuliani-just-messed-me-up/F24FS724URD5BGY7TZ2CR6GK7M/\">endured death threats</a>."},{"_id":"Q7OUAEO5NNE2LAB4JULX2SZPT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730142811449},"type":"text","content":"Eventually, the election workers won defamation settlements from the right-wing <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-lawsuits-georgia-atlanta-ba0a5021564d1377c394a3b4d8e554fb\">One America News</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-workers-reach-settlement-with-right-wing-website-that-spread-false-claims-of-election-fraud/GRTD2725PZBU5NBLNQODW6DFZY/\">Gateway Pundit</a>. They won a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/giuliani-must-pay-more-than-148-million-for-defaming-fulton-election-workers/SRUDAD3HSBABZLCK2VM7ZHRKUE/\">$148 million defamation verdict</a> against Giuliani, who has stopped repeating the allegations."},{"level":1,"_id":"726CKVTKW5AAZOHJEDNUF52BTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398671},"type":"header","content":"<b>Double-scanned ballots</b>"},{"_id":"RMPKEWZE2ZHD5GFRII4BNCROUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378415},"type":"text","content":"An investigation by the secretary of state’s office confirmed <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-scrutinizes-double-voting-allegation-in-fulton/FIT6OKELVZGJ7LAROV36AUKR24/\" target=\"_blank\">election workers scanned over 3,000 ballots twice</a> in Fulton County during the recount of the 2020 presidential election."},{"_id":"YNCPKOCMZFAU3G73B5GZMDHTJM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378416},"type":"text","content":"Republicans who conducted their own review of ballot images showed evidence that the ballots weren’t just double-scanned, but they were also counted twice in the recount. They also said the number of repeatedly counted ballots was closer to 4,000."},{"_id":"BKJBRVCWZFAQFFS7IXTSHHTP6Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378417},"type":"text","content":"The miscount didn’t change the overall results by much. Trump narrowed his gap with Biden during the recount, gaining 345 net votes in Fulton, where 73% of voters supported Biden."},{"_id":"VFK52IVL6RHHDM7CWBCPXE7J74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378418},"type":"text","content":"The State Election Board <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-reprimands-fulton-for-double-scanned-ballots-in-2020/G3H27SUHGFDRHAOZSG4JQJ2F7E/\" target=\"_blank\">reprimanded Fulton</a> for the problem in May, but unanswered questions remain."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"bf49c228c5494f1da5fa04e57f1c8a46cf8d2bda373e06d089eb5f5bee2f8ca2"},"caption":"Election skeptics clap during public comment at a July meeting of the State Election Board at the Capitol in Atlanta. 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In addition, about 250 test ballots that should have been <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/ballot-hand-count-could-slow-georgia-election-results-but-ensure-accuracy/LDZB6FHW7RADNOQK7LC7X2BZAU/\" target=\"_blank\">removed from ballot boxes</a> were included in Fulton’s recount."},{"_id":"XEIB6PM7C5BCLDBB7EE2EBOR4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378420},"type":"text","content":"Answers will be hard to find so long after the 2020 election — and after previous investigations haven’t found any indication of intentional misconduct."},{"_id":"MLRYMXEIGVEGPDK2PDYV2YPXQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378421},"type":"text","content":"“I definitely think the attorney general should be involved in a full-on investigation,” said Holly Kesler, Georgia state director for the conservative organization Citizens Defending Freedom. “I would say this Fulton County situation is fraud. I can’t accuse anybody of anything, but I know it’s happening. To me, that’s fraudulent activity.”"},{"_id":"PAE2ACBSCNAXLD3AG3COHY4JS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378422},"type":"text","content":"An election monitor who <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ga-state-wire-georgia-elections-government-and-politics-87bb23d4d9b2ec80a1db715e6bf1c633\" target=\"_blank\">observed Fulton</a> in 2020, Carter Jones, said he saw human errors, misplaced ballots and poor record-keeping during the COVID-19 pandemic, but he never witnessed any attempt to alter the count."},{"_id":"XCSSKQPFLNB5BCWEDXHKCCS3XU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378423},"type":"text","content":"Since the State Election Board reprimand of Fulton, the board’s membership has changed with a new Republican majority that wanted to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/reinvestigation-of-fultons-2020-election-ordered-by-georgia-election-board/EZHO5IMF7NFWJD7RK3BICCJFQA/\" target=\"_blank\">reopen the investigation</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/fulton-county-is-suing-the-state-election-board-after-it-pushed-election-skeptics-to-monitor-elections/KSEXUPVI5ZAO5ACSNB6ZOGEVRU/\" target=\"_blank\">install election skeptics</a> as monitors. Those efforts haven’t been successful."},{"_id":"NC7KSR2F3ZFNBLYX36QPHTGX7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378424},"type":"text","content":"Fulton hired an <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/how-fulton-countys-election-is-monitored-as-georgia-early-voting-is-underway/6NQL2G6PORGL3OIKXTFWJD3AZA/\" target=\"_blank\">election monitoring team</a> on its own that includes Jones and Ryan Germany, former general counsel for the secretary of state’s office."},{"level":1,"_id":"726CKVTKW5AAZOHJEDNUF52BTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398671},"type":"header","content":"<b>Ineligible voters</b>"},{"_id":"UG4HSPF4ZBFLPH6ZFHO3PHXMFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398672},"type":"text","content":"Many of Trump’s voting fraud claims were vague. But when he challenged Biden’s Georgia victory in court, his claims were very specific."},{"_id":"CI2EGX35CRC5BCCW5LORFPB65I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398673},"type":"text","content":"He said at least 66,247 underage people, 10,315 dead people, 2,423 people who were not registered to vote in Georgia and thousands of other ineligible people had cast ballots. It was a stunning — and dubious — allegation."},{"_id":"DVNYDO4THVAITF4QI6BNXZJUF4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398674},"type":"text","content":"His numbers came from two analyses that compared Georgia’s registration and voting lists to U.S. Postal Service change-of-address data, a privately maintained national voter registration database and other data. For example, they matched voters’ names and dates of birth to people in other databases to find underage voters."},{"_id":"QECGUPHM7RELHBSODBEIKDOM3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":199,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398675},"type":"text","content":"In court documents, the analysts admitted they didn’t have access to information they needed to make definitive findings. But Trump’s lawyers dispensed with the caveats, asserting in court documents “many thousands of illegal votes were cast.”"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{"street_address":"Georgia State Capitol","locality":"Atlanta","region":"Ga"},"auth":{"1":"f21d461a5ae74c93a1e3205a5e169e57aed4f0bbcaa29c694ca60bcce086acbb"},"caption":"The State Election Board has considered dozens of allegations of voting irregularities since 2020, often finding little evidence to support claims of intentional fraud. 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Georgia’s 2020 registration database includes about 7.7 million voters."},{"_id":"FMYU3TYG75AJXENSG4QV27VOL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398677},"type":"text","content":"What’s more, Georgia’s publicly available data includes only a voter’s birth year — not their full birth date. That made potential matches highly suspect."},{"_id":"C6GS2MONC5DUVGPJCS6K5UBJQU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398678},"type":"text","content":"Finally, experts said Trump’s analyses didn’t account for the fact that it’s legal for some people — including college students, “snowbirds” with vacation homes and people on temporary work assignments — to vote at their original residences."},{"_id":"YBIKMT34OVAL5EUNC7TFPRQCOM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398679},"type":"text","content":"Even Ken Block, an expert <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-trump-hired-me-to-prove-fraud-in-2020-georgia-vote-i-didnt-find-it/FJLHOMZQ5BCZDC2V2BEDSV3ZXE/\">hired by the Trump campaign</a> in 2020 to look for fraud, rejected the analyses."},{"_id":"4KJKLODW6ZAAROJ7AMB2QUPDDM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398680},"type":"text","content":"“Every single claim they asked me to look at was false,” Block told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution."},{"_id":"ERY2P6R3KJGXBCCSYOWV5FYEDM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398681},"type":"text","content":"State investigators also rejected the claims. They found <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/alleged-dead-georgia-voters-found-alive-and-well-after-2020-election/DAL3VY7NFNHL5OREMHD7QECOCA/\">four absentee ballots</a> cast in the names of dead people, not 10,315, as Trump claimed. All four ballots were cast by relatives of the deceased."},{"_id":"RRUHCFTZINBUJCQDCRU6ATSSSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730143398682},"type":"text","content":"The number of underage and unregistered voters investigators found: zero."},{"level":1,"_id":"KSK5QIRLVRC2XBECDHJAMXOJH4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378402},"type":"header","content":"<b>Vote flipping</b>"},{"_id":"K6IWL3GGFNHI5LZKKGSWPNT5HE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378403},"type":"text","content":"The most well-known suspicions of voting machines are based on the idea that they could switch votes from one candidate to another."},{"_id":"ALEMEJFYQNBN3GYKGOIDZSCLMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378404},"type":"text","content":"There’s not a single confirmed example of vote flipping in a Georgia election. Accusations of reversed votes have never been substantiated."},{"_id":"NKVRDSKBGNARZMX7XRUESGJIPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378405},"type":"text","content":"False allegations about Georgia’s voting machines, manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems, resulted in a <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-trial-trump-2020-0ac71f75acfacc52ea80b3e747fb0afe\" target=\"_blank\">$787 million settlement</a> of defamation claims against Fox News."},{"_id":"V5EHA3XDWBGNFNBVMO3QEVTKF4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378406},"type":"text","content":"“There is zero evidence of a machine flipping an individual’s vote. Are there elderly people whose hands shake and they probably hit the wrong button slightly and they didn’t review their ballot properly before they printed it? That’s the main situation we have seen,” said Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the secretary of state’s office. “That claim was a lie through 2020 and it’s a lie now.”"},{"_id":"SQ7WKK5V5VAMTBMG7V4LRYZE7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378407},"type":"text","content":"The most recent example of a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/allegation-of-vote-flipping-discredited-by-georgia-election-officials/T2PQQAR7HNAFTDZCIOE3ODU47Q/\" target=\"_blank\">vote-flipping allegation</a> came in Whitfield County, where a middle-aged man told election workers he thought a voting machine had changed his vote on a ballot question this month. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican and Trump supporter, repeated the vote-flipping allegation."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2024","address":{"street_address":"Dekalb County Election office","locality":"Decatur","region":"Georgia "},"auth":{"1":"1ac7672dd8398aaea547f3eafa666caa4b01f78fb5ee19764d4bbb61ed7f1042"},"caption":"Dekalb County election officals conduct logic and accuracy testing of Dominion Voting System machines in September. 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She said it’s possible the voter made the wrong selection on the touchscreen."},{"_id":"N2MRHHCU7NCCXLIRPKTPSZSXDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378409},"type":"text","content":"Many <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election-security-trial-questions-dominion-voting-machines-in-georgia/3O4VFB5M65EU7AZI34ZYCL6MPM/\" target=\"_blank\">objections to voting machines</a> are based on concerns about the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voting-touchscreens-vulnerable-cybersecurity-agency-finds/AFNISYMQLFEBHJPCBDTW6VUWUA/\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerability of computerized systems</a> to possible hacks."},{"_id":"JOREKBV36JAKPJZO4TVXCVVNYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378410},"type":"text","content":"While it’s possible <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/witness-shows-how-to-tamper-with-georgia-elections-in-security-trial/WUVKCYNV3ZGOVNB6X6TDX2GEFQ/\" target=\"_blank\">votes could be changed</a> if someone gained access to election computers and installed malware, that doesn’t mean it’s ever happened in an election."},{"_id":"P4CAJSTEMFHFNIGWIHNNLDCKGQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378411},"type":"text","content":"In <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-united-kingdom-health-media-social-media-39efdb570c6e58bd99fbc5ae7f27dc05\" target=\"_blank\">another case</a> in Ware County, a lawsuit alleges that a batch of absentee votes were flipped from Biden to Trump between the initial count and a recount in 2020."},{"_id":"BHIVRISWOZA3FNGBHXAAFUYLME","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378412},"type":"text","content":"But Election Supervisor Carlos Nelson said that isn’t what occurred."},{"_id":"LWILAEY5FBGQ7FVLAWD7F4Q7WA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378413},"type":"text","content":"Nelson said an election worker rescanned a ballot batch that didn’t feed into the scanner correctly the first time, and the worker mistakenly accepted both scans instead of discarding the original. The problem was corrected during an audit and recount."},{"_id":"CKO73WXELNA7ROEGHHQJ4C633A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730128065251},"type":"text","content":"The error meant that ballot batch labels and numbers were different between the initial count and recount, but no votes were flipped, Nelson said. During the recount, Trump gained 38 votes and Biden lost 42 votes."},{"level":1,"_id":"AA4H3NXNFRC5DG6Q5H2FWUFRJE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378425},"type":"header","content":"<b>‘2000 Mules’</b>"},{"_id":"2FSQI4ZEWFHUVPIUSSMJ27S5VE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378426},"type":"text","content":"The right-wing conspiracy film “2000 Mules” spread the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/what-2000-mules-leaves-out-from-ballot-harvesting-claims/FFMNUU56RVBRNOLZKWHUREQPEU/\" target=\"_blank\">fantastical idea</a> that shadowy and unnamed individuals deposited fraudulent ballots into drop boxes across metro Atlanta."},{"_id":"ARDFTYEGQFGBHHE5QLI6B35SHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378427},"type":"text","content":"It wasn’t true."},{"_id":"SLWVIVI2DJEBXACYUD5TQSCPEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378428},"type":"text","content":"The publisher of the film <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/2000-mules-publisher-apologizes-to-metro-atlanta-man-for-false-voting-fraud-allegation/3DALY7NQYJFC3MVWE5POGV2LZM/\" target=\"_blank\">apologized </a>to a Georgia man shown in the movie as he returned absentee ballots for himself and his family, which is legal. Salem Media Group made its apology to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by the man."},{"_id":"LJFGNWLIVRGDRMGYA2BBOKX5WI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730078378429},"type":"text","content":"The GBI reviewed the ballot-stuffing allegations and found they <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gbi-chief-not-enough-evidence-to-pursue-gops-ballot-fraud-claim/YLBIKVC6OZFG7D3QIXR54UFPWU/\" target=\"_blank\">lacked sufficient evidence</a> to merit a law enforcement investigation. The film relied on cellphone signals to show when people moved within about 100 feet of drop boxes, but the GBI found that data didn’t indicate crime had been committed."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"address":{"locality":"Lawrenceville","region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"5a466b6c759959ceb892dd82b764f661be8a4b87ce52d799f92c933ef017c9d1"},"caption":"A Gwinnett County resident places his absentee ballot inside an official drop box at the Gwinnett County Voter Registration and Elections Building in Lawrenceville in October 2020. 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This type of campaign tactic not only disrespects<b> </b>me as a candidate, but it’s also an affront to the entire community.”"},{"_id":"HNFCTFKCMFGKJEIJB23VIRXW5E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889350},"type":"text","content":"“<a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/20/255819681/the-truth-behind-the-lies-of-the-original-welfare-queen\" target=\"_blank\">Welfare queen</a>” is a derogatory term that was popularized during Ronald Reagan’s failed<b> </b>1976<b> </b>presidential campaign as someone, usually a Black woman, who lives<b> </b>off taxpayer money without contributing to society. There also is a <a href=\"https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/black-people-dont-know-how-to-manage-money-they-said-5ee1adcfc890\" target=\"_blank\">long-standing racist notion</a> that Black people are unable to manage money."},{"_id":"N3NFPNJWSZEBHKZMPCPZBGHQIM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"XABRZD5WC5CVHMVIWVLPEHP6W4"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia Decides: AJC voter guide contains information about the candidates and the 2024 voting process","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voter-guide/"},{"_id":"GO2AN2ZHJBB63EBYZEYC44VYUY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889352},"type":"text","content":"Noah Harbuck, who is white, said the campaign mailers were sent on his behalf but did not come from his campaign. He is aware of the mailers but has not focused on Herring’s finances."},{"_id":"CXV2CAHJZJB2ZHRTT5NSCPEUS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889353},"type":"text","content":"“I don’t know what’s racist about pointing out somebody’s financials, but I think people should know who they’re voting for,” said Harbuck, the Republican nominee."},{"_id":"O36LLOM2ENHC3ITUHWUN4G63A4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889354},"type":"text","content":"Republicans, meanwhile, are accusing the Georgia Democratic Party of sending out a mailer that features a photo of a man wearing a “Desert Storm Veteran” hat next to the quote “Noah Harbuck and his pals attack families, freedom, prosperity, and our right to vote … No thanks, and no sir!”"},{"_id":"OA6LLKXUGZDBHADOA6BWOEX53A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889355},"type":"text","content":"However, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-reading-the-early-voting-tea-leaves/RFGNGJRXRFGJFFC4G6QMG2WZKE/\" target=\"_blank\">the photo appears to be a stock image</a>. Harbuck said the mailer, shared with the AJC, misleads voters to believe a local veteran criticized him and admonished the implication. Mailers using the same stock image have been used to attack Republicans in several other Georgia House races."},{"_id":"TN4Z6WW6IFGYTHZZKQNNNGL2XU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889356},"type":"text","content":"Harbuck said his aunt is a Desert Storm veteran, and that both of his brothers were in the military."},{"_id":"V7KMA7GKO5ECFJGOT2CUMKSFQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889357},"type":"text","content":"“I mean, just to use a veteran in a mailer to attack me, it rubbed me the wrong way,” he said."},{"_id":"QN6TQRHHQBCIPCCIHLFUEYNGYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889358},"type":"text","content":"Herring also said the mailer didn’t come from her campaign. She condemned the advertisements, saying “half of my family are veterans and public safety officers” and “that is nothing that I would do.”"},{"_id":"S3OGLT5WIRAR7GI3FKW54EOMGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889359},"type":"text","content":"The Democratic Party of Georgia declined to comment."},{"_id":"EWY75NMHVZCPDF5KQGF2TP5LYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889360},"type":"text","content":"The candidates are competing over one of <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/proposed-georgia-house-map-pairs-incumbents-adds-five-black-districts/7LFQ25F76ZCFVFXRJAYSRCYOV4/\" target=\"_blank\">five new majority-Black districts</a> a federal judge created last year after he ruled that the previous maps drawn by<b> </b>Republicans had illegally weakened Black voting power. These districts are likely to be won by Democrats because Black voters overwhelmingly support Democrats. In a recent AJC poll, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-has-a-slight-edge-in-georgia-over-harris-latest-ajc-poll-finds/LVP66TCGKJCF5CEDNUBAYU3EW4/\" target=\"_blank\">about 74% of Black likely voters</a> said they were supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election."},{"_id":"2PQ4TGDHNVDVVMXDQIE7Y2YUZY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889361},"type":"text","content":"Herring said the district has a slight Democratic edge, but it’s still close."},{"_id":"JD744PANABAO3LCUJ6FVPJT3GE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889362},"type":"text","content":"“This district and the strength of my candidacy is supposed to lean mostly for African Americans,” she said. “But even though this seat was drawn to increase more minority representation, there’s still room for a Republican to take the seat.”"},{"_id":"NZP3DDIQOVFN3GWP3Y2L7BJE7A","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1730217889363},"type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"FYMFYLUVOJHBHBR74RVKVV74BI\" />"},{"_id":"XESYHDDJWZBPFD54ZYZHTF63TA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889364},"type":"text","content":"Seeing an opportunity, <a href=\"https://x.com/BrianKempGA/status/1844088595637993624/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans have pushed</a> for their nominee, Harbuck, with the full force of Gov. Brian Kemp behind him."},{"_id":"PXSSRYNH4JFS5PFQLGJ5HQPCAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889365},"type":"text","content":"“On paper, statistically, I should be an underdog, but I don’t feel like one,” Harbuck said. “I just want to listen to everybody and be a representative for our district here in Middle Georgia.”"},{"_id":"RJOX723FFZHZPJQTOABTAF4D6U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889366},"type":"text","content":"Harbuck, a State Farm agent, said that if he is elected, he wants to focus on “how we can lower our insurance premiums, because everybody has to pay insurance.”"},{"_id":"6B4TK35QYZD2HKFPMASSBR52ZE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889367},"type":"text","content":"“That’s my top priority for battling inflation,” he said."},{"_id":"KCOOMTKRQJDQ7LLH3FFYUHA6H4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889368},"type":"text","content":"Herring wants the race to focus on issues such as increasing reproductive rights, improving public safety and expanding Medicaid in Georgia."},{"_id":"CH2IGMHSHVCMRNPFWLFPI6TYQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889369},"type":"text","content":"She also wants to provide more funding to public schools “so that every child has an opportunity for a world-class education.”"},{"_id":"FSR2T4LABZEVFHALQEYKUC3IOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730217889370},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/early-voting-totals-in-georgia-2024-see-how-many-have-already-voted-in-person-or-by-mail/GT5ULCXA6NF5RNMR3UERT76IM4/\" target=\"_blank\">Early voting in Georgia</a> ends 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Farooq Mughal</a> campaigns at voters’ doors in Gwinnett County, he brings up the standard Democratic talking points to sway the undecided: access to abortion care, gun violence prevention and strong public education."},{"_id":"Q4LJSJQ6CRGT5N3GVVM3ULAL2M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664384},"type":"text","content":"“But when I say, ‘Are you tired of traffic?’ They’re like, ‘Oh my God, yes, it’s horrible,’” Mughal said. Rather than mentioning that he is the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gop-keeps-control-of-legislature-after-redistricting-as-expected/4NYVNPDE4JB4XNEHHBVESUWIAA/\" target=\"_blank\">first Pakistani American elected to the Legislature</a>, he often discusses his plans to address growth and development within his House district, which includes Dacula, Buford and the Mall of Georgia."},{"_id":"VBNDK63YV5DPBC4QLLHP6OZTKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664385},"type":"text","content":"Mughal sees these local quality-of-life issues as key to winning voters and keeping his seat in the Georgia General Assembly. In Gwinnett, legislative races are close as the former GOP stronghold has begun voting for Democratic candidates. Republicans, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/legislative-candidates-in-competitive-atlanta-districts-negotiate-tricky-presidential-comparisons/UCK4JFOH75BWFPT5SURDVYWCSQ/\" target=\"_blank\">eager to hold their majorities in the Statehouse</a>, are campaigning aggressively to flip seats held by Mughal and other Democrats such as <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4953\" target=\"_blank\">state Rep. Jasmine Clark</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/5015\" target=\"_blank\">state Sen. 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By his estimations, there are<b> </b>less than 1,000 undecided voters in his district."},{"_id":"576LOJT52FBJ7LWGI7SQHCYDAE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"MEM2ABJHGBCQ7BEAGDXLEGUIAY"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"FYMFYLUVOJHBHBR74RVKVV74BI\" />"},{"_id":"IINURPKAHBAFPIKBIJHYVNJKYI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664390},"type":"text","content":"Meanwhile, Republican candidates have been focusing on moderating their message to appeal to more voters."},{"_id":"VZ5DC3ZPYVA2HLSIETXNQO7XXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664391},"type":"text","content":"Mughal’s opponent, Sandy Donatucci, is campaigning on<b> </b>public safety and the economy. Like Mughal, she is reaching for those rare independent voters."},{"_id":"BRWVWOS5LJBHPPYTI4A36CRHCE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664392},"type":"text","content":"“When I talk to people, it really is swing voters, Democrats and Republicans,” she said. “It’s really kind of the middle is who I’m really reaching out to.”"},{"level":3,"_id":"SI53PMKUZNHMPJ6A6ALEQN6BDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664393},"type":"header","content":"<b>Gwinnett’s changes</b>"},{"_id":"3T6EZWPWIVAXTKPNZ3FHC52G7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664396},"type":"text","content":"Over the past decade, Gwinnett has seen a dramatic transformation. The county has grown in population, and the demographics have shifted with the establishment of large Latino and Asian American communities, giving Democrats an advantage in recent elections."},{"_id":"SPEIMYJEGVD2TGSXZFXB4CUG7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664397},"type":"text","content":"Republicans are fighting to stay alive. Gov. Brian Kemp held a get-out-the-vote rally Friday in Duluth for state Reps. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-house-candidates-are-competing-for-a-diverse-pool-of-voters-in-gwinnett-county/XLHCXP5CHFA3PBMXVPJ5QS467M/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Reeves</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/swing-voters-in-this-competitive-georgia-district-have-candidates-campaigning-from-the-middle/KBLI7TGONZH3JPQ74MRCOOENKE/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Hilton</a> and Republican nominees Donatucci and Elvia Davila. The key to winning, the governor said, is to focus on kitchen-table issues, such as the cost of groceries and gas."},{"_id":"QLMXWKAAINBLVNVAFEPUPX7X7A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664398},"type":"text","content":"“What we did in 2022 is we advanced our numbers in places like Gwinnett and other diverse communities around our state,” Kemp said of his reelection campaign."},{"_id":"CBP25CNU6RCWHDS73RMZ3YKBUI","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"CUPBDRMAZJC6XN552XLSHAI6KY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Gwinnett County is one of Georgia’s most important 2024 battlegrounds","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gwinnett-county-is-one-of-georgias-most-important-2024-battlegrounds/CJ45HAVRS5FZZD3H4KG3WTJAXU/"},{"_id":"4EOEWTXAKBGBPHKEHZO3W52JLY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664399},"type":"text","content":"Gwinnett <a href=\"https://www.gwinnettrepublicans.org/board\" target=\"_blank\">GOP Chair Sammy Baker</a> said the party’s strategy has changed with the county, and it is now recruiting candidates of color who reflect the population."},{"_id":"XYJZAZCNBVDVJKX7CD7NQKV7ZI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664400},"type":"text","content":"Tim Le,<b> </b>a Republican<b> </b>who is running for the Gwinnett County Commission, is Asian American and saw the party’s outreach as a good thing."},{"_id":"GPYRXERLZJCGFG5NM7JMJNWYU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664401},"type":"text","content":"“They’ve always welcomed candidates of all colors,” he said. “This time around, we have so many minority candidates that are willing to step up on that platform.”"},{"_id":"F2PG7GGSANCLBEBOLFDJDBQDBQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664402},"type":"text","content":"But at a kickoff Saturday for Democratic volunteers, former gubernatorial candidate<b> </b>Stacey Abrams said Democrats’ policies are more aligned with Gwinnett’s community needs."},{"_id":"RPFN6WY25VGZVNUGBTMTZQ65NE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664403},"type":"text","content":"“The GOP may want the window dressing, but they’re unwilling to serve the needs of those communities,” Abrams said, “and that’s where Democrats will continue to have the edge.”"},{"level":3,"_id":"2BYUMBE7Q5C6TGF6FHNGZIA7PE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730139123438},"type":"header","content":"<b>A winning message</b>"},{"_id":"ZV5MZRBKSVEUDMSE6VUCMJJ4YY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664404},"type":"text","content":"Clark,<b> </b>who is running for reelection in House District 108, is framing her race around protecting voting rights and abortion access."},{"_id":"N5RS5SDXONG5XLEGWAEXPOFOHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730127910109},"type":"text","content":"“We are bringing those freedoms that are in jeopardy up on the campaign trail, and we’re hearing from people about their concerns about freedoms being taken away,” Clark said."},{"_id":"OFMUJEU4ZVEPBKUKDVSGGXJIKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664408},"type":"text","content":"Her challenger, Davila, is running to address crime after her husband, <a href=\"https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-juan-carlos-davila-brambila\">Juan Carlos Davila-Brambila</a>, was killed in 2021."},{"_id":"GVCAAXXJ5ZDOVJLQZFPCVCSPPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730125664409},"type":"text","content":"“There’s a lot of other victims,” Davila<b> </b>said. “It’s just becoming very dangerous.”"},{"_id":"7N44VHQHBVF6RFEYR3KGBGWMYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730139123443},"type":"text","content":"Donatucci said crime is also a concern she often hears about when campaigning."},{"_id":"VPRD4VC27VDBBDT3JQ4ICK4LMA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730139123444},"type":"text","content":"“A lot of the folks are just very concerned about what’s going on,” she said. “Maybe it was down the street, but now it seems to be starting to come into the neighborhoods.”"},{"_id":"SLG7M2QP2ZFZFJV7EVHSLFPMC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730139123445},"type":"text","content":"Mughal said he speaks with Gwinnett police regularly and talks to parents about school safety, especially after the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School just 20 miles away. 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But he said Ramaswami’s story has changed multiple times and called his request for teenagers’ names and contact information “creepy and weird.”"},{"_id":"EMWMZCKTY5E2TLTDUNCBKD4SQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978938},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“Adults do not need to be talking to minors about anything unless there is parental consent,” he said. “I have three teenage daughters, so I have different alarm bells going off in my head than someone else may have.”"},{"_id":"O7ORE3PTSREWZESGLU6SVPM3WQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978939},"type":"text","content":"After the mailers went out,<b> </b>Ramaswami said he received a death threat that he reported to law enforcement."},{"_id":"UD6XUBIHTFGZTEJAS2DSSZXDQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978940},"type":"text","content":"According to a report filed with the Johns Creek Police Department, Ramaswami received a threatening text from an unknown number in reply to a mass voter outreach message. The text stated, “I will kill you and your whole family.”"},{"_id":"MJA2LUMUXNAF5HWODJCQZNG26A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978941},"type":"text","content":"In a news conference Ramaswami held Tuesday, he said the threat had shaken him."},{"_id":"VIMGHLFDYJGQRMNKLI763CNZBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978942},"type":"text","content":"“We’ve had to fear for the safety and security of us and that of all people, both young and old, working across my campaign,” he said. “Politics should never be about that.”"},{"_id":"3ELQZMUUOVBEFHTJAIALKBQROE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978948},"type":"text","content":"Aside from his safety concerns, Ramaswami said the ads are racist because they darkened his skin."},{"_id":"GNUFWPCA3NAADHWIAFD3YJZ5UU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729882412129},"type":"text","content":"“Shawn Still represents the worst of American politics,” he said."},{"_id":"Q4AJDWCQ5JDIPFCVWXH72X5AS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729882412130},"type":"text","content":"Ramaswami demanded Still issue a “public and formal apology and retraction of this misleading and inflammatory political mail and digital advertisements.”"},{"_id":"A2JY4FMFUJATDB3JQUD2XZGBKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978944},"type":"text","content":"Still said he condemns any political violence, but he said he did not believe the mailers ever called for violence and did not denounce them."},{"_id":"IBBTNARKQJBUPAGJXGZJ4V3WOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978945},"type":"text","content":"Still said that Ramaswami’s campaign sent campaign flyers with a doctored version of his mug shot from when he was charged in Fulton’s election interference case. He also said supporters of Ramaswami sent out an ad that claimed he was killing Georgia women through his legislative votes, a<b> </b>reference to Still’s position on reproductive rights that he said upset his 13-year-old daughter."},{"_id":"6B4QHN6L6NB4DESOJWV6RTNZT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978946},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s 2019 restrictive abortion law was passed before Still was elected to office, but he said he supports the law as is."},{"_id":"DGBO2FD2LBESXD6SOHKP6SRTVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978947},"type":"text","content":"“I am of the opinion that we don’t need to change any laws of what we currently have,” he said. “I believe our heartbeat bill (House Bill 481) is the right, measured approach for this with the exceptions that it has.”"},{"_id":"KWNIDFFKFNHAXEJCS6SD7QDBHM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729884608959},"type":"text","content":"The mailers crossed the line, he said."},{"_id":"DS4QPOWQLZA3FFU25ISV55TGD4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978949},"type":"text","content":"“It makes my blood boil as a father, as a parent, as a businessman, but just as a human,” Still said. “This is the level of extremism that he has brought into this campaign, and the hypocrisy that he stands under is truly laughable and I think has set a new standard of how low someone can go in a campaign.”"},{"_id":"IE6JDG3UZ5FYHEJA5E3YCGHMSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978925},"type":"text","content":"The hostility started with Still’s indictment in 2023, alongside 17 others, including former President Donald Trump, who is accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential vote in the state. Still faces multiple felony charges involving his participation as a Republican elector in Georgia who cast Electoral College ballots for Trump even though Joe Biden had won the state. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges."},{"_id":"SKOFVVDAC5A7BHHSX7B2XU7DS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978926},"type":"text","content":"“I maintain my innocence that I had no ill intention. 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His whole centerpiece, this entire thing, has been about the indictment,” Still said."},{"_id":"4WY2R7UNXVAW5D5W5L6OEMNOSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729882412115},"type":"text","content":"The case against Still and his co-defendants is unresolved, and it may remain so."},{"_id":"75NBXEGJFFEVZHXQ4Y3VIUQ5DM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"Q25VQPEL7BD57H27BSY6LZJJNY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia lawmaker charged in Fulton County case vows he won’t serve as an elector again","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-lawmaker-charged-in-trump-election-case-vows-he-wont-serve-as-an-elector-again/273KJIEPMRAPHD2E2E7JHYP2RQ/"},{"_id":"OOOZHV2OW5AFBNBBBQH2YYQZTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729821978931},"type":"text","content":"The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear arguments <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/court-sets-dec-5-for-arguments-in-fulton-da-disqualification-in-trump-case/VN2RO2Z4QVF3HFJ3YEQDZDJP7U/\" target=\"_blank\">Dec. 5</a>. against<b> </b>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who defendants say should be disqualified from the case because of a romantic relationship she had with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade. 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This year, legislators expanded <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/wave-of-georgia-voter-challenges-expected-before-2024-election/V7OXHYVD7NEZBI76VLGV35OP7M/\" target=\"_blank\">voter eligibility challenges</a> and added <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-house-passes-bill-to-put-watermarks-on-2024-ballots/B6DXJYZ6OZGIBOB4SN6VIZSXWE/\" target=\"_blank\">watermarks </a>to ballots."},{"_id":"PWYTYT2X3VHTTPT3IDGJ2CZKFM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016357},"type":"text","content":"In addition, the State Election Board sought rule changes for hand counts and election certification requirements before a judge <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-strikes-down-new-georgia-rules-on-election-certification/S53EMUY5LVBFLNFV2RURDBMZZI/\" target=\"_blank\">ruled them illegal</a> and unconstitutional."},{"level":1,"_id":"RIQ5EWSBOZDVZDT2BNLDCY5JGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729604178734},"type":"header","content":"<b>A response to the 2020 election</b>"},{"_id":"Q2WRCXE2YBCSDET4WIJ3J32NRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729604178735},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s rewrite of election laws began as a reaction to the 2020 presidential election, when mass vote-by-mail efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to Joe Biden’s narrow victory against Trump."},{"_id":"V2AHHCSN4NERLKXIHQ6QEFJCLU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729605567516},"type":"text","content":"The <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/bill-changing-georgia-voting-rules-passes-state-house/EY2MATS6SRA77HTOBVEMTJLIT4/\" target=\"_blank\">voting law</a>, Senate Bill 202, focused on limiting absentee voting after Biden won nearly two-thirds of absentee votes cast. The Georgia General Assembly passed the bill along party lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats opposed."},{"_id":"ODTVHINZ5ZBWFEY3N3L7R5YQN4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729605567517},"type":"text","content":"While absentee drop boxes were widely available on government property during the 2020 election, the 2021 law <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fewer-voters-used-drop-boxes-after-georgia-voting-law-limited-them/WTCPBE7QH5HBBEJB37RSC3FQYY/\" target=\"_blank\">capped absentee ballot drop boxes</a> at one per 100,000 registered voters and restricted them to in-person early voting locations. Ballot drop boxes weren’t offered before 2020."},{"_id":"GSZUOOE2IBG4DDPRTXLAPTJIKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729605567518},"type":"text","content":"Voters are no longer able to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/how-to-vote-absentee-in-georgia-printer-not-included/F6YCTXHGPJFJDNAHWFS5Y3NSOQ/\" target=\"_blank\">request absentee ballots entirely online</a> because the law requires voters to use pen and ink to sign an application form, meaning they have to print out the form."},{"_id":"MDCS4QIHEFH6NH7EASNPUVSBME","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"VU4RDDUFTVGMHIASXKY4ADLFUQ"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"How Georgia’s voting law works","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/how-georgias-new-voting-law-works/GF6PLR44PNESPKR5FXCBE7VEOY/"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"61f14191b56c7f22588919ac4e82b985c8ab9c2d9a65f65ebef681aa182c8539"},"caption":"Gov. Brian Kemp, behind closed doors at the Georgia Capitol, signs into law Senate Bill 202, a 2021 overhaul of the state's election law that followed Republican Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election. (Courtesy)","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"AJC","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/EYGGOLIW2JASDMTWR7LX27IYMQ.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Gov. Brian Kemp's office","type":"author"}]},"subtitle":"For 031821 EDITORIAL ED","width":2048,"creditIPTC":"Gov. 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About 26% of voters returned absentee ballots in 2020, compared with an estimated 5% of turnout by absentee voting expected this year."},{"_id":"EEFRT42MLZAS7BXBQXEWC2LKCU","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"ME24H4VSDFG2JDGBUDKZPVSRIM"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"FYMFYLUVOJHBHBR74RVKVV74BI\" />"},{"_id":"UI3ZQRS445D4XIHY3Z2T3YF2E4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016366},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Perhaps most famously, the law <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-ban-on-giving-snacks-to-voters-challenged-in-federal-court/75J6KSMAXVFPFHV7RSYC6YIYZM/\" target=\"_blank\">banned handing out food and drinks</a> to voters waiting in line, a prohibition <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/pg-am-curb-your-enthusiasm-premier-mocks-georgias-election-aftermath/CCIJ42XWTVDIJOZICOSAQHT7EI/\" target=\"_blank\">parodied </a>in the show “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Poll workers are allowed to set up self-service water receptacles."},{"_id":"V6QHOHSZGNHGHDTP2WC4ZTOYRQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016367},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Violations would be punishable as a misdemeanor, with up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, but there haven’t been any known prosecutions."},{"_id":"QG2S34A7DRASFM55M7EVGXF4HY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016368},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Most of the law has survived court challenges so far, including a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/case-launches-battle-over-georgia-voting-law-in-courts-and-campaigns/JCRIPTY53NH2HHR4EXZ4XOLYCY/\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice</a> alleging it violated <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voting-laws-restrictions-have-bigger-impact-on-black-voters/73UXFYCJDVEYRPKWMQLGHT3OUM/\" target=\"_blank\">voting rights</a>."},{"_id":"AM2VLGTL6ZFWDKFNRVRFESIK3Q","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"JVZF2J3ORVEP5H2ZFKKMPSWCOI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Learn more about Georgia's rules against distributing food and water to voters at polling places","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-ban-on-giving-snacks-to-voters-challenged-in-federal-court/75J6KSMAXVFPFHV7RSYC6YIYZM/"},{"_id":"CKHNRNIHP5H7LK3OOEVVZU6WOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016369},"type":"text","content":"A federal judge <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-temporarily-blocks-two-provisions-of-georgia-voting-law/GS3M2F4HHREXBMOJZHJ63BZCWE/\" target=\"_blank\">ruled against parts of the law</a>, prohibiting criminal penalties for distributing refreshments as long as they’re outside 150 feet of a polling place, and he banned counties from rejecting ballots of voters who didn’t write their correct date of birth on absentee ballot envelopes."},{"_id":"D3KFMZ3TJNFOXDL7ITUDSXGYEA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":32,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1729605567520},"type":"text","content":"Those rulings are being appealed and multiple lawsuits over the law could go to trial next year."},{"level":1,"_id":"MVEGATBN4VEGDHUVFF5PBYUKQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016371},"type":"header","content":"<b>A steady stream of new laws</b>"},{"_id":"LXCMMPOIMVACRCXVMIPGOOLKLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016372},"type":"text","content":"Georgia lawmakers didn’t stop with the 2021 voting law. They’ve returned to the state Capitol each year with more revisions."},{"_id":"N7E7JM3MMJB5TL45V7YG2E75M4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016373},"type":"text","content":"In the run-up to this year’s presidential election, legislators emphasized election operations and management."},{"_id":"N46CXUV43NC2BJZY2MMUIUH3VM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016374},"type":"text","content":"A new law reinforced the ability of conservative activists to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislature-votes-to-strengthen-ability-to-challenge-voters-eligibility/K2ISGWVA5BF2ZCKFINRN72OGSQ/\" target=\"_blank\">challenge the eligibility of voters</a>, a priority among Republicans who say outdated registrations could be used for fraud."},{"_id":"FWQJEOLO2VG3NMNAXYOYCFNYFI","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"H2GCPCL5HNBLFGXALLXWSEWCKM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Postal service urges Georgia mail-in voters to return their ballots early","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/usps-urges-georgia-mail-in-voters-to-mail-early/AHYLXIRCNFHL7PLQSGRPP3H7XA/"},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"AJC","address":{},"auth":{"1":"0c398d836d2fcfb587553014726d6eda3ac711e09e280128b5f66b77c4c9ae55"},"caption":"The Forsyth County election board considered challenges to the eligibility of 800 voters in June. County election boards have rejected most voter challenges, including more than 45,000 since July, often citing federal laws that protect voters’ rights against “systematically” removing registrations without detailed evidence. (Jamie Spaar for the AJC)","source":{"system":"AJC Freelancer","name":"AJC Freelancer","edit_url":"","source_type":"wires","source_id":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/aajc 062824 voter challenges forsyth001.JPG","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":["6679bc1f63197613d9db458b"],"seo_keywords":["AJC Freelancer"]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"custom","name":"AJC Freelancer","category":"wires"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ.JPG","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Jamie Spaar","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Jamie Spaar","type":"author"}]},"subtype":"Wires","subtitle":"","width":5627,"_id":"XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/DZbnBNYZS4zDpu-Ngex-lMF-yIk=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ.JPG","comments":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"6679bc1f63197613d9db458b","keywords":["AJC Freelancer","Steven Bartelski"],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/DZbnBNYZS4zDpu-Ngex-lMF-yIk=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ.JPG","takenOn":"2024-06-28T08:52:38Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/DZbnBNYZS4zDpu-Ngex-lMF-yIk=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ.JPG","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/4_HE954Q1XhGxYCSubAP8XQBKzI=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ.JPG","version":2,"originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/aajc 062824 voter challenges forsyth001.JPG","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[],"_id":"U55FQEPHQ5E2PIOLQIEO4LXJHI"},"created_date":"2024-06-28T19:37:50Z","last_updated_date":"2024-10-24T10:13:59Z","height":3744,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/XFQ4APCUEYUKECHPEGWFQWQMUQ.JPG?auth=0c398d836d2fcfb587553014726d6eda3ac711e09e280128b5f66b77c4c9ae55&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}},{"_id":"EQQKAGQTBJH57GRXMRTQ6HDJRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016375},"type":"text","content":"Under the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gov-kemp-signs-new-voter-challenge-and-election-security-laws/5D7L7RBZKRFR7MWNPVU6ZMVNCI/\" target=\"_blank\">law</a>, voter eligibility challenges should be upheld if a Georgia voter registers in another state, claims a homestead exemption in a different jurisdiction or registers at a nonresidential address. Challenges won’t be considered within 45 days of an election, and they can’t target college students, members of the military and out-of-state government employees who have temporarily moved from Georgia."},{"_id":"ISTBE7FRMZAHBHAMAN3ZDP3WYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016376},"type":"text","content":"County election boards have rejected most voter challenges, including <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/metro-atlanta-counties-have-dismissed-more-than-45000-voter-challenges-since-july-1/KZJCTEZ74ZBWXDAPRAZMIL2QWE/\" target=\"_blank\">more than 45,000</a> since July, often citing federal laws that protect voters’ rights against “systematically” removing registrations without detailed evidence."},{"_id":"5XRSECURKJA53O3EXS2DQX7XFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016377},"type":"text","content":"In addition, another law requires an <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-house-votes-for-more-election-audits-of-voting-machine-counts/KXVOCYAESRFYJCMHY65QLAMHYY/\" target=\"_blank\">audit of the vote count</a> with technology that reads the text printed on ballots and recounts them. Manual audits that recount a selection of ballots by hand will also be conducted on the presidential race and at least one other statewide contest."},{"_id":"7KBRJ7PJO5CBVMYMUI4CNKH5BY","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"BBDPRKMXKZFVJJHHF6JDC3RSU4"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Many voters in Georgia don’t believe this year’s election will be fair","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/ajc-poll-changes-to-georgias-election-system-have-not-eased-voters-distrust/5HD6JYUFPZARVIVIL2CRCRMBAE/"},{"_id":"MHXEUG5VZZD7BMWIXNHMNYUAHM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016378},"type":"text","content":"Each ballot this year is imprinted with a watermark to verify its authenticity when held up to light, according to a new law."},{"_id":"SBZZWAIMDRB3HAXN6K3IAMYBZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016379},"type":"text","content":"And a third-party presidential candidate, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/third-party-supporters-ask-georgia-voters-to-abandon-kamala-harris/MZNLUJBDAVGRHJCIICLHOJQLSI/\" target=\"_blank\">Jill Stein</a> of the Green Party, was added to voters’ choices under a law that requires candidates to automatically appear on the ballot if they’re also on the ballot in at least 20 other states and territories."},{"_id":"2UQS67VN2FAORCFHVNLS7VRUGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016380},"type":"text","content":"In previous years, the General Assembly passed laws <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/ban-on-outside-elections-money-passes-georgia-general-assembly/USQR4MDGIZEAFFFZGNN4OQYK44/\" target=\"_blank\">prohibiting donations</a> to election offices and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/lawmakers-revive-much-of-georgia-elections-bill-on-last-day-of-session/B24EDVAE35ANXMKJPE3TUHQ4NM/\" target=\"_blank\">empowered the GBI to investigate</a> allegations of election fraud."},{"level":1,"_id":"3W3Q73NBZ5FZJFWIKZND5C7Q4Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016381},"type":"header","content":"<b>State Election Board rules overturned</b>"},{"_id":"URLZJYLU4NHHNIHTRDDUZVH3EE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":121,"comment":" that"}],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016382},"type":"text","content":"A Fulton County judge overturned several recent <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/which-georgia-election-rules-have-changed-and-how-could-that-affect-november-vote/WGJD65H76VG23LKX6ITVPTZ2EE/\" target=\"_blank\">State Election Board rules</a> last week, agreeing with plaintiffs who argued the board abused its authority by effectively making new laws. The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-supreme-court-rejects-republican-effort-to-restore-last-minute-election-rules/XXAPHD43KJDAVO4HCWBUMSV4ZU/\" target=\"_blank\">denied </a>the Republican Party’s effort for a quick appeal to reverse the judge’s order."},{"_id":"LEJVJR52CVEMXLUJOREL3BJ4ZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729614016383},"type":"text","content":"The rules, passed by the State Election Board’s Republican majority, would have required a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/ballot-hand-count-could-slow-georgia-election-results-but-ensure-accuracy/LDZB6FHW7RADNOQK7LC7X2BZAU/\" target=\"_blank\">hand count</a> of the number of ballots on election night and an undefined <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-approves-new-inquiry-for-certifying-election-results/BI6SME6TJVHQHGMMADOKGQ3UPU/\" target=\"_blank\">“reasonable inquiry”</a> before results are certified."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":{"locality":"Atlanta","region":"GA"},"auth":{"1":"e2b7bf4c8cbcf2cdfaf7b1f2f57ddb05c110ea64c9f8eb654a60fa449011cec4"},"caption":"Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox presides over cases against the State Election Board on Oct. 16. 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Trump endorsed Jones’ run for lieutenant governor two years ago, but it’s unclear if and whom he would endorse in the governor’s race."},{"_id":"65MUVHJLO5BKTCQRVYREDXLOZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729721489884},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It’s been said that the race for governor in Georgia begins the day after a presidential election — even though the election days are two years apart."},{"_id":"UCNXKLT6JFBH5KA5F6T5HK63B4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729723077238},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“I can tell you right now, the day after the presidential race is still early,” Jones said in an interview. “Hopefully I’ll be toasting to Donald Trump winning back the White House. ... We’ve just been focused on finishing out this thing. 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She requested the results of the citizenship audit last month after Raffensperger <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-officials-check-for-noncitizen-voter-registrations/764IVO4QD5ES3MTL6RTER3GDWM/\" target=\"_blank\">announced </a>it in July."},{"_id":"KI344GHHENEB5M5UKCRBPKZ4RA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729683580466},"type":"text","content":"“The revelation that 20 noncitizens — and potentially 156 more — have registered to vote in Georgia is long-awaited information that Georgians deserve to know,” said Loeffler, a Republican and former U.S. senator. “Voters just want the truth, and if state officials continue to withhold or misrepresent it, they will soon erode the trust that has been rebuilt in our system thanks to strong laws and advocacy."},{"_id":"WBICV4OQ7JD7ZCGU6XKOWGPF44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729683580467},"type":"text","content":"The audit checked voters’ citizenship status based on records from county courts, the Georgia Department of Driver Services and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services."},{"_id":"7RE3ELXSXNEPNP3EIB3YHCWSRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729683580468},"type":"text","content":"Raffensperger said he will conduct citizenship audits annually from now on."},{"_id":"U7CED5K62RHO3CJ7QCJ2ZDHXUE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"YQKHRHJZWBH4RHHWK4PB35HEKI"},"type":"divider"},{"level":1,"_id":"JJ2W42ICHVHLFMTO4BEP3CD3QQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729710070393},"type":"header","content":"How Georgia checks voters’ citizenship"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"RQU4YLKU5VEIBEW5OK5RFMUNGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"list","items":[{"_id":"QOVKADLTAFEELJMR5CMDQXWQS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Driver’s license offices require a U.S. passport, birth certificate, certificate of naturalization or certificate of citizenship before processing voter registrations. 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Good thing they checked their paper ballot before turning it in!” Greene wrote on X."},{"subtype":"twitter","referent":{"referent_properties":{"additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1729545651023}},"provider":"https://publish.x.com/oembed?url=","service":"oembed","id":"https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1847335767728689240","type":"twitter"},"_id":"SF5QVNUMRZEAPHTT44JWRM4Y4U","raw_oembed":{"author_name":"Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸","cache_age":"3153600000","provider_url":"https://twitter.com","type":"twitter","version":"1.0","url":"https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1847335767728689240","author_url":"https://twitter.com/mtgreenee","width":550,"html":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">🚨🚨🚨This happened in Whitfield County in my district - GA-14.<br><br>We vote on Dominion voting machines then it prints a paper ballot with our selections made on the machines.<br><br>This voter’s printed ballot had been changed from their selections made on the machine.<br><br>Good thing they… <a href=\"https://t.co/S3AhmkTCxc\">pic.twitter.com/S3AhmkTCxc</a></p>— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1847335767728689240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2024</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n","_id":"https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1847335767728689240","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1729545651023},"provider_name":"Twitter","height":null},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"YRV3XEJ4CRA2BIPABSLQOLQ4OQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729541913547},"type":"text","content":"Bryson helped the voter cancel his first ballot and fill out a new one. 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As both state and local election authorities have confirmed, the issue reported in Whitfield County was due to voter error,” Dominion <a href=\"https://www.dominionvoting.com/setting-the-record-straight/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on its website</a>."},{"_id":"XEM5I66HEBASTKOC6LBQ23JSIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729541913551},"type":"text","content":"Voters should review their ballots after they’re printed by touchscreens to ensure they’re correct before inserting them into scanning machines, said Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the secretary of state’s office."},{"_id":"T5FINXPW4BCQTLQGZIPUKOSBGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729541913552},"type":"text","content":"“There is a reason we tell people to review their ballots. Humans make mistakes. They’re called mistakes for a reason,” <a href=\"https://x.com/GabrielSterling/status/1847404645838205219\" target=\"_blank\">Sterling said</a>. “This issue is human/user error, always will be.”"},{"_id":"HEZSCABNZFAKRGMJAD72RKEQHI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729541913553},"type":"text","content":"Greene appeared to<a href=\"https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1848431110788903131\" target=\"_blank\"> back off her previous allegations</a> Monday, thanking Whitfield County’s elections office for its transparency and said she’d fight “to make sure our elections are secure and no votes are stolen.”"},{"_id":"6SVBZFETVBGNLHSSVXXME67UJE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729541913554},"type":"text","content":"Voters can feel confident their ballots are recorded accurately, Bryson said. 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Nearly 164,000 people voted Saturday and more than 42,000 on Sunday."},{"_id":"LIIHJXKSSBDLPBH6RDP3QWMZSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729513386394},"type":"text","content":"With two weeks to go before Election Day on Nov. 5, turnout has already reached 28% of the total in the 2020 presidential election, when 5 million people voted."},{"_id":"BFCWILI4JVFERDZC5BBKRWBGKE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"S3OEL6J4GJBS5IUOLYPONKPXXU"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"How people cast their ballots in 2024\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-DqGuY\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/DqGuY/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"65\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"4OS7ALHQARGR7CIEG4BFLWP67M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729513386396},"type":"text","content":"The large showing by Georgia voters <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-set-an-early-voting-record-it-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/QTHWW764F5BFHE4FLUEQZM57BQ/\" target=\"_blank\">reflects high interest</a> in the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, but it’s impossible to know who is leading at this point. Votes won’t be counted until Election Day, and voters in Georgia don’t register by political party."},{"_id":"IGULKJYWANA77AA2AGMXJXYV3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729513386397},"type":"text","content":"In all, more than 1.3 million people voted in person at early voting locations, and an additional 81,000 voters have returned absentee ballots."},{"_id":"3JOMJ64LOJCS3A5RDFNFZVR2BE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729514987876},"type":"text","content":"Total turnout is down about 9% from 2020, due in large part to the number of voters who cast absentee ballots before the start of early voting that year when the COVID-19 pandemic kept many away from the polls."},{"_id":"N6VZOQLQLVGAPIGY4Y4XBWNXV4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":26,"comment":"for two more weeks "}],"comments":[],"_id":1729513386398},"type":"text","content":"Early voting is available through Nov. 1, so at least 11 more days of early voting remain across Georgia, including Saturday. Eighteen counties offered Sunday voting, which is optional. The <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-voters-more-than-double-first-day-record-for-early-voting/C3JP6MTYSJBCXNNNMHMBQT6ZV4/\" target=\"_blank\">first day of early voting</a> was the busiest, with 313,000 voters."},{"_id":"LJ5UELFDCVELNANLNMPUG4D4GQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729513386399},"type":"text","content":"Many of this year’s voters didn’t participate in the 2020 election. 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And a <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/15/2024-election-overturned-possibility/75354573007/\" target=\"_blank\">2022 federal law</a> makes it harder to object to the results in Congress."},{"_id":"RSBYCSIX6VDLZLQZW7PIZOHT2U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436361},"type":"text","content":"But a losing candidate could still try to overturn this year’s election, legal experts say."},{"_id":"T36W2KWP7JEV5NLLARQTWBEITU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729135196001},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"They say postelection disputes are likely if the race is as close as in 2020, when Trump and his supporters filed scores of <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-state-legislature/failed-lawsuits-paved-the-way-for-georgia-voting-restriction-bills/RH232D64CBFZPPT3Z2ZIMJLPJE/\" target=\"_blank\">unsuccessful lawsuits</a> in Georgia and other swing states, and a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol<b> </b>on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress ratified states’ electoral votes."},{"_id":"ILOGGHT6GVFRJDHS27XNPY3WIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436363},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Election attorneys doubt lawsuits, protests and other postelection maneuvers will stop the winning candidate — whether it’s Trump or Kamala Harris — from being sworn in as president Jan. 20."},{"_id":"RAUY4ETUKRELTPLDSLPD6CQUHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729135196003},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“You can file lawsuits. You can try to have election officials ignore results. You can try to have Congress object, and so forth,” University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said. “But the mechanisms we have are strong and resilient.”"},{"_id":"LFIQVOS6YBCLXFBG5EUNMLWFSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729255344314},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"But some worry Trump could undermine confidence in the result if he loses, as he did in 2020. That potentially <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-officials-brace-for-threats-ahead-of-presidential-election/O4P7IVFWG5DVXLRNLHBZRII3AA/\" target=\"_blank\">could spark</a> more violence."},{"_id":"QMALIO76JNCDFEDKAKNP32V7KQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729169534873},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“The biggest fear I have is not that the loser will take office,” said David Becker,<b> </b>a former U.S. Justice Department attorney who is now executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, which works with election officials to promote voter confidence. “It’s that there will be a lot of anger and potentially violence.”"},{"_id":"FW66FJH4UJGJBDUE4HOS5WISIU","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"Y3CRMR6BRFBK3BUYTA5NHIJ37U"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"FYMFYLUVOJHBHBR74RVKVV74BI\" />"},{"level":1,"_id":"M6U2DKELOZHZZO6PK2PIZLRT7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729183522371},"alignment":"right","type":"header","content":"<b>A risk averted?</b>"},{"_id":"6KQCDJTS5NHLJJHYQNJAI4JYX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436368},"type":"text","content":"Much of the attention this year has focused on the authority of local election boards, which certify the results. Although a judge this week reinforced Georgia’s law requiring boards to certify elections, they still have a vote."},{"_id":"VZ6VRUC56VEYXEDCX5574ZERTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436369},"type":"text","content":"One week after Election Day, every county election board will vote on whether to certify vote totals,<b> </b>a step in the process to make results official."},{"_id":"YI67TE3W6VFXNLCBJWF4NX7FPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729167198397},"type":"text","content":"Some election board members could still vote no, even though Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney told them ahead of time in <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-judge-ruled-that-county-election-board-members-in-georgia-must-certify-elections/635RIP3ILBC4ZH5AGMMSQXPYBQ/\" target=\"_blank\">this week’s ruling</a> that they can’t legally do so."},{"_id":"RECYRAWBCZCY7C2QT6GE3VN5QQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"RTPEI5V2UFFLTELOBDECAQPY2Q"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Judge invalidates new election certification rules that were ordered by Georgia Election Board","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-strikes-down-new-georgia-rules-on-election-certification/S53EMUY5LVBFLNFV2RURDBMZZI/"},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":{},"auth":{"1":"832ca0112fb6d80150820044ea608c85a8813d41bd6f3442387cc8b521bbc110"},"caption":"Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that county election boards are required to certify elections. 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Critics said the rules could be used as a pretense to oppose finalizing the vote count."},{"_id":"JCK5BFDOCBFQ7G23BHUSMFXAKE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436373},"type":"text","content":"If a county refused to certify the election as required by state law, the courts would be asked to compel them to do their duty, said Peter Simmons of Protect Democracy, an organization focused on advocacy against authoritarianism."},{"_id":"JUTZ73EBQFC3BB2JZSV4CNFB6U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436374},"type":"text","content":"“It’s important not to panic because we do have these guardrails in place,” said Simmons, an attorney and policy strategist. “The courts will likely recognize the urgency of the situation and do everything in their power, while observing due process, to ensure proceedings are concluded in a timely manner.”"},{"_id":"KVSZ2GZDNZDJLKM3XHXMMFDEMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436375},"type":"text","content":"Muller, the Notre Dame professor, said worries about the upcoming election are overblown. He decried what he called “election disaster porn” from liberal groups and the news media and said predictions of disaster have become fundraising tools."},{"_id":"KFFPDS3O4RETRC2LQZ2Z2VAV3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436376},"type":"text","content":"“There’s a lot of money to be raised in fear,” Muller said."},{"level":1,"_id":"6IEIC6VVEVFFVJ6NRNYAK7UGMA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436378},"type":"header","content":"<b>Election Day may not be the end</b>"},{"_id":"IN3EADFJY5BUXHJBOL5DNH5A7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436379},"type":"text","content":"In a close election, losing candidates and their supporters likely would turn to the courts."},{"_id":"KUG3HGDPABGZRIR73M45HBM4DA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436380},"type":"text","content":"Georgia Republican Party Chair Josh McKoon said the GOP is prepared to pursue legal remedies if needed to ensure the election is fair."},{"_id":"2IARS3N5EFFLDIFAAZZX3UCLRQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436381},"type":"text","content":"“If we believe the laws and processes are good, we shouldn’t be afraid of a recount and we shouldn’t be afraid of someone making a lawful contest if they have a good-faith basis to do so,” McKoon said. “A lot of people are working very hard to ensure that whatever the outcome is, we’re able to say: ‘This is not a mess. 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But the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-recount-confirms-biden-win-again-but-trump-still-battling/OZGAOQCMKVFG7G43L5PSF3BNHM/\" target=\"_blank\">recount</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-georgia-manual-recount-confirms-biden-victory/B7LNNHYZOVGKZBUVAT7NZT3VZE/\" target=\"_blank\">audit</a> showed that Trump lost to Joe Biden by a similar amount as in the initial count."},{"_id":"WUZ6MS6KLJH5BLY3XUBRR7X62U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436385},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"While investigations since 2020 have <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-scrutinizes-double-voting-allegation-in-fulton/FIT6OKELVZGJ7LAROV36AUKR24/\" target=\"_blank\">exposed errors</a> in the audit and the recount in Fulton County, such as double-scanned ballots, those problems didn’t change the result and fraud was never proved."},{"_id":"PE6CL2LR5ZEYVM2UVHG42PHGZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436386},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It’s not just Republicans who have challenged election outcomes in Georgia."},{"_id":"BUA76C7RFRE7RHRFBYWE3F2FOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729188419451},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, also <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/abrams-and-trump-both-questioned-elections-but-evidence-is-different/OKQVIDCA2NCDREJQDIGBP2PSLU/\" target=\"_blank\">refused to concede</a> and sued after her loss to Republican Brian Kemp by 55,000 votes in 2018. Abrams won <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/absentee-ballots-missing-birth-dates-must-counted-judge-orders/BEytww5CRxzsJp1r7tSklM/\" target=\"_blank\">court rulings</a> to verify and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/judge-order-scrambles-unsettled-georgia-race-for-governor/avbMEXrL6YbS2aj4Ra0XHJ/\" target=\"_blank\">count additional absentee ballots</a>, while Trump’s allegations of fraud in the 2020 election were dismissed."},{"_id":"BXZJTVJBOBGMREEPAQKNDMEBZU","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"6V2WURPHR5H2NEGIAYCD27GJ5Y"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"LZNATORWZFG6RHHNRPNGEPWCYU\" />"},{"level":1,"_id":"TJLJVPCPS5D75GOUPG6OL2RLFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436387},"type":"header","content":"<b>Counting all votes during certification</b>"},{"_id":"FF3AFS3Z5ZBGJIKXTMFQHY7JNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436389},"type":"text","content":"There’s no question that Georgia law requires county election boards to certify results, but Republicans say there’s room for dissent."},{"_id":"C3572METP5DENC3NBH7P4BNQAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436390},"type":"text","content":"At <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-georgia-election-certification-is-required-despite-new-rule/WHNJ3VH25BCATOGJAS55TGINFQ/\">court hearings</a><b> </b>this month, McBurney asked the assembled partisan and government lawyers whether they believed state law requires local election boards to certify the November vote tallies by 5 p.m. Nov. 12. Every lawyer said “yes.”"},{"_id":"O6R7E5GGYRBDHCACRARH2RJ5EU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436391},"type":"text","content":"But Richard Lawson, a lawyer for the <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/12/trump-aligned-group-believed-be-attacked-by-chinese-hackers/\">Trump-aligned</a> America First Policy Institute, offered a caveat. If local board members believed there were problems with results in some precincts, they could vote to certify some precincts but not all of them, he said."},{"_id":"N32BEDHU7ZAMZEZGYPSUGPTB2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436394},"type":"text","content":"Lawson’s claim set off alarm bells among observers who worry Trump supporters on county election boards could discard valid votes in Democratic precincts to tip the election to the former president."},{"_id":"UTVM2DMFXVEVRPH4U2Y6Z6KKP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436392},"type":"text","content":"But McBurney rejected that idea in his ruling."},{"_id":"EFVSRENIY5CA7B76EFJF3YABCQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729167198421},"type":"text","content":"He found that nothing in law gives county election boards authority to omit precincts tainted by potential miscounts or fraud. He wrote that<b> </b>basic tabulation errors can be corrected, but concerns about large-scale problems should be reported to authorities and can be the basis for candidates to file an election contest in court after certification."},{"_id":"XAOWIP7TZFAADHQUDTW5IZSTWE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436393},"type":"text","content":"“There are no exceptions. 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Distrust of the election system has fueled threats of violence against <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-officials-brace-for-threats-ahead-of-presidential-election/O4P7IVFWG5DVXLRNLHBZRII3AA/\" target=\"_blank\">election workers</a> and a political climate that has led to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/trump-was-the-subject-of-an-apparent-assassination-attempt-at-his-florida-golf-club-the-fbi-says/PTKFTOQHSNAODPQZ5W3RWVSFLU/\" target=\"_blank\">two assassination attempts</a> on Trump himself."},{"_id":"M6U2DKELOZHZZO6PK2PIZLRT7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729183522371},"type":"text","content":"One ominous sign: Some people <a href=\"https://x.com/AnnaBower/status/1846713592449474947\" target=\"_blank\">made threats</a> in response to McBurney’s ruling that county election officials cannot stop the certification of results, writing “hang him!!!” and “I smell civil war” on a right-wing channel on the messaging app Telegram."},{"_id":"UTHBB73NGVAXFC56PBU4W7GOB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729082436377},"type":"text","content":"Given the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Muller said violence is a worry. But he said that attack followed a tumultuous year of COVID-19 lockdowns, police shootings and racial unrest. He’s more hopeful that the transition to the next presidential administration will be peaceful this year."},{"_id":"G7LFNWWTERHZXFGXVNNPOEYIFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729135196059},"type":"text","content":"Others are more worried."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Los Angeles Times","address":{"street_address":"U.S. Capitol","locality":"Washington","country_name":"USA","region":"DC"},"auth":{"1":"ceb81670f5c69ef3fb721c7126f4970c4ce4fea99d26410f90a6156844299e88"},"caption":"The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is cause for worry about violence following this year's presidential election, some observers say, although it's a greater concern for some more than others. 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The manual review would count ballots but not votes."},{"_id":"H6KXYW5QBZDDLHJBMYHMUBK7DI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":69,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1729024870630},"type":"text","content":"“This seems to me like it’s late in the game,” McBurney said, noting in-person early voting started Tuesday. “If the goal is orderly, reliable elections, why wouldn’t the prudent approach be to say, ‘Let’s try this next election?’”"},{"_id":"TEBT3PJSK5C27A5CMN6Y4Z4GSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729024870631},"type":"text","content":"Opponents of the hand-counting requirement said it would <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/some-republicans-in-georgia-are-fighting-the-state-election-boards-rule-changes/DSKENAH4FRFUHJJ4JLCN2NH3PM/\" target=\"_blank\">introduce delays </a>in reporting results to an eager voting public, and they worried that poll workers haven’t been trained in this new process."},{"_id":"L63NURMZ3NHQTN4AGRF3AV26QA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":215,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1729024870632},"type":"text","content":"But members of the State Election Board who backed the rule said it would ensure all ballots are accounted for, helping to ensure accuracy for audits and recounts. 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Since the law took effect in late July 2022, abortions are being performed at an average of about 2,200 per month, according to DPH data."},{"_id":"S2GQLTWXFNEU7CNINR46SD6S6E","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"MOWOY7CV5JALHCIFKGCX5URKII"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"Abortions in Georgia\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-z9885\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/z9885/3/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"506\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\r\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"C67USD3VNJHJXFT7MVPLQVYPDI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389265},"type":"text","content":"Abortions after six weeks of pregnancy have all but stopped in the state. Before Georgia’s law took effect, about 53% of abortions occurred at seven weeks of pregnancy or later. Since August 2022, about 1% of abortions occur after six weeks of pregnancy."},{"_id":"XZBMXRUQXZGAFK3H2AZKHTWP3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389266},"type":"text","content":"Abortion rights advocates say that’s because women are being more vigilant and seeking abortions sooner."},{"_id":"WPXXZDQGMNECRC2LQH5DOXZ7AY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389267},"type":"text","content":"“Women are informed (about the law) and are seeking help earlier than they have in the past,” said Kwajelyn Jackson, executive director of the Feminist Women’s Health Center."},{"_id":"FIQBVHG6EBCN5LWDMOFI7WKOIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389268},"type":"text","content":"Providers said they’ve had to turn away fewer and fewer patients who may be too far along in their pregnancy."},{"_id":"SEE2AFARTJB7ROGXVSFMMNNNCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389269},"type":"text","content":"Suki, an ultrasound technician who works at an Atlanta-area abortion clinic, said providers have begun sending women home because they aren’t far enough along in their pregnancy yet. Suki, who declined to be identified with her last name out of concern for the safety of herself, her family and her workplace, has been an ultrasound technician since 2004 and said she has worked for abortion clinics for the past 13 years. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also interviewed her last year for a story on <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-ultrasound-techs-shoulder-burden-since-abortion-law-took-effect/2BZ4UBF2XRFGFJUHCI3R5KVUGY/\" target=\"_blank\">the role ultrasound technicians play under the state’s abortion law</a>."},{"_id":"75SCYPYQT5C5VMRP5GOHQ6W23E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389270},"type":"text","content":"“Its detrimental to the patient because in their mind they think they’re going to be too far (along in pregnancy) when they come back,” Suki said. “It is another heartbreaking thing to have to reassure them, ‘I didn’t see anything today. But come back in a few days.’ Women are getting smarter — and they’re coming in earlier.”"},{"_id":"RSCVR6WRTZG7VBHWEQ2LLH5WXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389271},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s law has also led<b> </b>to an increase in the use of medication abortion — versus those seeking a surgical procedure."},{"level":1,"_id":"BLMISP3ZLVCNVOCVQV4DNABBRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389272},"type":"header","content":"<b>Setting sights on abortion pills</b>"},{"_id":"BLVLM3FCENFZJBM4ZGJUDWD7UM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389273},"type":"text","content":"Nationally, medication abortion has increasingly become the preferred method for terminating a pregnancy up until 10 weeks. Those seeking to terminate a pregnancy are prescribed two pills: mifepristone, taken first, and then misoprostol."},{"_id":"25XEBGJ5ZBDDPDIOWZGN6BPS4A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389274},"type":"text","content":"After the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe, anti-abortion advocates set their sights on mifepristone, which health care professionals use to induce an abortion. Activists unsuccessfully tried to challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication, which occurred in 2000."},{"_id":"ASPZMINCA5EQ5CVMU4FKDOVPXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389275},"type":"text","content":"But reports of deaths after the use of abortion pills, such as those of Georgia women Amber Thurman and Candi Miller that were highlighted last month by nonprofit news organization ProPublica, have caused Republican lawmakers to refocus their sights on outlawing the medication."},{"_id":"2NA5JNNV6JAO5LJPVC37WUZXZA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389276},"type":"text","content":"Martha Zoller, a conservative commentator who serves on the board of directors for the anti-abortion Georgia Life Alliance, said providers have downplayed the side effects of abortion pills."},{"_id":"75G2HVRMRJAJNG32X4BCNCSKXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389277},"type":"text","content":"“Taking those pills is not a nothing procedure where you can just go home and deal with it,” she said. “It induces a radical situation. You need to have a doctor you’re seeing about it, and it shouldn’t be done over telemedicine.”"},{"_id":"OW7Y5FP3P5HJLIKCU7XON7CUNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389278},"type":"text","content":"The FDA in 2021 issued guidance that allowed abortion medication to be prescribed through a telehealth visit and sent through the mail. Georgia law, however, requires an ultrasound to determine how far along a pregnancy is before an abortion — medical or surgical — can be performed, which requires an in-person visit."},{"level":1,"_id":"QNN4WNUQVFGFDARINH6ISJWNF4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389279},"type":"header","content":"<b>Limited use of exceptions</b>"},{"_id":"JKSIDVLJPVH3DC5OVBGMRNEEHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389280},"type":"text","content":"In Georgia, later abortions are allowed if the pregnancy falls under one of four exemptions outlined by state law — to save the life of the patient, if the fetus would not survive, or if the patient was a victim of rape or incest and filed a police report."},{"_id":"5HF2NQKX5FA7JMVJ4O2FDMSKK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389281},"type":"text","content":"DPH data shows that, since the law took effect, about 300 abortions have been performed after a medical professional could detect fetal cardiac activity and under one of the state’s exceptions."},{"_id":"VDJQJB3NGJB5FJZ7CYXD2KYV5M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389282},"type":"text","content":"In 2023, 114 abortions were performed under one of the exceptions. Of those, 59, or 48%, were pregnancies that came as the result of rape. Those abortions were performed between six and 21 weeks, with most being done at seven weeks."},{"_id":"NRF3UTFS6RDTLJJBFZZV4AF5YE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389283},"type":"text","content":"Medical providers performed 51 abortions where fetal cardiac activity could be detected, but those pregnancies were medically futile. Those abortions were performed between seven and 25 weeks’ gestation. Ten abortions were performed in 2023 to save the life of the mother. Those occurred between 10 and 25 weeks of pregnancy."},{"_id":"K7ZKUAYKIBEO5C2FC4A2W23N6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389284},"type":"text","content":"As of early September, there had been 103 abortions performed in 2024 after the detection of fetal cardiac activity. Of those, 67, or 65%, were performed because the pregnancy was futile. Five were performed to save the life of the mother."},{"_id":"6NXH7V6NCFDM7PY6GUOPAHTNE4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728937389285},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s abortion law is being <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-supreme-court-to-soon-decide-fate-of-states-abortion-law/XWIVM4FMYJCHZOXHIWYYBBL4T4/\" target=\"_blank\">challenged </a>in the state Supreme Court. Last month, a Fulton County Superior Court judge threw out the state law, which he ruled unconstitutional, allowing abortions past the detection of fetal cardiac activity to resume. 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The hand review would count ballots but not votes."},{"_id":"MCTLRNNPMBGF7G54XOTZOIFITA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728790470742},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Fervier criticized public attacks among board members, such as when King confronted board member Sara Tindall Ghazal, who was appointed by the Democratic Party of Georgia, for saying on MSNBC that her Republican colleagues have “some other motive” in passing last-minute rules."},{"_id":"F5LKPANCLZCUVJYE64GMSRKAYI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728913178671},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Ghazal said the hand count is “setting counties up for failure.” King had accused Ghazal at the meeting of “creating a conspiracy” and fostering a media narrative that characterizes Republican board members as “MAGA right-wing extremists.”"},{"_id":"5FZH4HZG2JHYRJNK4TGR3G2USM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728790470743},"type":"text","content":"“I’ve seen a lot of that character assassination that’s just inappropriate and unprofessional conduct for a member of this board,” Fervier said about board members’ criticism of each other during public meetings."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"a32569f6a6ff3e575f6baa1df516979af606e71c51bcc572f237eceecdc3ff16"},"caption":"State Election Board member Sara Tindall Ghazal (seated) and Board Chair John Fervier have often voted in opposition to a trio of Republicans whom former President Donald Trump praised as “pit bulls” ― including Janice Johnston (center) and Janelle King ― on changes made to the state's election rules since midsummer. 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good-faith concerns over how to better secure our elections should be taken seriously, this matter is currently one that must be deferred to the policymaking branches,” McAfee wrote in the dismissal."},{"_id":"IVTPC6WKCND7RGEWNT36OUCH6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728081971412},"type":"text","content":"DeKalb Republican Party Chair Marci McCarthy said she’s disappointed by the outcome of the case."},{"_id":"KREWSUUOYBDZXB2I55HDM22AXE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728081971413},"type":"text","content":"“We’re remaining steadfast in our commitment to ensuring fitness, faith, integrity and trust in our elections,” McCarthy said. “I’m very concerned about the vulnerability of these systems going into our elections.”"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":{"street_address":"Intercontinental Buckhead 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Last week, Hurricane Helene ripped through Georgia, bringing 100-plus-mph winds and catastrophic flooding to the region and killing at least 33 people."},{"_id":"Q5K4TY22OVB2RMZUM53WTPQLSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728068058910},"type":"text","content":"“We’re here in Evans, Georgia, to express our support, our love and our prayers (to) all of the communities, the suffering — it’s not even believable when you look and you see the kind of suffering that’s going on right now,” Trump said."},{"_id":"ECBLRRPDB5BATLCBXQNFVRLIGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728077866216},"type":"text","content":"While Trump was in east Georgia, his running mate, U.S. Sen. 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It did include four exemptions that allowed later abortions — to save the life of the patient, if the fetus would not survive, or if the patient was a victim of rape or incest and had filed a police report."},{"_id":"NKXKSOR6HZFPDLUE2IG7M4GQBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727896383688},"type":"text","content":"The General Assembly passed the law in 2019. It did not take effect, however, until after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 overturned Roe v. 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Brian Kemp. The governor shot down the claim, saying he had spoken to Biden the night before and he appreciated the “bipartisan way” local, state and federal leaders worked together in response to the crisis."},{"_id":"W2P3XA6HWRDD7GKTONGC7N4AWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727897882180},"type":"text","content":"“He just said, ‘Hey, what do you need?’ And I told him, you know, we got what we need. We’ll work through the federal process,” <a href=\"https://x.com/AndrewJBates46/status/1840808960078856520\">Kemp said</a> of his conversation with Biden. “He offered that if there’s other things we need, just to call him directly, which I appreciate.”"},{"_id":"SSTJEGYKYBEMREPLWAC7DPIJGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727897882181},"type":"text","content":"Trump also berated Harris for holding fundraisers in California after the storm hit. Harris was in Washington the day Trump was in Valdosta, meeting with officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency."},{"_id":"TGAO6UYBTFDXXJNXDXKXATJ6JU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727897882182},"type":"text","content":"Trump, meanwhile, spent the weekend after the storm hit on the campaign trail, with events in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. 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The hand count would be compared with the number of scanned ballots and voter check-ins, and then election officials would determine the reason for any discrepancies."},{"_id":"GLXRGY4QLNFXRD6YN5YJCY5H3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768263},"type":"text","content":"Republican State Election Board member Janice Johnston blasted critics’ “irrational and widespread panic” about the rule during a board meeting last week."},{"_id":"W4JJ56QPXBBZLLW567GQJI2RFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768264},"type":"text","content":"“These rules ensure chain of custody on election night so that there are no missing ballots,” Johnston said. “Everyone should take a deep breath and calm down.”"},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"afdf087b90826af0504e6e977857262b042c73d8cf8ae70c7c4c5e85d50f87b7"},"caption":"State Election Board member Janice Johnston said the state's new rule requiring a hand count of ballots will \"ensure chain of custody on election night.\" She added that \"everyone should take a deep breath and calm down.” (Arvin Temkar/AJC)","source":{"system":"AJC Freelancer","name":"AJC Freelancer","edit_url":"","source_type":"wires","source_id":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/aajc 092324 election board day 2 filed at 00010.JPG","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":["66ed731db1cdf92f64aa9bff"],"seo_keywords":["AJC Freelancer"]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"custom","name":"AJC Freelancer","category":"wires"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ.JPG","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"arvin.temkar@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Arvin Temkar","type":"author"}]},"subtype":"Wires","subtitle":"election board day 2\r","width":3300,"_id":"MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/eiafYjr_oCHUbi4hY-tUOKbgeIc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ.JPG","comments":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"66ed731db1cdf92f64aa9bff","keywords":["state election board","AJC Freelancer"],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/eiafYjr_oCHUbi4hY-tUOKbgeIc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ.JPG","takenOn":"2024-09-23T14:38:47Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/eiafYjr_oCHUbi4hY-tUOKbgeIc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ.JPG","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/xz3_oMX0nrVLUcwqkEpM3KpKfOU=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ.JPG","version":2,"originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/aajc 092324 election board day 2 filed at 00010.JPG","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[],"_id":"RJVHE7SG45EORJLSMNIQCVS744","iptc_title":"Visual Journalist"},"created_date":"2024-09-23T14:24:21Z","last_updated_date":"2024-09-23T20:48:43Z","slug":"aajc 092324 election board day 2 ","height":2201,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/MVIJ5OE7JVFIGKXPR5Z466B2QQ.JPG?auth=afdf087b90826af0504e6e977857262b042c73d8cf8ae70c7c4c5e85d50f87b7&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}},{"_id":"D23TJC3K2FEO5AP3DIC6FHG2MI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":23,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768265},"type":"text","content":"There’s little dispute the ballot count will cause a degree of delay in reporting results as the nation watches what happens in Georgia, a swing state in the presidential race between the front-runners, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris."},{"_id":"XMZV7RV44BCH3IO6VUWUFGKTA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768266},"type":"text","content":"It’s unclear whether the delay will be a few minutes or significantly longer, especially in large precincts. Some counties use “runners” to drive memory cards from voting machines to election offices to be quickly counted, but most counties transport paper ballots and memory cards together after they finish closing precincts."},{"_id":"BLP7AM3ILVCFJFI7KRAMORQQ2E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768267},"type":"text","content":"Kristin Nabers, Georgia director of All Voting Is Local, showed a stack of 1,872 pieces of paper to the State Election Board, representing how many ballots poll workers would have to count in a large precinct after working a 14-hour Election Day."},{"_id":"746JKVQMFZEW3ETH4UKKQNSUUU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768268},"type":"text","content":"“Counting thousands of ballots by hand will be an incredibly tedious, expensive and possibly error-prone process,” Nabers said. “Any human errors can be exploited by election deniers to sow distrust and decrease confidence in our elections and in the hardworking election officials that run them.”"},{"_id":"FVJSVNPVEBDR5JBLASJVGAQGIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768269},"type":"text","content":"Some other states conduct similar <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-state-election-board-rules-da1f271f360b15353abebdf9ff183b3d\" target=\"_blank\">election night ballot reconciliation procedures</a>, such as California and Illinois."},{"_id":"3DZBZRPKBVHULKMXBPQX6QHBGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768270},"type":"text","content":"Before California changed from the kind of neighborhood precincts used in Georgia elections to larger vote centers, poll workers reconciled ballots at polling places on election night, a process that took about an hour, Santa Cruz County Clerk Tricia Webber said. Now, ballot boxes are only opened after they’re returned to California election offices."},{"_id":"ZDR4IZFQKZBFPFJS5ATIEWO2RQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727964768271},"type":"text","content":"“They would go through and count the number of pieces of paper to ensure that the number that was tabulated equaled the number of (voter) signatures that were on the roster,” Webber said. “It’s just one tool. There’s just so many things you have to do to ensure the whole election was run properly.”"},{"_id":"4A4PPN2DLNCTRNPKUZXPG6IBWU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727975646174},"type":"text","content":"Ballots have been left behind in scanner bins as recently as this spring’s primary election."},{"_id":"4WVJRCLQOVDKFLSF7OXTGSSWVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727975646180},"type":"text","content":"In Coffee County, during a recount of close local races in May, election workers <a href=\"https://coaltionforgoodgovernance.sharefile.com/share/view/s7ee6941b949f4e449247f0547b59e5e6\" target=\"_blank\">discovered 26 write-in ballots</a> that were sorted into separate compartments from other ballots<b> </b>in ballot boxes. 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His <a href=\"https://ballotassure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">analysis </a>found <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-scrutinizes-double-voting-allegation-in-fulton/FIT6OKELVZGJ7LAROV36AUKR24/\" target=\"_blank\">250 apparent test ballots</a> from Fulton, often with one candidate for the Senate selected and every other race left blank. 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It took nearly a year of legislative wrangling to clear the way for the aid and longer still for it to trickle down to farmers."},{"_id":"VMR46GS4EBDS3CM7Q2K6BDKU2E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727992114938},"type":"text","content":"The governor is pushing for immediate federal aid, but he also has to plan for the long-term response to the pummeling by Helene."},{"_id":"FC2K2Z273NG4DLRUFRG3WWE45I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727992114939},"type":"text","content":"That’s why he’s directly lobbied Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris several times for federal support, and he’s expected to press Trump as well to lock in relief funds. No matter who wins, Georgia will still need longer-term help."},{"_id":"QCBKKC54IFC5VIXADAWW242KOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727988247056},"type":"text","content":"On Monday, Trump visited Valdosta to survey storm damage. At the time he falsely accused Biden of being “<a href=\"https://x.com/bluestein/status/1840803388071526483\">very nonresponsive</a>” to Kemp’s calls for assistance in the days after the storm."},{"_id":"SQOTMH6CCJH3XBU473TBRKVB7I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727988247057},"type":"text","content":"Trump also used the stop to slam Harris for holding fundraisers in California after the storm hit. 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Kemp’s wife, Marty Kemp, said she wrote in her husband’s name in the primary election."},{"_id":"7MNKOOCUMJE67HS4ZHHAZ7YZS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727992114947},"type":"text","content":"Things seemed to come to a tepid truce. 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The next year, the General Assembly dramatically limited the hours and locations for the boxes, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fewer-voters-used-drop-boxes-after-georgia-voting-law-limited-them/WTCPBE7QH5HBBEJB37RSC3FQYY/\" target=\"_blank\">shutting them down</a> more often in cities with higher Black populations. Rural areas with more white voters gained more drop boxes when the law imposed a one-box-per-county minimum."},{"_id":"EIYTUOGZU5HMXAUA2MB56VXDXY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197967},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-absentee-ballot-request-window-opens-for-2024-election/CNROUNRQSZGPJIVBWFLISRKKDY/\" target=\"_blank\">Absentee ballot applications</a> from Black voters were rejected for lateness at a higher rate after the law set an earlier deadline to submit an absentee request. While election officials rarely rejected absentee applications submitted too close to Election Day from 2014 to 2018, Black voters’ untimely absentee requests were denied at higher rates than white voters’ in 2020, and the divide further widened in 2022."},{"_id":"4WJD7FPVONEKFCVUHOTYVWBWRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197968},"type":"text","content":"And requirements for <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/number-of-georgia-voters-without-state-id-declines/FHXQFA5IFJGVXEIYACSQ62ASLI/\" target=\"_blank\">more voter ID</a> had a greater impact on<b> </b>Black voters, who are much less likely to have driver’s licenses or other forms of photo identification, state records show."},{"_id":"NM3TXEOE4NFQFFS5J34BUP6VOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197969},"type":"text","content":"Lawsuits <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/case-launches-battle-over-georgia-voting-law-in-courts-and-campaigns/JCRIPTY53NH2HHR4EXZ4XOLYCY/\" target=\"_blank\">alleging that the law is racially discriminatory</a>, including one filed by the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/feds-sue-georgia-over-new-voting-law/BWMKLI2XJNHIVPCUKJ2HXCDEFY/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Department of Justice</a>, are pending in federal court."},{"_id":"GGIGLWKL6VDHPFN2FEO4ITVU6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197970},"type":"text","content":"“We’re looking at real, serious hurdles and obstacles that are being very intentionally put in the way of Black, brown and young voters,” said Roslyn Satchel, CEO for the New Georgia Project, a liberal voter mobilization organization and one of the plaintiffs. “These laws are biased and inequitable. They were a direct response to the turnout of Black and brown voters in 2020.”"},{"_id":"QPTMO5A43BADJH3BNAO2BUBIVA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197971},"type":"text","content":"So far, a federal judge overseeing the case has <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/effort-to-block-parts-of-georgia-voting-law-rejected-by-federal-judge/6VJH6S3ZO5H2RASCR7CUHPGFAM/\" target=\"_blank\">ruled against allegations of discrimination</a>, finding in preliminary decisions that the evidence was insufficient or the impact on Black voters amounted to “small percentage point differences.”"},{"_id":"AE4IZOZHWBCEDFRL275N5OLXMQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"YJ5DLGLLQJCZ3A4XHQBJGNMURQ"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"Voter turnout\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-wl2i2\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/wl2i2/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"431\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\r\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"WAYNN4TGHRDX7CRH747V47DJPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197972},"type":"text","content":"Republicans <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/bill-changing-georgia-voting-rules-passes-state-house/EY2MATS6SRA77HTOBVEMTJLIT4/\" target=\"_blank\">approved the law</a>, Senate Bill 202, in 2021 in<b> </b>the wake of losing both the presidency and Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats,<b> </b>but they deny the accusation that it treats any race differently. They say <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voter-turnout-in-midterms-falls-short-of-predictions/G6C5QXGO6FGM7GBKZFVAXYAKSQ/\" target=\"_blank\">high turnout in the 2022 midterms</a> disproves allegations of voter suppression."},{"_id":"QVPG6BRXRRD7HLS2HRCHONF5WQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197973},"type":"text","content":"State Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega, said declines in absentee voting — from 26% of turnout in 2020 to 6% in 2022 — means that more voters chose to vote in person after the pandemic, but they weren’t prevented from casting a ballot."},{"_id":"VUPBU73YJZACPHF2S2HM6PNLZI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197974},"type":"text","content":"“The goal is to have more eligible, legal voters participate, regardless of the method they use,” he said. “The fact is SB 202 has withstood judicial scrutiny and made it easier to vote and harder to cheat.”"},{"level":1,"_id":"OVWTUBKDSBGYXDOOCVEEEUS22E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197975},"type":"header","content":"<b>Universal laws, different results</b>"},{"_id":"ZHJYFTV3XFHTPHJ5PX3X4AQM34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197976},"type":"text","content":"Public data analyzed by the AJC shows how voting patterns changed in areas addressed by Georgia’s 2021 voting law."},{"_id":"E25DSY52XZGSHM6LOMTNAMBZGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197977},"type":"text","content":"Supporters of the law’s fewer drop boxes, earlier absentee deadlines and mandates for<b> </b>more voter ID cited security concerns about absentee voting in the 2020 election."},{"_id":"4J5E7R3IPND65PQRZYY7J74DDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197978},"type":"text","content":"Absentee voting among all races <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/will-georgia-voting-laws-reduce-turnout-maybe-not-studies-show/YNNYSZZTIZFVBNWNVANPWMII2A/\" target=\"_blank\">surged </a>during the COVID-19 pandemic, amounting to 26% of all votes cast in 2020, including 30% of Black voters and 24% of white voters, absentee ballot reports from the secretary of state’s office show."},{"_id":"6AYVXBMUVBFBDEHH7YPRAMLLWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197980},"type":"text","content":"After health risks abated and the passage of the voting law, absentee rates fell to about 6% in 2022, with Black and white voters showing a similar decrease."},{"_id":"B7V3UBN7YFDJVDVO4KSPUXRN4A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197981},"type":"text","content":"“What part of SB 202 is more difficult for people who are African American?” said Janelle King, a Republican and the first Black person to serve on the State Election Board in recent years. “We can get ID like everyone else. When it comes to drop boxes, is somehow a Black person going to find it difficult to find the drop box? No, they can find it like everyone else.”"},{"_id":"PWXIZ2HWA5HWBMYJLPSDLYWLPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197982},"type":"text","content":"White voters used absentee voting more often than Black voters until 2018.<b> </b>But that flipped during the 2018 election, when Democrat Stacey Abrams ran against Republican Brian Kemp. Since that election, Black absentee voting rates have exceeded those of white voters."},{"_id":"5MMSH2IW2ZEA7JBHON2VZB2ARY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197983},"type":"text","content":"Changes in voting patterns cannot be entirely attributed to changes in laws. A variety of factors — including voter enthusiasm, wealth, education and election laws — impact turnout."},{"_id":"AHKIUMHMOJDOPAWM5DYE652EDM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727963009993},"type":"text","content":"White voters turned out at higher rates than Black, Hispanic and Asian voters in Georgia, both before and after approval of the state’s 2021 voting law."},{"_id":"DAFUCAOFKJCRXEXIHGV6KV53UM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197985},"type":"text","content":"The plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit argue that voting laws are harder on Black voters because Georgia’s history of discrimination created long-lasting socioeconomic imbalances, such as higher rates of poverty, lower levels of formal education and worse health conditions."},{"_id":"YT62HKGGAZFT7FYPFUTMXYFLK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197986},"type":"text","content":"“This was a targeted effort to cut back and limit voter participation by Black voters and other voters of color, and not just some broad attempt to reform voting in Georgia,” said Julie Houk, an attorney for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which is representing plaintiffs suing Georgia over the law."},{"_id":"F3AEQGFXMNFHXHFURDKI4ZI2EY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197987},"type":"text","content":"Those disadvantages manifest in elections where voters lack time or transportation to vote, live farther from drop box locations or are less likely to have a driver’s license as a form of ID, said Gerald Griggs, president of the Georgia NAACP."},{"_id":"YGP7FVTDNFHSXLNUTFPMOEPLVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197988},"type":"text","content":"“The laws have a disparate impact on voter engagement, voter turnout and voter representation in the state of Georgia. I believe that, for the most part, is intentional,” Griggs said. “The only reason is because you don’t like the way a person is voting. So instead of tailoring your policies to get that person to vote for your side, you want to silence them.”"},{"level":1,"_id":"PURWMFUNJZC25CSCQ6HNOUK6VE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197989},"type":"header","content":"<b>Finding inequalities in election data</b>"},{"_id":"XDNTFY5U35HEBOKKJO6FRSLYIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":243,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197990},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s 98-page voting law altered many parts of voting, but the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/under-georgia-voting-law-absentees-decline-but-turnout-resilient/COFLCIQB5RHOJC27SLQIB4TUM4/\" target=\"_blank\">brunt of it dealt with absentee voting</a>. The law also banned handing out water to voters, gave more access for poll watchers, allowed <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/voter-vs-voter-right-wing-residents-target-thousands-for-cancellation/WORGNRFPWJAF3D2PVFWP346BGI/\" target=\"_blank\">unlimited challenges to voters’ eligibility</a> and disqualified most out-of-precinct provisional ballots."},{"_id":"UASTWK6UZJBAJEP67BV2M5W75A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197993},"type":"text","content":"“The administration and process of elections in Georgia has changed dramatically since 2021,” said Bernard Fraga, an Emory University researcher and an expert for the plaintiffs. “We are no longer in a world, in terms of how elections are administered, that is similar to what we saw in 2020.”"},{"_id":"UINACGXGOJFCXAXADRZVUNSU7Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727895894400},"type":"text","content":"The AJC compared turnout, absentee voting rates, drop box availability, ballot rejection data and numbers of voters without ID. By sorting this information by the self-reported race voters chose when they registered, patterns emerged in some areas — drop boxes, absentee application rejections and voter ID."},{"level":1,"_id":"P27EGBFCVNBKVGSQM7BXB5KDMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197996},"type":"header","content":"<b>Ballot drop boxes</b>"},{"_id":"6AHX62FUOFDFTMEE4DC47GIUK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727886288061},"type":"text","content":"The voting law restricted drop boxes by capping them at 1 per every 100,000 active registered voters in each county, but it required at least one drop box in every county. The result is that smaller rural counties that didn’t offer drop boxes in 2020 were required to provide at least one, while larger, urban counties had fewer boxes to go around. The law also limited drop box availability to in-person early voting locations during voting hours, minimizing their usefulness."},{"_id":"IUQMZRN3CJDXFHUZF3IJ6JGZCI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197997},"type":"text","content":"Overall, the number of drop boxes in Georgia declined from 295 in 2020 to 178 in 2022, according to court filings."},{"_id":"BJ3QJW5E6BFZLCNZ7MONQFBKAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873197998},"type":"text","content":"The largest reductions in drop boxes occurred in Fulton, DeKalb and Gwinnett counties, which account for one-third of Georgia’s Black population, said a court declaration by Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who prepared a report for the U.S. Department of Justice in its lawsuit against the voting law."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"2ceff68aad48503452698cd471bd03d58e30523e6ca790238212c2814b575a06"},"source":{"system":"photo center","name":"AJC","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI.png","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[]},"subtitle":"voting law drop boxes","width":953,"_id":"MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/UKb_85uEyYFTF5kE3e6Dzp88QYo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI.png","owner":"isaac.sabetai@ajc.com","comments":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/UKb_85uEyYFTF5kE3e6Dzp88QYo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI.png","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/UKb_85uEyYFTF5kE3e6Dzp88QYo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI.png","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/cuWW59DZnancAm4pQ9muYEHVsWA=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI.png","version":0,"originalName":"voting bill chart drop boxes before after.png","mime_type":"image/png","restricted":false,"template_id":594,"galleries":[],"_id":"67PAPSQ2WJDUPG3D7MPB76MG4U"},"created_date":"2021-05-05T00:50:17Z","last_updated_date":"2021-05-05T00:50:17Z","height":953,"image_type":"photograph","resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/MCTBHFHJXRCNXHKZ4KMNKZVJRI.png?auth=2ceff68aad48503452698cd471bd03d58e30523e6ca790238212c2814b575a06&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}},{"level":1,"_id":"6S5HXWNW2NAZHAYCPTP5LA3EWI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727886288064},"type":"header","content":"<b>Absentee ballots</b>"},{"_id":"DEUH67Q64VETBMXJZMTMMUWJHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727886288065},"type":"text","content":"The voting law moved the deadline to submit an absentee ballot application to 11 days before Election Day, resulting in a sharp increase in the application rejection rate. In past elections, voters could request absentee ballots until the Friday before an election."},{"_id":"IQZTQCQVVRHR3PXBBDVMYQ5TSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198000},"type":"text","content":"About 28% of absentee application rejections for Black voters were because of lateness, compared with 24% of white voters’ rejections, according to state election data from 2022."},{"_id":"TWSA4GFXIBC6FEQ2SYFZQPYDEQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"UCI5FS3WE5ESXHOMCG5VZDQXKY"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"Absentee ballot applications rejected for lateness\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-ZEdIT\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/ZEdIT/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"433\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\r\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"4D4E7BSW65AORIWIEBBIIGHUZE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198001},"type":"text","content":"Absentee ballot applications can be rejected for multiple reasons, including missing signatures, missing birth dates or invalid mailing addresses, but before the law, late absentee ballot applications were rejected at a much lower rate. After the law, lateness became the No. 1 reason for absentee application rejections."},{"_id":"VBW7XNXCZZAZXDWYM5QKHGR5OI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727886288068},"type":"text","content":"Black voters’ absentee requests also were rejected at higher rates than white voters in previous years, but the number of applications submitted too late spiked after the voting law."},{"_id":"QGJGJA6PM5C4TGEM2LZ73WQC5E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198003},"type":"text","content":"Nearly 10% of Black voters’ absentee ballot application rejections were for lateness in 2020, compared with 7% of white voters’ applications. In 2018, the disparity was narrower — just over 5% of Black voters and slightly under 5% of white voters. Comparable data is unavailable for previous years."},{"_id":"LRYLXNZLN5AUFCQMV6XMBTTYGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198004},"type":"text","content":"Supporters of the earlier application deadline said it was needed to ensure that voters had enough time to receive and return absentee ballots before the state’s deadline at 7 p.m. on Election Day."},{"level":1,"_id":"EM4Z5CCAYJFAPGALLOY6CQVKCA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727886288071},"type":"header","content":"<b>Voter ID</b>"},{"_id":"WU3WKGJ5GJHM3FOFORGEPFHXAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727886288072},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s voting law mandated additional ID when requesting and returning absentee ballots, but Black voters <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-absentee-id-law-has-outsized-impact-on-black-and-metro-voters/ZFAZVG46EZEL5MUICUQI6SHQ44/\" target=\"_blank\">make up a majority</a> of registered voters in Georgia who lack a driver’s license or state ID number, the easiest methods of providing identification. Voters who don’t have an ID number must provide a photocopy of another form of ID for absentee voting, such as a U.S. passport, military ID or bank statement."},{"_id":"33AQRJF2KVAOTPMHQR5E2WWILM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198007},"type":"text","content":"Of 154,000 Georgia voters without an ID number on file with election officials, 58% are Black. The numbers come from a 2021 state list of voters without ID numbers, which the AJC matched to their public registration information."},{"_id":"A47RRAS2J5HDFHOW3EUSE7KCQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198008},"type":"text","content":"Black voters account for 30% of all registered voters, meaning they are overrepresented among voters without an ID. About 25% of voters without ID numbers were white voters, lower than their 53% share of the state’s registered voters. The racial breakdown of voters without ID remained similar in 2022, according to court filings."},{"_id":"N5E4DNJES5A5ZAH3237TZOEKUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198010},"type":"text","content":"Georgia has required photo ID for in-person voting since 2008."},{"_id":"AQQYYA6N4ZG63LWX4TDIQ4345A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727896154563},"type":"text","content":"Lawsuits against the voting law also have alleged racial disparities in provisions such as challenges to voters’ eligibility, the disqualification of provisional ballots cast in the wrong polling place and the ban on refreshments to voters. Evidence for or against those parts of the law are being disputed in court."},{"level":1,"_id":"EVMPWJBLUVDV7BEE7KK5MVATKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198011},"type":"header","content":"<b>The court battle so far</b>"},{"_id":"ZYSTINCBJBDFLFXLMPCMKQ6QVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198012},"type":"text","content":"Allegations of racial disparities <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-rejects-attempt-to-stop-parts-of-georgia-voting-law/B5F4HCEG4FDWBNCHOKDC3TYN44/\" target=\"_blank\">haven’t persuaded</a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-rejects-attempt-to-stop-parts-of-georgia-voting-law/B5F4HCEG4FDWBNCHOKDC3TYN44/\" target=\"_blank\"> a federal judge</a> to invalidate parts of Georgia’s voting law. Plaintiffs in the case argue the law violates the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in elections."},{"_id":"O3VSGKNSPBES5O7G6NSHMKXDRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198013},"type":"text","content":"“Any such burden on voters is slight, irrespective of race,” Gene Schaerr, a special assistant Georgia attorney general, wrote in a court filing last year."},{"_id":"ZKL274IZZVHJ7EQSJYD5X2RK5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198014},"type":"text","content":"The judge in the case has upheld most of the voting law so far. In a few examples, he wrote that racial disparities weren’t significant, such as in a ruling on voter ID."},{"_id":"GCUX5TBEDZGINEKIDITO4DI65Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198015},"type":"text","content":"“Plaintiffs presented no evidence that Black registered voters fail to have the other acceptable forms of identification allowed by the statute at a statistically higher rate than white voters,” U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee wrote in an October 2023 order denying summary judgment. “The court cannot find at this time that the identification provision has a disparate impact on Black voters.”"},{"_id":"NXN23V7HBVFA5FUYSOCVVEJXKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198016},"type":"text","content":"Boulee, an appointee of then-President Trump, has blocked some parts of the law."},{"_id":"RIOYN6IBYJDVTBTWC35QYW5ZNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198017},"type":"text","content":"He <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/food-and-water-ban-at-the-polls-upheld-in-georgia-elections/XQVWU5KSXFC4JN7JLKSBKV2LSI/\" target=\"_blank\">prohibited criminal penalties</a> for handing out food and drinks to voters waiting in line as long as they’re outside 150 feet of a polling place, and he <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/effort-to-block-parts-of-georgia-voting-law-rejected-by-federal-judge/6VJH6S3ZO5H2RASCR7CUHPGFAM/\" target=\"_blank\">barred counties</a> from rejecting ballots of voters who didn’t write their correct date of birth on absentee ballot envelopes."},{"_id":"OMI3OMSFXZALJD77D4CX5WQLAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198018},"type":"text","content":"Those rulings are being appealed. The case could go to trial next year."},{"level":1,"_id":"ARZ3C7OZZRB6BP7A76CFHRIT6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198019},"type":"header","content":"<b>A more secure 2024 election?</b>"},{"_id":"KGX6MXDDRNDRLCENKQR5DGU34A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198020},"type":"text","content":"Conservative activist Catherine Davis, who challenged Gov. Brian Kemp in the 2022 Republican primary, doesn’t believe that voting laws have made it more difficult for Black voters to cast their ballots. She said the voting law strengthened election standards for all Georgians regardless of race."},{"_id":"WHPLKN6IIZE7XHLLVQXFAVF4FI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198022},"type":"text","content":"“I don’t know that I would attribute an accurate accounting of votes as something nefarious,” said Davis, who is Black. “Because of SB 202, or any other election integrity law that passed, they were doing what they were designed to do, which is to bring about a more secure election.”"},{"_id":"JH3CRYW3EFA6DDKZYNJ5HCBDL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198023},"type":"text","content":"Opponents of the law see it as yet another way to create hurdles to exercising their voting rights."},{"_id":"T7ZMQXG6SJFLVLHZYUJI63FG3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727873198024},"type":"text","content":"“It happens for a reason. There’s a reason the law affects communities of color more,” said Marty Monegain, executive director of the Black Man Lab, an organization dedicated to empowering Black men that is <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-kemp-says-its-too-soon-to-weigh-in-on-gun-policy-debate/6ROLTBB34VDILPYS3D5X5XVVBI/\" target=\"_blank\">holding events in 13 Georgia cities</a> this fall to mobilize voters. “We have to make sure that our people are politically aware, knowing what these laws are and also understand that they can actually affect any election — local, statewide, as well as on a national level.”"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":"An Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of the state’s election law overhaul shows disparities between Black and white voters"},"description":{"basic":"An Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of the state’s election law overhaul shows disparities between Black and white voters."},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/politics","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Politics","description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","_id":"/politics","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"true","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","TopicsBar2023":null,"BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_politics":null,"subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/politics/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","site_title":"AJC Georgia Politics | What's really going on in politics"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Politics","cohort_desktop_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg","cohort":"true","cohort_mobile_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Politics","_id":"/politics","ancestors":{"TopicsBar2023":[],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_politics":[],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1035,"default":1085,"MainMenu2024":1002,"SectionMap":1124,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./politics","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/politics","name":"Politics"},"tags":[{"text":"politics.ajc"},{"text":"legislature"},{"text":"elections"},{"text":"elections-voting"},{"text":"teamsusan"},{"text":"RunAutoLink_EK7PHEZ52NDF5GUDQOHFZSQ4KA"},{"text":"gapolitics"},{"text":"georgia-news.ajc"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"726e018205585cd965a87a9e7656c0f425806997e7144d4987ea9cae26e87104"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Jason Getz/AJC","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com","type":"author"}]},"subtitle":"092924 voting disparities","width":7794,"caption":"With the John Lewis statue in the background, Marty Monegain, executive director of the Black Man Lab, holds a press conference last month at the Decatur Square. 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Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney sided with the plaintiffs, overturning the law, which outlawed the procedure in most cases once a doctor could detect fetal cardiac activity, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many know they are pregnant."},{"_id":"WYFQUM7YQVDF7NE3W54UCHAEPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727805661473},"type":"text","content":"McBurney’s order <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-strikes-down-georgias-abortion-ban/4PWIUSQDMNAPRNRQ6HEA7LPQC4/\" target=\"_blank\">allows abortions up to about 22 weeks</a> of pregnancy and declared the more restrictive law violated the state constitution."},{"_id":"RST2INMQP5DUXHUWWF77H275TI","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"YZW5PCVCVRGQ7EZFV32CGTUP3Q"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Judge strikes down Georgia’s abortion ban","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-strikes-down-georgias-abortion-ban/4PWIUSQDMNAPRNRQ6HEA7LPQC4/"},{"_id":"VAUKRPJVBVH65CZVTTABLSRPFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727815221029},"type":"text","content":"A spokeswoman with the attorney general’s office said the state plans to appeal, but for now Georgia has the least restrictive abortion law in the South."},{"_id":"5QK3ROTIRJFYPO53RHGKHQDRTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727813872945},"type":"text","content":"In his order, McBurney said the law took away a woman’s liberty to make choices about her own body."},{"_id":"ROMW7WDFXJA7LOKXM3QLLIT7BM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727813872948},"type":"text","content":"“It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could — or should — force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another,” he wrote."},{"_id":"D3SDMACTP5H3BNPK2Z6AIQ2OBQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727813872949},"type":"text","content":"State Sen. 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He said state law requires disputes about fraud and other irregularities to be decided in the courts — not by unelected election board members."},{"_id":"2GRQSTR2E5BT7FHXNHWX5XI6AE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":265,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1727736414949},"type":"text","content":"Democrats fear a repeat of the 2020 election, when Trump alleged the election was stolen and unsuccessfully fought the outcome in court. Investigations debunked allegations of <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-investigation-dispels-allegations-highlighted-in-2000-mules/DREWO27XXBF7PB4DGTBXWGQYV4/\" target=\"_blank\">drop box ballot stuffing</a>, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/no-counterfeit-ballots-found-by-georgia-election-investigators/OFRHJDGKOJH7BMKCH77VMR63NM/\" target=\"_blank\">counterfeit ballots</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/alleged-dead-georgia-voters-found-alive-and-well-after-2020-election/DAL3VY7NFNHL5OREMHD7QECOCA/\" target=\"_blank\">ineligible voters</a>.<b> </b>Three counts showed <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-recount-confirms-biden-win-again-but-trump-still-battling/OZGAOQCMKVFG7G43L5PSF3BNHM/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Biden won the presidential contest in Georgia</a> by about 12,000 votes."},{"_id":"HM47G7QWGRF7XH4TTO4YTLGCEQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727736414950},"type":"text","content":"The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the State Election Board include the Democratic National Committee, the Georgia Democratic Party and Democrats on county election boards. 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Thurman waited 20 hours for treatment at Piedmont Henry Hospital after traveling to North Carolina, where she received abortion pills. When the abortion didn’t complete, she developed sepsis. 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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have also <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/more-members-of-georgias-delegation-say-postmaster-dejoy-should-resign/VKQBTDVSABD2DGLQCXVDNLKDTQ/\">called on DeJoy to resign</a>."},{"_id":"2C6QWNY3QVFOBLMOXKPQ2KBA7A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":45,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1727294612175},"type":"text","content":"In their letter, the House Republicans noted “many of our constituents have lost faith in mail delivery by the (U.S. Postal Service) in Georgia due to delays caused by the implementation of the United States Postal Service Delivering<b> </b>for America Plan.”"},{"_id":"IR3R5WHLBZGT3EZ5IDFOH2JVRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":92,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1727294612176},"type":"text","content":"That plan, announced in March 2021, called for consolidating services as one component, and included opening the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Palmetto in February."},{"_id":"HMMSLXHBPFFMLK43CJ7VY3RE74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727294612177},"type":"text","content":"The letter mentions that <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/amid-widespread-delays-atlantas-post-office-customers-say-trust-eroding/Y6MI7F5W6ZAMHCI3PPZNZU76XQ/\">most of the complaints</a> deal with problems at the Palmetto facility."},{"_id":"BQJR2MOPPFE6BM6G2LSYYW7Q5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":27,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1727294612178},"type":"text","content":"DeJoy has said in the past the Postal Service was working to increase staffing and improve services there. More recently, he told reporters he was certain the Postal Service would be ready to handle the influx of ballots by mail nationwide in the coming weeks."},{"_id":"XKJBNQRCQBEBFJARGIJ5NBT26Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727294612179},"type":"text","content":"Under the current system, a president does not have the power to directly fire a postmaster general."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"ad2db6daab66776e116acef22eab3c269e381f928754fd8d5fcbd255d775ec3b"},"caption":"The names of independent candidate Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz, the nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, will appear on Georgia’s presidential ballot, but the state Supreme Court ruled that votes for them will not count. 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Then <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voters-will-choose-from-six-presidential-candidates-in-november/L4ZWHCPOSJDIHLJJVPEBRVJFEQ/\">Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger </a>said they would. Two <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/independent-cornel-west-and-socialist-claudia-de-la-cruz-disqualified-from-presidential-race-in-georgia/YM5447HMMBGNLK6WHG5OLURSJE/\">Fulton County Superior Court</a> judges, in separate rulings, disqualified the two far-left candidates — West is running as an independent, and De la Cruz is the standard-bearer of the Party for Socialism and Liberation."},{"_id":"774RGG4KANGXFIEZJQE36UT7M4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727358684986},"type":"text","content":"The campaigns for both candidates then appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court, which ruled this past week that votes for West and De la Cruz will not count."},{"_id":"5U3B2EVIERGCJMS7PXIXCKANS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727358684987},"type":"text","content":"The decision ended a two-month legal battle in which the Georgia Democratic Party attempted to block the two candidates from the ballot, fearing they could siphon votes away from Vice President Kamala Harris and help former President Donald Trump. The Georgia GOP intervened on behalf of West and De la Cruz."},{"_id":"J6LMMOSYSVEQ5NYRMHPPQFI45A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727358684988},"type":"text","content":"The ballot, however, will include West’s and De la Cruz’s names."},{"_id":"6HOSAZAD5FALRDKZFDL3MIJ7BQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":106,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1727358684989},"type":"text","content":"Attorney Elizabeth Young, representing Raffensperger during a hearing this past week, told the high court there is not enough time to remove their names from printed ballots and programmed voting machines."},{"_id":"VJNV55E6SJAVRHOM3RFOAJMYWE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727358684990},"type":"text","content":"Under the Supreme Court’s ruling, polling locations will be required to prominently display signs notifying voters that ballots cast for either candidate will not be counted."},{"_id":"O6M4VE7RFJFZPMZU4RHQH7HRNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727301270799},"type":"text","content":"West and De la Cruz cleared the minimum of 7,500 petition signatures to qualify for the ballot, but state law requires those signatures to be submitted in the name of one of a candidate’s state electors. 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The new <a href=\"https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64762\" target=\"_blank\">law </a>allows parents to enroll their children in schools closer to their jobs or near family members’ homes, she said."},{"_id":"QW7DVKQUINDLTD2QLAEUFI7XQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727296964159},"type":"text","content":"“People are really excited about the Georgia Promise Scholarship,” she said. “If anything, they’re upset that it doesn’t start until next year.”"},{"_id":"EK65EBHLTRDGJCVYY5W7IO6H2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727296964160},"type":"text","content":"Most voters in Georgia oppose using taxpayer funds to pay for private schooling. 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She also criticized the way the Democrats operate during critical votes."},{"_id":"BMPVEDQY5JCY7NJVGZR5HXBR4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727368460058},"type":"text","content":"“On the Democrat side, you must do what they tell you to do or you are blackballed. On the Republican side, they understand that everybody’s district is different,” she said."},{"_id":"F462HWYLAFBLHKUNM4P2353ZQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727368460061},"type":"text","content":"State Rep. Sam Park, a Democrat from Lawrenceville and minority whip in the House, strongly opposed Mainor’s characterization of the party."},{"_id":"DJENZVFMGRHPZF743UXHXYG5AU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727368460062},"type":"text","content":"“Running for office is about serving your constituents who voted for you because they trusted you to do what’s in their best interest, not your own. It’s unfortunate that Mesha Mainor has made this all about herself,” he said. “My hope is that the voters in her district this year will send a clear message that, again, politics is not about an individual person trying to climb the ladder. It’s about serving the people.”"},{"_id":"NYKJWT5ATRDNBCYW25LVDEVVZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727296964163},"type":"text","content":"Mainor said she is<b> </b>open to following her constituents’ lead on certain issues. 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One <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-republican-gen-z-influencer-aims-for-georgia-house-seat/UMDDQZPDYJGQLIG23MKJNJ22TU/\">Republican Gen Z influencer</a> had competed for an open Georgia House seat this spring, but <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/republican-gary-richardson-wins-augusta-area-georgia-house-seat/6VNWG3TFKNBKBGCGTU72NWJWDA/\">lost his runoff in a special election </a>to temporarily fill a vacant seat in House District 125 and <a href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/121186/web.317647/#/summary\">declined to run again in the May primary</a>."},{"_id":"Y2GDINJLYNGRDCK5TLHGZ7DSEU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575029},"type":"text","content":"(There are several millennial<b> </b>Republican lawmakers currently serving in the Statehouse who just missed the Gen Z cutoff: State Rep. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4955\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Gaines</a> is 29, and state Reps. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/5018\" target=\"_blank\">Mitchell Horner</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4962\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Sainz</a> are 30, as is state Sen. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4933\" target=\"_blank\">Colton Moore</a>.)"},{"_id":"BQNB53XEUVAZZPM7XLYUJ6RJ5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575030},"type":"text","content":"Because they presumably<b> </b>have more years ahead of them than behind, the message brought by these Gen Z candidates is forward-looking."},{"_id":"7SSLREIEYREABFQ6Z4ESUXAOPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575031},"type":"text","content":"“My community needs long-term thinking for the future, whether that’s addressing the climate change crisis, protecting our democracy or making sure we govern technology in the right way,” Ramaswami said. “These are all areas that I believe Gen Z is especially uniquely suited to lead on.”"},{"_id":"WSMOJHRXFVE2NLDLTPMRHR7K6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727209417411},"type":"text","content":"He is running against state Sen. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/5016\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Still</a>, a Republican, in the 48th District, which covers parts of Johns Creek, Sugar Hill and south Forsyth County."},{"_id":"PKXRTW2OFZCCZCGVF2W7MJIO7E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727224012611},"type":"text","content":"Still easily carried the district in his first run for office in 2022, but he was among 18 people indicted in 2023 alongside former President Donald Trump in an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential vote in the state. Still has <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-election-interference-case-against-georgia-senator-resumes/GQJK6AXUA5BO5GG2CE4JAJW2QE/\" target=\"_blank\">pleaded not guilty</a> to the charges, but Ramaswami has seized upon the indictment as one reason why voters should not reelect him."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"451d489d3d4a053a9dc8f7b54cf0163424430872d841427673aac2bf66aaafb3"},"caption":"Gabriel Sanchez (center), a Democratic Socialist, won the Democratic Party primary in May against state Rep. Teri Anulewicz. He faces Republican Diane Jackson in November. 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They were just entering the workforce when Joe Biden won the nation’s highest office. And their childhood and young adulthood have been shaped by a pandemic and political movements, such as the racial unrest of 2020."},{"_id":"TEXLHLB2R5DFBG5ICMD63TN67U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575034},"type":"text","content":"Both Sanchez and Berry have been personally touched by racial injustice."},{"_id":"7P6ELZAA4BEDPOMAWRJT2KZLJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":57,"comment":"Black "}],"comments":[{"date":"2024-09-25T16:28:42.749Z","start":152,"end":154,"text":"added location of his shooting so readers would know it wasn't in miami","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"},{"date":"2024-09-25T16:40:15.893Z","start":62,"end":64,"text":"slightly tweaked so Black is not standing alone","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1727204190386},"type":"text","content":"Sanchez was classmates in Miami with Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old Black youth who was fatally shot on his walk back from a convenience store in Sanford, Florida, in 2012. He is running in the Georgia House’s 42nd District in Smyrna, a heavily Democratic-leaning area that voted for Biden by 70% in 2020."},{"_id":"FU5MD4G4E5GMLHCV5TNJ3L6N3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727272828628},"type":"text","content":"Sanchez defeated incumbent state Rep. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4915\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Anulewicz</a> in the Democratic primary in May and will face Republican nominee Diane Jackson in November."},{"_id":"S6MT72GBUBFX3EZYKXVIQ27P2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727204190387},"type":"text","content":"Berry grew up in St. Louis when Michael Brown, an<b> </b>18-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by a police officer<b> </b>in the suburb of Ferguson."},{"_id":"LCVFNZOMUJBK7AW5KMAGO6IGFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575035},"type":"text","content":"“That moment in time, the effect it had on me as a 13-year-old kid, the effect it had on me as a young Black man, growing up and seeing a community that was not being invested in,” Berry said, “was the whole impetus of why I got into political spaces.”"},{"_id":"ZCY3TOQQR5ELXOFSMKO46SQMRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727204190389},"type":"text","content":"Berry is running <a href=\"https://georgia.redistrictingandyou.org/?districtType=ad&propA=genassm_20211108&propB=house_genassm_20231128&selected=-84.435,33.760&opacity=1.29#%26map=11.25/33.7774/-84.4293\" target=\"_blank\">in a district that voted for Biden by 91%</a> against state Rep. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4995\" target=\"_blank\">Mesha Mainor</a>, who <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-rep-mesha-mainor-switches-to-republican-party-after-voucher-vote/SJ66GF7GRZFRLKIXQWOGZHL7PE/\" target=\"_blank\">switched parties</a> last year and is running for reelection as a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/opinion-the-toxic-years-that-led-to-mesha-mainors-party-switch/PKLPOFONBBEVZORFKGYNWAAUK4/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican</a>."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"c369537d396b2444e0f511ba9bcf95bc497ef01b62c6612b5c8ec1636ef05af0"},"caption":"Democratic candidate for Georgia House District 56 Bryce Berry speaks to voters at an event at Calvary UMC church in Atlanta on Thursday, September 19, 2024. 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They are also a diverse group."},{"_id":"32KQOQSBRVGGXPRJ6NLKSKOU6A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727204190392},"type":"text","content":"Ramaswami, if elected, would be the only Indian American in the Legislature. Smith, who is running against Republican House Rules Chairman <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/183\" target=\"_blank\">Butch Parrish</a>, would be the only blind lawmaker serving under the Gold Dome. Hamza Nazir, 25, who is running in Forsyth County against Republican Sen. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4925\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Dolezal</a>, would be one of the only Muslim legislators."},{"_id":"7N45LIVXXVAJLMORLWS2ZYJETQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727204190393},"type":"text","content":"Sanchez, who is Latino, said his background is partially what inspired his candidacy."},{"_id":"4E4EZ6NNSFDSDFRH6B3JYAAKXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575037},"type":"text","content":"“We have very little Latino representation in Georgia, and so I felt like it was time for me to step up,” he said."},{"_id":"AXCZQIZYPZHO7BXI4FBDZWP5CA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575038},"type":"text","content":"Compared with their Democratic peers in the General Assembly, these young candidates tack further left, especially Sanchez, who has the backing of the Atlanta chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. While their chances of victory vary by district and situation, their more liberal approach may play with Georgia’s young voters."},{"_id":"OVJCENOFENHEBGYRGSQ7LKKI6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727272828637},"type":"text","content":"In 2020, <a href=\"https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/election-week-2020#the-youth-vote-state-by-state\" target=\"_blank\">58% of voters 18-29 in Georgia selected Biden, compared with 39% for Trump</a>. Two years later, that same age group voted 59% for Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock over GOP challenger Herschel Walker, who got just 38% of the vote."},{"_id":"FKDJARMUANE43HH2O2CKQFC7UM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727273523540},"type":"text","content":"They’re also part of a wave of young people across the nation interested in seeking public office. In 2010, fewer than 2% of people ages 18-25 ran for an elected position. By 2020, that rate had increased to nearly 4%, <a href=\"https://circle.tufts.edu/sites/default/files/2022-09/circle_running_for_office.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">according to a Tufts University study</a>."},{"level":1,"_id":"PCM2BIY4MNCB7NQY74WQ4PCJJI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575039},"type":"header","content":"<b>House of the rising young</b>"},{"_id":"UKM6YIOJ2BE53BZA463BFNRWKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575042},"type":"text","content":"One of the top issues these candidates said they discuss with voters is access to affordable housing. That includes both the ability to buy a home in their community as well as protecting renters."},{"_id":"UPXAOW7SCRDNXO2VUJAGEDSTFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":166,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575043},"type":"text","content":"“Homeownership is good, and it’s a goal,” Berry said. “But when you look at communities like mine, especially younger people in the state, the majority of people rent and so we need policies that look at renters as well.”"},{"_id":"2P4KVG5X5JCB3DAPOUU7LJNI5U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575044},"type":"text","content":"It’s an issue he feels every month."},{"_id":"Q3XVQSF6JZAULNVDKFC63STS5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575045},"type":"text","content":"“There’s a check that I have that I use for rent, and there’s a check that I use for other bills,” Berry said. “It shouldn’t be that way.”"},{"_id":"BB5GGVQVXNGEVPFJHS7VLU7J44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":45,"comment":"this "}],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575046},"type":"text","content":"More than <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/these-are-the-top-issues-on-the-minds-of-georgia-voters-ahead-of-election-day/CVXJORHYCNBWBCJFJ3AHWP4AC4/\">one-quarter of those surveyed last </a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/these-are-the-top-issues-on-the-minds-of-georgia-voters-ahead-of-election-day/CVXJORHYCNBWBCJFJ3AHWP4AC4/\">month in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll</a>, about 27%, said inflation and the cost of living will have the biggest influence on their vote for president. Among voters 18-29, 38% said it’s their top priority."},{"_id":"MXMZJBE4YVAOZBQM7SG4YXS3AQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575048},"type":"text","content":"“We need to realize that people are struggling and can barely afford to live right now,” Sanchez said."},{"_id":"JOZVOXEAINEX5MV4DSP2FGERXM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575049},"type":"text","content":"Part of the answer, he said, is focusing on improving conditions for workers to give them more money to buy homes."},{"_id":"OKHKI2LRI5FH7IKDNVIBQXOGEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727110575050},"type":"text","content":"“Georgia is the No. 1 state to do business. 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They say it wouldn’t take long for three poll workers in each precinct to sort ballots into piles of 50 and make sure the count is right."},{"_id":"XHBYPB7DA5HTTNWLUBFWZTSCUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726746620255},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“A policy that says the number of ballots in hand at the end of Election Day has to match the number of people who walk in that precinct, you have to be kidding me if you think there’s something nefarious about that,” Janelle King, a Republican appointee to the State Election Board, said last month. “I don’t want to hurt anybody. 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In practice, Doss said the only way to do the hand count would be on election night."},{"_id":"KUUB2ME4EBA45G3TFASUWABDMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726746620259},"type":"text","content":"Several county election boards and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-officials-organization-opposes-rule-changes/252HYNHEP5GAXEZ5MMF6QYGLSE/\">warned the State Election Board</a> against passing more new rules. 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But ballots have already been printed, and absentee ballots will begin to be mailed Oct. 7."},{"_id":"XV3SIJ526ZALPE4V73XC6V5H7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726746620264},"type":"text","content":"The absentee ballot tracking initiative would also be difficult to achieve without government funding or a clear plan, they said."},{"_id":"VCCIXUXFFFGMVHMWZDH5P6OTAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726746620265},"type":"text","content":"Doss said certified mail delivery through the U.S. Postal Service would <a href=\"https://www.usps.com/ship/insurance-extra-services.htm\">cost $4 per ballot</a>, though supporters of the proposal have said they’d seek options that come with a minimal expense. 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Unlike the 34 vapes authorized for sale to adults in the United States, these illegal vapes are made with unknown materials and ingredients. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that “Elf Bar,” an illegal Chinese vape, is the top choice for underage users for the second year in a row."},{"_id":"3M4OLYDT6BHDJDLCZ3XB3JMJSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919868},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The FDA’s failure to authorize safer products for adult smokers while banning popular alternatives without an enforcement strategy has made our communities less safe. Many small convenience stores and vape shops are unknowingly selling these illegal products. Meanwhile, adult smokers trying to quit cigarettes are not receiving the reliable products they need to help kick their combustible nicotine habits."},{"_id":"NJ4BNU2KC5ARFA2C3HSOVCGM3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919869},"type":"text","content":"As the federal government struggles to regulate these products, states and local communities must step up. Banning vapes entirely doesn’t work — it simply pushes the market underground, where illegal products thrive and kids are at greater risk. What’s needed is common-sense regulation that makes it clear which products are legal and which aren’t, so retailers and law enforcement can work together to protect our kids and support adult smokers."},{"_id":"ICZ6RZ2USBFV7PBHPS247W434Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919870},"type":"text","content":"One effective solution is a statewide vape directory — a published list of authorized vaping products that retailers and law enforcement can reference to ensure only safe, legal products are on store shelves. With Chinese manufacturers frequently renaming products to evade scrutiny, expecting shop owners to stay informed without support is unrealistic."},{"_id":"EVZXFNKIZRCSRPJCYZKCNJUSVM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"IDDZ4NMQEZHOXBQEDXBNMT6GJM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Emory study finds ‘invisible threat’ to kids from secondhand vape exposure","url":"https://www.ajc.com/pulse/emory-study-finds-invisible-threat-to-kids-from-secondhand-vape-exposure/QLIXDGB5LRCVLONK5NGT4BYFFU/"},{"_id":"IMLQU6G2RJEX7F2VI4EQC3LCZE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":255,"comment":", dangerous"}],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919871},"type":"text","content":"Several states, including Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, are already exploring or adopting vape directories. A Georgia directory would help retailers, law enforcement and consumers make informed decisions while keeping illegal vapes that contain dangerous substances like fentanyl off the market."},{"_id":"MDMZCS2RMNEUXFX5TQMNDEQDS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":345,"comment":"e-cigarettes"}],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919872},"type":"text","content":"While quitting smoking altogether is the best path forward, authorized vapes can play a critical role in helping adult smokers quit cigarettes. According to established research and commentary from both the FDA and the surgeon general, smokers who switch to vaping can realize significant health benefits. If every smoker in America switched to electronic cigarettes, it could save 300,000 lives each year."},{"_id":"WB2LWEACIZDERGEETYSWP6E5UM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919873},"type":"text","content":"A vape directory would provide clarity for Georgia retailers and law enforcement, ensuring that adult smokers can access safer alternatives and that illegal vapes targeting our youth with kid-friendly flavors such as cotton candy and bubble gum are kept off the shelves."},{"_id":"D54P6PLNAFA2JDF2PYXU27CASM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919874},"type":"text","content":"The only real opposition to this idea comes from special interests — in particular, a handful of vape shop owners that prefer to continue profiting from these illegal products. However, the health and safety of Georgia’s children must take priority."},{"_id":"772E4TZ2DZCWHAVLOHMK5YZQSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919875},"type":"text","content":"This school year, we can make a difference. As someone who battled nicotine addiction for years, I firmly believe it’s time to create a Georgia nicotine vapor products directory to keep our kids safe and protect adult smokers’ access to lifesaving alternatives."},{"_id":"JI4PPWEOFZC7FAZN75WZNUXBQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726233919876},"type":"text","content":"<i>Nan Orrock is a Georgia state senator from Atlanta who serves on the Health and Human Services committee.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":"The dangerous devices could be better regulated with a vape directory. "},"description":{"basic":"A dangerous threat coming to schools: Illegal disposable vapes from China. 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In fact, of the 82 successful Section 2 cases over the past 40 years, <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/20/voting-rights-act-lawsuit/\">only 15</a> were filed solely by a U.S. attorney general."},{"_id":"YMNEDIV4SZEDTHPNL6YNGWCWYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896527},"type":"text","content":"But in federal court cases in <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-judge-throws-out-georgias-redistricting-orders-new-maps/OCXTSZBQ7ZGY7PWJWFELWRK6EA/\">Georgia</a> and <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1250937356/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting\">elsewhere</a>, Carr and his GOP colleagues argue that Congress never explicitly authorized private lawsuits under the provision and courts should no longer assume they’re allowed."},{"_id":"4JQ5RGOFXFAABH52S5MEMJ4TSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896528},"type":"text","content":"“It’s definitely one of the many indicators that we can’t assume that the existing law that protects the right to vote is going to get the kind of respect that either politicians or the courts have given it in the past,” said Kareem Crayton, an attorney and voting rights expert for the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice."},{"_id":"FOCGLOAEYBDXNPYS2UPLCATBAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896529},"type":"text","content":"Kara Murray, a spokesperson for Carr, said the attorney general “is preserving the Voting Rights Act as written.”"},{"_id":"MCIR4DHHE5EOHGCMHANWP2EFGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896530},"type":"text","content":"“Any changes to the law should be made through Congress,” she said, “not the courts.”"},{"_id":"2R6O2N5IGJDYFFUD2NDKXAOYUY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896531},"type":"text","content":"The issue is now before the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Georgia’s challenge of a federal judge’s <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-judge-throws-out-georgias-redistricting-orders-new-maps/OCXTSZBQ7ZGY7PWJWFELWRK6EA/\">order requiring the General Assembly</a><b> </b>to redraw<b> </b>state legislative and congressional district maps, saying they illegally diluted Black voting strength in violation of Section 2."},{"_id":"NUJYCBYKS5FGTCSSWN3WJ4EQVE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":237,"comment":"they "}],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896532},"type":"text","content":"In court documents, the Georgia plaintiffs and the U.S. Justice Department say it’s clear Congress intended to authorize private Section 2 lawsuits when it passed the law. And if Congress had a problem with such lawsuits, the plaintiffs say it could have prohibited them when it reauthorized the act on numerous occasions. They also argue federal courts — including the U.S. Supreme Court — repeatedly have held that private lawsuits are authorized under the provision."},{"auth":{"1":"cb974551a82f090bc694592975846c9121aa136b68ed2131b6b2ef6f5e0f988f"},"caption":"Former state Rep. Scot Turner is one of the Republican plaintiffs who has filed suit to block new election certification rules that supporters of former President Donald Trump have pushed through the State Election Board. Turner says unelected appointees should not have that type of power. 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Now some Republicans <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/lawsuit-georgia-election-board-exceeded-authority-by-making-new-rules/PELGU53MHZFUNJFEAWKSXQH4B4/\" target=\"_blank\">are challenging the regulations</a> that critics say could be abused to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-republicans-pursue-power-over-certifying-election-results/JXEH2QC43JCIBJ7QEPXOLSK5SY/\">dispute the results</a> of the presidential election."},{"_id":"V6LZHYAOJ5DB7CHDF2WXQWUWYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726086241475},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Former state Rep. Scot Turner and Chatham County election board member James Hall — along with an election advocacy organization that Turner heads called Eternal Vigilance Action — filed suit this past week to invalidate the rules ahead of November’s election."},{"_id":"BS43GEBCVBBKBO3RNJTAVP4CXY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726086241476},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The Republicans’ argument is that unelected appointees to the State Election Board exceeded their authority."},{"_id":"FOAK55X43NEB5PO2AFUEYQXBZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726086241482},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“Like fellow conservatives across the country, we oppose empowering the administrative state to act with the force of law,” Turner said. “We’re looking to affirm the separation of powers required by the state constitution. The legislative branch writes the rules; the executive carries them out as written.”"},{"_id":"D5WPSBY4RVGWRKSRTMOXJNKZR4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726090040616},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Three members who form a majority of the board, Trump supporters Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston and Janelle King, passed the rules in question."},{"_id":"OYNWOCNHEZBQTIFMSTZ33AP6CM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726086241483},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"One rule requires an undefined <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-approves-new-inquiry-for-certifying-election-results/BI6SME6TJVHQHGMMADOKGQ3UPU/\">“reasonable inquiry”</a> before county election boards certify results, which opponents fear partisan board members could use to reject an election’s outcome. Another rule calls for local election board members to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-votes-to-add-more-requirements-before-vote-certification/HWWL2ELWIJDZJF6OUWFTXIQKLQ/\">review troves of documents</a> before certifying results."},{"_id":"PQW3DV3UKBHBVNBOYZHBOEOQFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726086241486},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Defenders of the State Election Board, including state GOP Chair Josh McKoon, say the rules will help ensure votes are counted accurately."},{"_id":"3ICPOW5URRF57GXIDPPYZBWRX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726086241488},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/lawsuit-supported-by-harris-campaign-targets-new-georgia-certification-rules/PS7PRCBLYZB4XEP2ZF5YW6VH6E/\">Democratic Party filed</a> the first legal challenge of the new election rules in a lawsuit supported by Vice President Kamala<b> </b>Harris’ campaign for president. Their goal was to reinforce the requirement that county election boards certify elections."},{"_id":"ZBJANTLTKVCIJBEYBLPKFT2GKQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"C6T3HIDXO5FY3MP5IRM4JD752A"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"JROXL74SP5GWNC5MM6QR6MSINM\" />"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2022 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"c74beb380a35561af976e09d3ae5436cc132ce0ec3c367c0ab2cb56c76981a9a"},"caption":"Former state Rep. Bee Nguyen is participating in an effort to reach out to Asian American and Pacific Islander voters to support Vice President Kamala Harris' bid for the White House. 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Republicans fared even worse at 66%."},{"_id":"TN5X7JS6YJCT3GQYGOCNIZPRUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":191,"comment":"participating dur"},{"pos":193,"comment":"g"}],"comments":[],"_id":1725995616812},"type":"text","content":"Asian American and Pacific Islander voters have grown more politically active in Georgia. Their turnout in the state <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/harris-campaign-zeroes-in-on-aapi-communities-in-georgia-other-swing-states/AHR2GZVERZDSZA45PXPDOJMYKM/\" target=\"_blank\">increased 84%</a> between 2016 and 2020, a significant surge in participation in a year when Joe Biden won Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes."},{"_id":"GZCWIGIOZFEMPJCLIV3XEQQLAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":145,"comment":" who is "}],"comments":[],"_id":1725995616813},"type":"text","content":"“How our community votes — or whether we choose to show up at all — will be the difference between winning and losing in November,” said Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees."},{"_id":"BCIPZ7U4UJFLTFQXKC23J7TNAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725995616814},"type":"text","content":"The PAC’s first canvass was set to begin Saturday, with volunteers going door to door and handing out flyers in six languages: English, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog and Vietnamese."},{"level":2,"_id":"U5NZZADZ3VAZDINPHUBNAMYZJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896546},"type":"header","content":"<b>U.S. judge rejects Catoosa GOP’s bid to block ‘traitor’ Republican candidates</b>"},{"_id":"3QXLNOCZXND37GYE2PEJUQWOTY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896547},"type":"text","content":"U.S. District Judge Billy Ray this past week <a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25108927-order-granting-motion-to-dismiss\">dismissed</a> the Catoosa County GOP’s lawsuit aiming <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-5-questions-about-tonights-crucial-presidential-debate-in-philadelphia/CKMXNEHQCVCZ5L3ZTNADF4GCMU/\" target=\"_blank\">to disqualify four candidates</a> for the county Board of Commissioners who are running as Republicans. It was the county party’s second such loss in a federal court this year."},{"_id":"H7HQRPJMJZCQVARSK2AREAYIJI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896548},"type":"text","content":"The suit was part of a larger effort led by the conservative Georgia Republican Assembly to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-proposed-rule-change-deepens-rift-among-georgia-republicans/WJRAW7VNNBEHLMSPGEPJSNXATU/\">purge “traitors”</a> — aka moderates and mainstream Republicans — from the party."},{"_id":"3TDASFK3HJDVVAM7BCLFVRWQTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896549},"type":"text","content":"Last year, the Georgia Republican Assembly<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/far-right-faction-pushes-to-oust-traitors-from-georgia-gop/2ADAPHD5ZBB3FIKFXQ2LWPH4P4/\"> </a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/far-right-faction-pushes-to-oust-traitors-from-georgia-gop/2ADAPHD5ZBB3FIKFXQ2LWPH4P4/\">pushed unsuccessfully</a> for policies that could have given the Georgia GOP the final say over who can run as Republicans for governor, legislative seats and other state offices."},{"_id":"4IY5VEA3SZD43JY3QYK7HY7DBE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896550},"type":"text","content":"The organization opposes <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/brian-kemp\">Gov. </a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/brian-kemp\">Brian Kemp</a> and other state GOP incumbents who rejected then-President Donald Trump’s demands to overturn his 2020 defeat. It also has targeted legislative leaders it sees as unworthy of the party’s brand."},{"level":2,"_id":"WZ2FGBPM5FH73JJL3WVFCJ6SZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726078896552},"type":"header","content":"<b>Political expedience</b>"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"HBVYEL22HVCS3PWNI6PZRL5Q7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":184,"comment":"two "}],"comments":[],"_id":1726092489365},"type":"list","items":[{"_id":"VIFNDWHUDFB3BBOQLZVV4IX4RE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":184,"comment":"two "}],"comments":[],"_id":1726092489365},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Big money:</b> The presidential campaigns for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, as well as supporting groups, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/the-harris-and-trump-campaigns-are-spending-big-on-ads-in-georgia/X2NZEKQOZBG5VNSRDYRQT7UPLQ/\" target=\"_blank\">spent more than $1 million on television ads</a> in Georgia on Tuesday, the day the candidates debated. Democrats spent over $550,000, while Republicans laid out $460,000. So far this year, the campaigns and their allies have spent almost $56 million on TV ads that have run in Georgia."},{"_id":"TSLGFQGGKFHZLJLOTH3LCU4H5U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Volunteers:</b> Kamala Harris’ campaign reports that <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-new-school-shooting-details-will-likely-impact-gun-policy-debate-in-georgia/WJKWFNSPZZEUHF527WEMBHKSHM/\" target=\"_blank\">more than 40,000 Georgians</a> have signed up as volunteers since she emerged as the Democratic nominee. 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The tax court would have a chief judge appointed by the governor, and the chief judge would appoint up to three assistant court judges."},{"_id":"FET5HBY6QJFPNKGE2RSBTTMY4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726081164099},"type":"text","content":"In addition, a third ballot question asks voters to increase the tax exemption for personal property — such as business inventory and farm machinery — from $7,500 to $20,000. The tax break excludes motor vehicles, trailers and mobile homes."},{"_id":"D6OHATZ56FBR5HCF5SYKQBQTBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":198,"comment":"House Bill "},{"pos":206,"comment":"House Bill"}],"comments":[],"_id":1726079956670},"type":"text","content":"All three of the ballot questions received approval by the state House and Senate, where a two-thirds vote was required to put them on the ballot. 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Jerry Henry, executive director of the gun rights group GA2A — formerly known as Georgia Carry — said that means Georgia has the fifth-best laws for gun owners in the country."},{"_id":"D4LPTX55T5BZBFY3WUPSVCYRX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925644},"type":"text","content":"In Georgia, minors are not allowed to possess handguns, but it is legal for them to carry long guns — such as the AR-15-style gun used in Wednesday’s shooting."},{"_id":"WTY226AF3VF4RBVEVWDG55D6IA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"BNLUKF5V2BAPNO3YTMRAERDMNY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia lawmakers seek ‘middle ground’ on gun laws after Apalachee shooting","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/some-republicans-in-georgia-say-theyre-open-to-changing-the-states-gun-laws/ZY3S7EA2EJC33MHRXBZU4OIYIU/"},{"_id":"RRUJLPEVDBBA5LQZ2EBCLJBH5U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":106,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1725556168248},"type":"text","content":"Here’s a look at where Georgia’s gun laws stand today, how they got there and what bills got some traction but didn’t make it across the finish line."},{"_id":"TQYWXCAMLVCR3FUCU5FHEXD4CQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925663},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>2024:</b> Several bills attempting to address the safe storage of weapons worked their way through the legislative process this year, but none won final passage."},{"_id":"75NG7Q7E2ZGGZP5ULBIPW266LA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925664},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"One effort would have granted tax credits to people who purchase firearm safety equipment, such as lockboxes or trigger locks, and those who underwent gun safety training."},{"_id":"MQX5MUAU65GMVC4W4Q2LNXH4II","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925665},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Another would have removed the state sales tax from firearm safety equipment. And a third would have included gun safety equipment in a sales tax holiday on all firearms and ammunition during the first week of hunting season."},{"_id":"JY5WYFCMEZCMPNNFNIDJ7QG3JY","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"2LDTTYKS5BCWRA4B37XJSTLZOA"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"RM2KL3L2GNFTVOV3CF5AHLCPSQ\" />"},{"_id":"LIZGRIQHJNHEBO2K7FIG2FDXWY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925660},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>2022: </b>Lawmakers approved a law that allows a “lawful weapons carrier” to carry a concealed handgun everywhere <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-voters-like-guns-but-not-the-new-gun-law/PTgN7EPsTY7PaVLtQgU9uJ/\">license holders currently are allowed</a> — meaning guns would still be prohibited in places such as the secured areas of airports or government buildings that have security at the entrance, including the state Capitol."},{"_id":"6RNWJMBKC5BYTNGVIW4ZMKP7KI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925662},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The bill also enacts the “reciprocity” measure from the previous year."},{"_id":"CZANEPKMPVC3ZIWFJZKZ3VACUE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925659},"type":"text","content":"<b>2021:</b> A bill that would have allowed anyone to bring their <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/bill-allowing-carry-guns-into-georgia-sails-through-house-panel/ORuAt1iRtrI7bs2oxAGknI/\" target=\"_blank\">firearm into Georgia</a> if he or she has a carry permit in their state, known as “reciprocity,” stalled in the final moments of the 2021 session. 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Federal law bans those who were involuntarily committed from possessing guns indefinitely. Under the law, so would have Georgia."},{"_id":"I7VAMSTNTBEMRCMJE2BYNH3RMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925658},"type":"text","content":"The bill passed the House and a Senate committee, but it did not reach the Senate floor for a vote."},{"_id":"SOADMMD6F5EQ3DHR7N2JIKO5VA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925655},"type":"text","content":"<b>2017:</b> The state enacted a law allowing anyone with a concealed weapons license to carry firearms on all public college and university campuses, with exceptions that include dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and buildings used for athletic events."},{"_id":"XMKQHCKXNBG7ZPOY6WX4ZGIHIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725578843702},"type":"text","content":"<b>2015: </b>Considered a “cleanup bill” by gun rights activists, legislators passed a law that bans the carrying of weapons within 150 feet of a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/new-gun-bill-filed-state-house/MWxDU8IKkrKnnMDyzWS8iI/\">polling place</a> only while an election is being conducted. The previous year’s law banned weapons within 150 feet of polling places, but it did not specify an election needed to be occurring at the time."},{"_id":"SZR54XHMRBEA3BHO5G6WXLLBBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925651},"type":"text","content":"<b>2014: </b>Lawmakers made carrying a gun legal in several places where guns previously were prohibited when it enacted a law allowing firearms in all bars and government buildings — including courthouses — where there is no security at the entrance."},{"_id":"GJIJYK22AJCIBELFLN25OHVMYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925652},"type":"text","content":"The law also legalizes the use of silencers for hunting, clears the way for school staffers to carry guns in school zones and lets leaders of religious congregations choose whether to allow people to carry guns inside."},{"_id":"7A6437LOWNES5HWXDYW3QIEEDI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725563925650},"type":"text","content":"<b>2010:</b> Lawmakers passed a measure allowing licensed gun owners with a carry license to have a gun<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/key-issues-took-center-stage/5qSPultljilefE6NbcGtVK/\" target=\"_blank\"> in bars</a> if owners allow it, in nonsecured areas of airport property and in the parking lots of colleges, courthouses and jails. 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His father, Colin Gray, is charged with second-degree murder and other crimes. Warrants allege he <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/father-of-apalachee-high-school-shooting-suspect-arrested-gbi-says/APJGHWONLVGRZBNY7WNBD4FS6E/\">gave the teenager access</a> to the semiautomatic gun used in the deadly shooting “with knowledge that he was a threat to himself and others.”"},{"_id":"UM3JEEMKRZAM3LQ6E7PMODRFNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":255,"comment":"has"}],"comments":[],"_id":1725934049440},"type":"text","content":"Jones hasn’t yet heard from Colt Gray’s mother and grandparents about whether they’ll testify at the Senate hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 18. He said he wants lawmakers to hear more details about how the attack unfolded, some of which have trickled out in media reports."},{"referent":{"provider":"","id":"QJ337XMGZG7OIDRLMQYCPDLYHE","type":"image","resized_obj":{}},"_id":"QJ337XMGZG7OIDRLMQYCPDLYHE","type":"reference"},{"_id":"DEKY3FGMHRHRJHQOEEX3Y4KIFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725934749829},"type":"text","content":"Colt Gray’s aunt has told reporters his mother, Marcee Gray, called the school on the morning of the shooting to warn a counselor about an “extreme emergency.”"},{"_id":"KZ555GEPCJHX7GB36V7ARX3SZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725934749830},"type":"text","content":"And the suspect’s grandfather, Charlie Polhamus, has said that his wife, Deborah, twice went to the school before the shooting to request help for the teenager."},{"_id":"KC6TFGPKARGSPGL3W4KX3PWRDQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"EDNJEI2MK5DT3FW2PO3CFDNWOY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"School shooting suspect’s grandfather: ‘I totally blame the father’","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/the-grandfather-of-the-suspected-ga-school-shooter-colt-gray-blames-the-boys-homelife-and-his-father-colin-gray-for-the-violence-at-apalachee-high-school/KNYLRR7VDBASNL4RMXQPRF6IF4/"},{"_id":"GD4T5RL4ZVHGDJOZDF25ODIAGQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725934049443},"type":"text","content":"Charlie Polhamus told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he’s wary of speaking more about the tragedy."},{"_id":"SGPBTR3EONHJ5IG7VG7O3UY6YI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726015664742},"type":"text","content":"“I really can’t do this now,” he said. “I’ve done 20 of these (interviews) and really don’t want to do any more. It’s bad enough what I’m going through. It’s bad for everybody. It’s not just bad for my daughter.”"},{"_id":"J6U27PSVSZHBFCS25JDZE3Y7KI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726015664743},"type":"text","content":"Gray <a href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-school-shooting-suspects-mom-son-texted-morning/story?id=113546487\" target=\"_blank\">told ABC News </a>on Tuesday she called her son’s school six days before the shooting because she wanted “Colt to be admitted to an impatient treatment” and that her son agreed."},{"_id":"MHBLK6TCGVABVJFNWRVI5YYQPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726015664744},"type":"text","content":"“What happened to them and their sweet, innocent babies is just unfathomable,” she said. “If I could take their place, I would. 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The Democratic Party filed suit to try to block those rules."},{"_id":"E5JDUJXBC5AE7IQOKN7WA6GH7I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725465731358},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://twitter.com/Election_Adv/status/1829552749333397758\">One post on the account states, </a>“Thank you for all the interest and responses.”"},{"_id":"VSQJLO2VGNCQTG4P7YCDN3UPAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725465731359},"type":"text","content":"About those responses: Comments have been restricted to only accounts mentioned in a post."},{"_id":"HOGVSW5ZMVH5VJP4K2EBC57OOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725465731360},"type":"text","content":"Georgia public officials have made similar efforts to <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13o8BIv9Km86yX5u64zJ9UYSexPH1IzBBsoB1ALu1RV0/edit\">limit Facebook comments </a>in recent years, only to face protests from First Amendment advocates and discipline from federal courts."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Ben Gray 2022","address":{"locality":"Atlanta","region":"Ga"},"auth":{"1":"ff0691ceecaec50b6eca47beee3dda4e5e53d12373d9242c35b173a0ecdd182e"},"caption":"Kandiss Taylor, the Republican Party for the 1st Congressional District, has been rebuked by leading Republicans after she affirmed antisemitic comments made by a talk radio host. 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Obviously, these comments do not represent the values of the Georgia Republican Party.”"},{"_id":"6P46G57WLRCADKH4ZYGCTXBLX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725390388476},"type":"text","content":"Taylor’s comments had already drawn condemnation from Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and other top Republicans."},{"_id":"SFDKJ3RA45EKTICLKMYUMQND6A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725390388477},"type":"text","content":"Taylor said she regrets not making it “explicitly clear that I do not buy into antisemitic conspiracy theories.”"},{"level":2,"_id":"DIOUG7EBUJH75PLMAYYV3CCVMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434496},"type":"header","content":"<b>Conservative True the Vote helps Dem gain second chance to win election</b>"},{"_id":"VOJTHSR2FFGIZOF56LG4LN7OMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434497},"type":"text","content":"A Democrat <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/new-south-georgia-school-board-election-ordered-after-voters-left-out/BAO3G5GEMZDCHHN2LJD6FIJ2GA/\" target=\"_blank\">got help from an unlikely source</a> in winning a do-over for a South Georgia school board election: the conservative group True the Vote."},{"_id":"3GMBIOIS6VHULDE3P2JSAOSDBI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434498},"type":"text","content":"Tift County Superior Court Judge Howard McClain ordered a new election on Nov. 5 after candidate Ambrose King Jr., with a hand from True the Vote, proved that residents of an apartment complex had been assigned to the wrong school board district."},{"_id":"ALGF4GSA4ZH4LJRY45NLJP4TIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434499},"type":"text","content":"During the original Democratic primary election in May, King <a href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Tift/121324/web.317647/#/summary?v=339712%2F\">appeared to lose</a> to incumbent Marilyn Burks, 156-154."},{"_id":"JDDDZY622NHLFEZT74PH2GAQCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434500},"type":"text","content":"King, who is currently a science and special education teacher at Chamblee High School near Atlanta, said he learned that a cousin who lives in the apartment complex was unable to vote for him. King said he had campaigned in the complex based on maps that showed it was within his school board district’s lines."},{"_id":"2KULNLC25BE6DEKVKPTRZ3SNVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434501},"type":"text","content":"The Tift County election board acknowledged the mistake and didn’t object to the judge’s order, according to court documents."},{"_id":"MQACVAJPYVG2DKWPJ3FJSXSLA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434502},"type":"text","content":"The case marked a bit of a change for True the Vote, which is known for supporting<b> </b>Republican efforts to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/wave-of-georgia-voter-challenges-expected-before-2024-election/V7OXHYVD7NEZBI76VLGV35OP7M/\">challenge the eligibility</a> of voters nationwide. Voting rights groups say those challenges could <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/several-georgia-voters-report-hurdles-after-eligibility-challenges/WOUAH77TLRBD5A5HLLFSJV3S44/\">disqualify</a> legitimate voters."},{"_id":"7GUB6I33FJDJJI2EOHNAANFYIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434503},"type":"text","content":"While it’s based in Texas, the group has devoted a lot of energy to Georgia. In January, it <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/true-the-vote-wins-voter-intimidation-case-over-georgia-voter-challenges/JINOOXMKOJGX7CEDT2TVUGR2TM/\">defeated a lawsuit</a> alleging that the 250,000 voter challenges it filed in the state in 2020 amounted to voter intimidation."},{"_id":"SMWOBNMCDVD4JLM5WY7IFNAQCI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434504},"type":"text","content":"True the Vote also promoted allegations of illegal ballot-stuffing of Georgia drop boxes in the election conspiracy movie <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/what-2000-mules-leaves-out-from-ballot-harvesting-claims/FFMNUU56RVBRNOLZKWHUREQPEU/\">“2000 Mules,”</a> but the organization <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/true-the-vote-tells-court-it-has-no-records-to-back-up-fraud-claims/77FJUQMWBZFYHEYVF6M54BUBDQ/\">failed to provide evidence</a> to back up the claim in response to a subpoena from the State Election Board. The board <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-investigation-dispels-allegations-highlighted-in-2000-mules/DREWO27XXBF7PB4DGTBXWGQYV4/\">dismissed cases</a> accusing voters of illegally returning ballots in 2022."},{"_id":"YBSVYSTHQNF3NDS2JEMXK4FZHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434505},"type":"text","content":"In King’s case, True the Vote contributed $15,000 to the election challenge and researched problems with Tift County’s school district maps, King said."},{"_id":"JDDDZY622NHLFEZT74PH2GAQCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434506},"type":"text","content":"While King is a Democrat, some conservatives could find him an appealing candidate. He said he wants to “keep the schools conservative” by regulating books in elementary school libraries and<b> </b>preventing transgender people from participating in women’s sports."},{"_id":"MKFWAMBO7ZCX3LWSZA4EU2KQSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434508},"type":"text","content":"Because no Republican is running, the winner of the second showdown between Burks and King will take office."},{"level":2,"_id":"OIZSQDPBRVBBVAESMEK55AZXCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725484434509},"type":"header","content":"<b>Political expedience</b>"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"WB4ZP6XZINBFLFFW4LNFOS6YY4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725390388481},"type":"list","items":[{"_id":"TMDJMGXPLRFWBLATLF2NQTIOB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725390388481},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Georgia is different:</b> <a href=\"https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/1829613828382032212\">The AdImpact tracking firm</a> shows that Vice President Kamala Harris and her allies have reserved more than twice as much airtime as former President Donald Trump and his supporters in the post-Labor Day phase of the presidential campaign. 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The enemy is the mentally deranged, and that’s where I want to try to make sure that we do all we can to get those people help that need it, long before they pull a gun,” he said."},{"_id":"JN6RHQN7FZE25KCRKPBMIINVTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725562389384},"type":"text","content":"However, <a href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/fact-checking-the-connection-between-guns-and-mental-illness/\" target=\"_blank\">research has shown</a> that most people who have mental illness do not commit violent crimes against others. 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But there are things we can do to encourage commonsense gun ownership.”"},{"_id":"SE3CCI6JWFDHLJUK7SZKI6KKRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725561240619},"type":"text","content":"Georgia Democrats haven’t <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/the-shooting-at-apalachee-high-school-is-bringing-new-attention-to-the-gun-policy-divide-in-georgia/R2V6Q242NVFBBPDNSA3KKID4A4/\" target=\"_blank\">backed off demands </a>for tougher gun regulations that have almost no chance of passing the Republican-controlled Legislature – <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislators-debate-action-on-guns-after-apalachee-high-school-shooting/WWIHEJEF3NDLJOOKQELYMIMOHQ/\" target=\"_blank\">the debate continued on Thursday</a> – but they have recalibrated their approach to favor scaled-back measures that they say could help prevent some deadly shootings."},{"_id":"OGSYD4HY7VENRJATH6LA4RQ35M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725561240620},"type":"text","content":"“There’s a substantial middle ground here. I don’t know why we tend to ignore the parts where we agree. And we all agree we want to keep our kids safer in schools,” said state Rep. Michelle Au, a Johns Creek Democrat who has helped lead her party’s efforts to limit gun violence."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2023 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"6f8c1fd602250b5114e5b5905590b0c6fe402ccb8c1d459c96994deeb48da45f"},"caption":"State Rep. 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Sponsors are optimistic a bill will pass in 2025, <a href=\"https://x.com/AuforGA/status/1831523330718826565\">though several say they are still befuddled</a> over why it was waylaid in the Senate earlier this year."},{"_id":"S3NVQVPNRVCFDEMFX5SIBHQU44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725561240628},"type":"text","content":"And a Georgia version of a nationwide “Alyssa’s Law” initiative to require public schools to install panic alarms to silently notify law enforcement of threats <a href=\"https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/63689\">passed the Senate</a> by a 42-10 vote this year but foundered in the House."},{"_id":"KYPJL7LO5NGMNMVPQHRGVLDHRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725561240629},"type":"text","content":"The measure’s GOP sponsor, state Sen. 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Republicans granted that bill a legislative hearing in 2023, but it went no further."},{"_id":"6KGAAZRDLVEVBOTB3UW3I5LXFE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725561240633},"type":"text","content":"Likewise, proposed <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-republican-leaders-struggle-over-red-flag-gun-laws/CEwrHV9tt1P8TIdyrB0VjN/\">“red flag” laws</a> that temporarily take firearms away from gun owners who have been identified as a danger to themselves or others have sputtered for years. 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King is currently a science and special education teacher at Chamblee High School near Atlanta, 195 miles north of rural Tift County."},{"_id":"T7SIBGSB5FGELKQGA3CY7HE47Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482829},"type":"text","content":"During the primary election in May, King <a href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Tift/121324/web.317647/#/summary?v=339712%2F\" target=\"_blank\">appeared to lose</a> to Burks, 156-154."},{"_id":"WNV2B4IMZVDHBOAAV42BJWHH6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482830},"type":"text","content":"King said he learned that a cousin who lives in Casey’s Court Apartments wasn’t able to vote in his election. King said he thought that was wrong because he had campaigned in the apartment complex based on maps that showed it was within his school board district’s lines."},{"_id":"ZVEXY64BHVBQRM4SU56ZDQS3UA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482831},"type":"text","content":"There are currently 139 registered voters in the apartment complex, though only six of them voted in the primary. McClain wrote in his order that the number of ballots cast was sufficient to place the result of the election in doubt."},{"_id":"IM5YQM4KXBCRRDKORLPSEAKF3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482832},"type":"text","content":"The error appeared to have occurred during mapping of new districts divided by a road in Tift County, and voters in Casey’s Court Apartments were placed in a neighboring school board district."},{"_id":"MNVLFQB7EJEOLCTAITIXLD4YB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482833},"type":"text","content":"“This is a big win for the candidates and the voters, both of whom deserve fair elections,” said Jake Evans, an attorney who represented King."},{"_id":"VCDCNMU6V5BTBMBJQNP4KJSBXU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482834},"type":"text","content":"The Tift County election board acknowledged the mistake and didn’t object to the judge’s order, according to court documents."},{"_id":"IJJ4XXN625GGDKBGFVHCAQ5YOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482835},"type":"text","content":"Burks, a retired teacher, didn’t respond to an email seeking comment."},{"_id":"6XUP66RRPBBR7CDS6LO7LQ3D3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482836},"type":"text","content":"Mapping errors have <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/botched-election-for-georgia-house-must-redone-again/bFrQtU59wLCTSvXL8UM68J/\" target=\"_blank\">overturned elections</a> in the past, including in a North Georgia race for the state House that had to be held three times."},{"_id":"HBUEFQ2JHVGIFPJGAHNUPMYNSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482837},"type":"text","content":"In that case, a judge found <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/defeated-georgia-legislator-alleges-voters-were-given-wrong-ballots/BibShsRdB5O3kYZQ8PZ52O/\" target=\"_blank\">ineligible voters</a> in Habersham County had participated in a close race between Republicans Dan Gasaway and Chris Erwin. All three elections ended with <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/erwin-elected-georgia-house-after-over-deja/CMjHsqrSZaIqJqIG7ObqPO/\" target=\"_blank\">Erwin receiving the most votes</a>, and he took office in 2019."},{"_id":"MT5XZ3U4SFBCXKBSDZVJ4NXECY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725375482838},"type":"text","content":"The do-over election in Tift County will be held Nov. 5, the same day as the presidential election. 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The same disparities persisted in the 2020 presidential election, despite record turnout."},{"_id":"Z2SAGB5PFFAFRI4GSW6GIKSYIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979418},"type":"text","content":"Some political scientists expect this trend to continue in this year’s election, but others think Vice President Kamala Harris could turn out more voters in areas where voters tend to be underrepresented at the polls."},{"_id":"TWLEASSYDBFPXEY2LNJTHNIKVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979419},"type":"text","content":"“With (President Joe) Biden on the ticket, the key motivation for these groups of voters would have been opposing (former President Donald) Trump,” said Alan Abramowitz, a political scientist at Emory University. “But now you have someone at the top of the ticket who also can provide some additional motivation for younger and nonwhite voters.”"},{"_id":"Q7ZZZSCXDBE65JDSDBGURYWXBQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"IEU7V35IIBEYNO2ISBUECQIFZ4"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Presidential race shake-up sharply increases voter registrations in Georgia","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/harris-presidential-run-shakes-up-voter-registration-trends-in-georgia/ZSHZQD7XXJA7RCUP7WPXWXV5LU/"},{"_id":"6NC3ZFRMRRFQ7EAGN66B4NKLDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979420},"type":"text","content":"Income, age and education influence voter turnout throughout the U.S., and southwest Atlanta is a convergence of all three factors, disproportionately affecting participation by nonwhite voters. Abramowitz said that poorer, less-educated people are less likely to vote, and nonwhite voters are more likely to be poorer and less educated than white voters."},{"_id":"AKQQH6NJBJGYFNVZ47SYSSPEG4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1725046460965},"type":"text","content":"The trend is exceptionally clear in Atlanta, which tops the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/atlanta-has-the-highest-income-inequality-in-the-nation-census-data-shows/YJRZ6A4UGBFWTMYICTG2BCOUPU/\" target=\"_blank\">nation</a> in income inequality, according to census data."},{"_id":"5BO3OF6E5JB6HHOG7LV3IHT4OI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":112,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979423},"type":"text","content":"Although we can see differences based on race and geography, Abramowitz said the driving factors are age, income and, most of all, education."},{"_id":"G3JEX62OMRDFPFFGIYLVVRCZ7A","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"DOFVMI42P5EPTJ3C5FAJYQM5ZQ"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"Voter turnout by precinct (2022)\" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-gea3K\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/gea3K/11/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"763\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"4WFHKIF52VHTTP7ISTNOPZ2AJA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979424},"type":"text","content":"Chris Grant, a Mercer University political science professor, pointed to the same issues at the root of voter participation."},{"_id":"UUTXUV5G5JDLXDAYWXGGZPVX5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979425},"type":"text","content":"Although wealthier and white areas regularly have higher turnout than poor and nonwhite areas, Grant said, affluent African American voters turn out more often than white voters when controlling for income inequalities."},{"_id":"SUXU2EOX3RHC5H7X65QQLBFKZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724965723831},"type":"text","content":"He says those differences in income are linked to differences in education, which both Grant and Abramowitz identified as the most significant influence on voter turnout."},{"_id":"ZGT6QVMP75D2LBXNQYILJBPCAE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979427},"type":"text","content":"In a Democratic stronghold such as Atlanta, voter turnout can have an outsized influence in the outcome of state and even national elections. In a close race such as the 2020 presidential election, when a margin of fewer than 12,000 votes decided the winner, turnout in places such as southwest Atlanta could be a deciding factor."},{"_id":"35Y54AIKPJCDPGSSABPWWRQEC4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"C22PGMY6CBC6JGOTG3YDXQ2MYU"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Democrats’ formula for winning elections is changing in Georgia","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/democrats-blueprint-for-winning-is-changing-in-georgia/HD3UK3TVMRBFXES6LRNGEDGFFQ/"},{"_id":"EHZZFDNXFNF4PPT4R3Q6GV3ECU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979428},"type":"text","content":"In 2020, 65% of the 255,000 voters in Atlanta’s high-turnout areas in the north and east cast ballots. But in southwestern areas of the city with lower turnout, just 46% of the roughly 76,000 voters cast ballots. If southwest Atlanta matched the northeast in voter turnout, an additional 31,000 people would have voted in that close election, with the vast majority of these votes going to Biden if voter preferences in the area remained the same."},{"_id":"ROYUIXQD7RCIRDNC5LNFE3TEUM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724957979429},"type":"text","content":"But getting voters to turn out can come with its own challenges. 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Recent polls have shown a close race in Georgia."},{"_id":"FKYKNM4PYVBR3CBPULNXNZQE4Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724963251469},"type":"text","content":"“Will they matter to the election outcome?” McDonald said. “It really depends how close the election is.”"},{"_id":"KFTYU7G2DBDM3GX75POFY3QYCI","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"2NXL566VPBEQTCZTJHTCSOYEWA"},"type":"divider"},{"level":1,"_id":"GED7TWO5LRFILNL22WIQ7S6DMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724963553826},"type":"header","content":"<b>Are you registered to vote?</b>"},{"_id":"4PB5WRTJ2RAXRLXJHV4DT5WCVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724963553827},"type":"text","content":"Georgia voters can check their registrations through the state’s My Voter Page at mvp.sos.ga.gov. Unregistered voters can sign up online through a link on the My Voter Page. 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We’ll treat it just like every other case.”"},{"_id":"6DN6XO3KM5EQ7E2ZD3D6RYTSTY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724813299311},"type":"text","content":"Voting twice in the same election is illegal, but double-voting is possible if someone registers to vote in two different states and then casts a ballot in both states."},{"_id":"P2DI3D2V5FAFZNBD4RZJ5OUXB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724813299312},"type":"text","content":"One of the defendants, 75-year-old William Burns of Colleyville, Texas, said an election worker told him he was allowed to vote in Georgia as well as Texas after he bought a cabin in Fannin County in 2020. He said he was told he could vote in local elections in both locations as long as he only cast one ballot in national elections."},{"_id":"GWRIEH2LMRB5ZGVO3OGOQMQKRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724813299313},"type":"text","content":"“We’re an elderly couple, we went in and asked questions, and we did exactly what the voting official told us to do,” Burns said. He voted in four Georgia elections from 2020 to 2022, according to state records. He declined to disclose his political affiliation."},{"_id":"2DNU33KFQFERLPHONBSG2DTC5M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724813299314},"type":"text","content":"Burns is facing felony charges for false registration, voting by an unqualified elector and repeat voting in the same election. 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He faces one count of repeat voting."},{"_id":"JC675F44OFB4ZOEOFOQTVEGERU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724813299317},"type":"text","content":"“In general, it is rare for us to encounter a person voting, or attempting to vote, more than once in an election,” said Forsyth County Election Director Mandi Smith. “If the same voter attempts to cast a ballot later during the same election, the voter’s record will indicate that a ballot has already been issued for the voter.”"},{"_id":"UW3MZVZ75FDBHK2JOETOQCWRHI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724813299318},"type":"text","content":"The two prosecutions came from 17 cases of alleged double-voting that Raffensperger referred to prosecutors in nine counties. 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Officials with the district attorney’s office testified that they had to wait for city police to respond to open records requests before they could begin building cases against those who’ve been arrested."},{"_id":"NADG6ELXGNBKHNWSV7C5KDQBT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724428399562},"type":"text","content":"Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat told reporters he did not expect the city to hand over its detention center, but he did hope to improve his office’s relationship with the County Commission."},{"_id":"FSCPX6UYSBHF5LQASG7AZ45SQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724428399563},"type":"text","content":"“There is dysfunction between anybody that does business with the Board of Commissioners,” Labat said. “We as a sheriff’s office have been very transparent from day one. And so we offer, and have offered, several olive branches. We will continue to do that. 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There’s no credible evidence that Dominion voting machines have been hacked or that votes have been flipped during a Georgia election."},{"_id":"USI5LTK4CZBEBAD5JPPQ6WQW44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724344734367},"type":"text","content":"“Trust but verify,” Raffensperger said, quoting former President Ronald Reagan. “Voters should have confidence that your vote has been accurately recorded, and that’s what we’re proving to voters today.”"},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"341be8741f24512aac6e3778930c5054ac7adb2e0842c66c68d0ad0004131380"},"caption":"Brian Parker, a Banks County resident, was not impressed by the testing of voting equipment the secretary of state's office conducted Wednesday in Hall County. “It’s to comfort the sheep, to comfort the public that are not paying attention to the details,” said Parker, who wants the state to use hand-counted paper ballots. 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In addition, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/miscount-in-dekalb-caused-by-voting-computer-programming-errors/Z5WPVW5UKVBRTMN4TUZGZW2LLM/\" target=\"_blank\">programming errors</a> resulted in a miscount in DeKalb County in 2022 that was later corrected through a hand count."},{"_id":"5SPBFMWZ7RDELJ6IIH2MCAIDMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724348328146},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election-skepticism-entrenched-among-georgia-voters-ajc-poll-shows/2UA4RAH43FFTXL5DXORWZYKSKQ/\" target=\"_blank\">Distrust </a>of Georgia’s voting equipment has grown since Trump falsely claimed the election was stolen, an allegation undermined by <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-georgia-manual-recount-confirms-biden-victory/B7LNNHYZOVGKZBUVAT7NZT3VZE/\" target=\"_blank\">three </a>vote <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-recount-confirms-biden-win-again-but-trump-still-battling/OZGAOQCMKVFG7G43L5PSF3BNHM/\" target=\"_blank\">counts</a>, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/kraken-back-on-its-leash-georgia-lawsuit-withdrawn/4TMB45RUBVDPVFMF7M2OMJ2UCQ/\" target=\"_blank\">court cases</a> and state <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-investigation-dispels-allegations-highlighted-in-2000-mules/DREWO27XXBF7PB4DGTBXWGQYV4/\" target=\"_blank\">investigations</a>."},{"_id":"ZYFT76C5EBFJPGHLIDWY6OCBBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724344734372},"type":"text","content":"Roughly 25% of the state’s voting equipment in all 159 counties has gone through similar “health checks” over the past 16 months, said Chris Bellew, an elections systems specialist in Raffensperger’s office."},{"_id":"I3U6UWVYBBABLDSL4SJMSH3U3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724344734373},"type":"text","content":"“We don’t ever find any discrepancies,” said Tom Braatz, an elections specialist in Hall County. “My greatest concern is that a scanner stops working because somebody slipped an ‘I Voted’ sticker on top of their ballot when they were casting their ballot. That’s generally the worst-case scenario that I deal with.”"},{"_id":"4Q6DSTR3FNAJ5B3KTHUGUCTVH4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724344734374},"type":"text","content":"By design, the voting machine test was a small-scale evaluation focused on making sure that computers count without errors."},{"_id":"KNJ4JX2RIRFGVH7KAZAXHJXBFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724344734375},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s voting system relies on touchscreens that print out paper ballots, which contain the text of voters’ choices along with a QR code that is then read by a scanning machine. 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The board is also considering a requirement to <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-elections-voting-hand-count-raffensperger-730c77c8a14954308c95474022b39d74\" target=\"_blank\">hand-count</a><a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-elections-voting-hand-count-raffensperger-730c77c8a14954308c95474022b39d74\" target=\"_blank\"> ballots</a> to ensure totals match the number recorded by voting machines."},{"_id":"RIILLEKDPBESZISVSJ25BUMXCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724190001029},"type":"text","content":"“We are already in the midst of extensive training preparation for our poll workers and preparing for one of the biggest and most scrutinized elections in years,” said Travis Doss, elections director in Richmond County and GAVREO’s president. “Any last-minute changes to the rules risk undermining the public’s trust.”"},{"_id":"KZCXLWU2RFEBNOEPDANEMXXXGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724190001030},"type":"text","content":"The election officials’ organization said in a statement that <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-advances-new-rule-before-finalizing-results/BKVW3E6KLRDABKBUFKBIYM2NNY/\" target=\"_blank\">new rules</a> will create confusion and strain among poll workers who are trying to create an efficient voting process."},{"_id":"JQZKSCTIUJCDXDDPWTVHHALJSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724190001031},"type":"text","content":"“This could ultimately lead to errors or delays in voting, which is the last thing anyone wants,” Doss said."},{"_id":"EF3IQ5YTXJEELOKVAJLRKQH2JA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724190001032},"type":"text","content":"The Republican National Committee praised the board for passing the rules, saying they will increase election security and accuracy."},{"_id":"QJTKFDUYHZFTRAJSG66U2ZVJSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724190001033},"type":"text","content":"“Protecting the vote and ensuring ballots are cast and counted properly benefits all legal voters,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said. “This is not a partisan issue — it is common sense to uphold systems that give every legal vote its due. 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The rule also says if errors are discovered that can’t be corrected, election boards must determine a method to compute the votes."},{"_id":"JYKIJIYVTJBBDNESC5CH4PCX7Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724101803930},"type":"text","content":"Final vote totals must be certified by county election boards one week after election day, or Nov. 12 for this year’s presidential election."},{"_id":"YEPHT4VCFJDCJAY4I3M6EXPV3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724101803931},"type":"text","content":"Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative organization, said county election officials need a greater ability to verify vote totals."},{"_id":"6ONDXSO3V5HNJJNOLEL7HVRXHI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724101803932},"type":"text","content":"“This is a matter of good government, not politics,” von Spakovsky told the board during the virtual meeting that drew more than 850 viewers. “Those who say this will disenfranchise voters, that is just not true. 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Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”","type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"custom","name":"AJC Freelancer","category":"wires"},"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/EDDNCMUXM5OHHYFL7GIXETAWEU.jpg","height":1895,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/EDDNCMUXM5OHHYFL7GIXETAWEU.jpg?auth=eac05e5598eb87df0462d564a81ec8602f8d8a8e91771337f6bf83d1b13ab927&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}}},{"content_elements":[{"_id":"WWYX5Y7XMJB5PIJZFSDUB4JBKI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074986},"type":"text","content":"When Julie Adams refused to certify this year’s presidential primary, she didn’t cite any wrongdoing or fraud, nor did she claim ballots were missed or counted wrongly."},{"_id":"PBEMC3NOTNGKLPSO4PXKZAK64I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074987},"type":"text","content":"Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County election board, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/republican-member-of-fulton-elections-board-wont-certify-primary-results/IDYT7CZVMZAJXHDAADS7G6JNT4/\" target=\"_blank\">wouldn’t approve</a> the election because she wanted to review voter sign-in lists, drop box custody forms and piles of other election documents."},{"_id":"5YJ3EKKTP5DNDBWIPDFM2MMVYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074988},"type":"text","content":"Her “no” vote didn’t prevail, and the board certified the election on a 3-2 vote, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed."},{"_id":"3SRLGGBR6NDY5CBEKJ4PWK4DGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074989},"type":"text","content":"But in this year’s presidential election, votes against certifying elections could become a tool to dispute or even attempt to overturn results in a close race."},{"_id":"P5TTMBMJAFDBJKMDBSGAIFP3HA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074990},"type":"text","content":"A rising number of Republican election board members in Georgia have <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/several-republican-officials-vote-against-certifying-georgia-elections/XRALMPAOZFHABLVH7756GILWD4/\" target=\"_blank\">rejected certifying</a> election results since 2020 — when then-GOP President Donald Trump falsely claimed his loss was due to fraud — creating a potential for delay and tumult after Election Day in a competitive state."},{"_id":"QBFRGT424NAQTCSCW5ZJ3K5RC4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"XUK4ZBMDXBDS5GBDQWPET5A5TY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia law requires county election boards to certify results to make them official","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-law-requires-election-boards-to-certify-but-some-vote-no/AAADYJD6UVGIBKER6MNAX6KYTA/"},{"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","auth":{"1":"42105c607993e56f61c240118a00f6cdc8797d1f009f946cf7175aa00ad6ab0a"},"caption":"State Election Board Executive Director Mike Coan, from left, and members Janelle King, Janice Johnston and Rick Jeffares speak during a break at a July board meeting at the Georgia Capitol. 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Georgia is one of eight states — along with other battlegrounds such as Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania — where county-level election officials have voted against certifying elections since the prior presidential election."},{"_id":"OCEHEXWB3JBEFAQ7EEMIJ5HMCI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723753834133},"alignment":"right","type":"text","content":"And the State Election Board’s majority, which was <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-plans-votes-on-new-rules-after-trumps-praise/KO32B4XY7VCSPNEXHZF5CUJRQ4/\" target=\"_blank\">praised </a>by Trump at an Atlanta rally, passed a new rule this month that could lead to more noncertification votes. The rule requires county election boards to conduct a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-approves-new-inquiry-for-certifying-election-results/BI6SME6TJVHQHGMMADOKGQ3UPU/\" target=\"_blank\">“reasonable inquiry”</a> before certification."},{"_id":"QCA7C5S5SRH2BJ3F4YJUHA77H4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074994},"type":"text","content":"The State Election Board could go even further Monday, when it will consider <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-advances-new-rule-before-finalizing-results/BKVW3E6KLRDABKBUFKBIYM2NNY/\" target=\"_blank\">another rule</a> that would require county election boards to review information such as lists of voters by ballot type and comparisons of ballots to voter check-ins."},{"_id":"CFYR3GDWQNGTBHCGU2FIPW3BCQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074995},"type":"text","content":"If a county election board objects to certifying results after a presidential election, those votes wouldn’t be counted until the controversy is resolved in court or the board changes course."},{"_id":"HGY3GF47IBDPFEGIFXTOOOC34M","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"N3332KKIVJFCTOSHNVPOOH3OEE"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"Officials who have refused to certify election results\" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-xVdF1\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/xVdF1/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"730\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\r\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"QRR3ZW2KKZDJDIYKJQR43KOVUU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723723037054},"type":"text","content":"The redefinition of certification is the latest Republican-driven change to Georgia election rules and laws since Trump lost the close 2020 race. His allegations of fraud — which he has repeated continuously for nearly four years — have never been proved. State election investigations dismissed cases alleging illegal <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-investigation-dispels-allegations-highlighted-in-2000-mules/DREWO27XXBF7PB4DGTBXWGQYV4/\" target=\"_blank\">drop box ballot stuffing</a>, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-investigators-no-fraud-in-two-high-profile-election-cases/WKV6DBXZGJHEXEGYK55YNVEYCU/\" target=\"_blank\">election night fraud at State Farm Arena</a>, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/anonymous-totes-legit-voter-fraud-claims-dismissed-in-georgia/C7TY637AYJD45EJ4WAUWVBQ3EE/\" target=\"_blank\">ineligible voters</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/no-counterfeit-ballots-found-by-georgia-election-investigators/OFRHJDGKOJH7BMKCH77VMR63NM/\" target=\"_blank\">counterfeit ballots</a>."},{"_id":"DPRQB7BS5NEIPP53E3XJPP55XM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723730268985},"type":"text","content":"But Republican trust in elections remains shattered. An <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election-skepticism-entrenched-among-georgia-voters-ajc-poll-shows/2UA4RAH43FFTXL5DXORWZYKSKQ/\" target=\"_blank\">AJC poll</a> in June found that only 35% of Republican likely voters said they’re confident the presidential election will be fair and accurate."},{"_id":"MDYOZPBOVFEDRCPY33Y27NBOVI","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"IL2RULVDPFAQXLF4OCV5SORJPM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia Election Board finalizes ambiguous certification rule","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-finalizes-ambiguous-certification-rule/AUNHJBL4WNEIHG53SU35675VSE/"},{"_id":"UU73WUG565CUZKSDPCXOG6LVJ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723723624926},"type":"text","content":"Voting rights advocates and election officials say the new certification rules could allow partisans to challenge valid election results on the pretext of minor technicalities or nonexistent fraud."},{"_id":"S4343ZFPQVGBRO4NKQCXD4KXBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074997},"type":"text","content":"“We need people to do their jobs and certify elections without saying, ‘Due to political reasons, I don’t have enough information,’ ” said Patrise Perkins-Hooker, who was the Fulton board’s chairwoman when Adams voted against certification. “It’s a threat to our democracy if you have a system where people are deciding what they need to certify that’s more than what’s required.”"},{"_id":"EKLZY7HETZB5NOD47BCO2Q3AAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074998},"type":"text","content":"Adams, who filed a lawsuit seeking to make election certification “discretionary” rather than mandatory, said she needed more documentation before she felt comfortable approving the presidential primary for Fulton, a heavily Democratic county that includes most of the city of Atlanta."},{"_id":"BRCS6DJHSJHQPMIUC7YFZYNRAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669074999},"type":"text","content":"“I am a Republican, but all I want is free and fair and transparent elections,” Adams said in an interview this spring after the Republican Party <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/second-gop-member-joins-fulton-election-board/6V23752ILFDUPLRYHSZ57JRHGQ/\" target=\"_blank\">appointed her</a> to the board in February. “I am willing to accept whatever the will of the people is. I just want the elections run correctly.”"},{"level":1,"_id":"GGKQVASVZFBPTP744JRWDXR5MA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075000},"type":"header","content":"<b>‘Check with me in November’</b>"},{"_id":"XK76DWWSAJBFNCHIYL3JMQCY7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075001},"type":"text","content":"Election results depend on county election boards, many of them <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/bipartisan-local-elections-oversight-endangered-by-georgia-bills/O3HEIIABYFHC7MPCSV7QTT6SUI/\" target=\"_blank\">appointed </a>by the Republican and Democratic parties, or by county commissions or judges."},{"_id":"2HVAXJPFQVEKFC7UBZ27P2I7G4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075002},"type":"text","content":"While election certification is required by state law and was once routine, it has become a point of contention primarily among Republican appointees who withhold their votes because of real or perceived problems."},{"_id":"KDFIQA4G55BGTNATZH6ULPG6I4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075003},"type":"text","content":"Almost all of the 19 county election board members who either objected to certification votes or abstained are Republicans, according to the AJC’s survey, which obtained responses from 136 of Georgia’s 159 counties."},{"_id":"E6D3T3OFF5GDTLKKW5UTMF36NY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075005},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Some election board members who voted against certifying before wouldn’t commit to certifying the upcoming presidential election."},{"_id":"NIEADE3W2JFHJNYGJT7RW3GGDU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075006},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“Check with me in November,” Michael Heekin, a Republican election board member in Fulton who opposed certifying the March presidential primary, said in an interview this spring. “Without knowing whether there has been a break in the chain of custody in the most important factors in our democracy — the votes, electronically and physical ballots — we cannot attest that the votes have been properly tabulated.”"},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Ben Gray 2024","address":{"locality":"Union City","region":"Ga"},"auth":{"1":"6913f3d6d3396dae3b44eee312df5a56a5e11c538e989368445e5020fb2cfcec"},"caption":"Fulton County election board member Michael Heekin voted against certifying the March presidential primary. “Without knowing whether there has been a break in the chain of custody in the most important factors in our democracy — the votes, electronically and physical ballots — we cannot attest that the votes have been properly tabulated,” he said. 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I just wanted to make sure everything was done by the book. One of the reasons I’m doing this is to make sure everything is done correctly in November,” Hancock said. “I’m hoping to get to the point where I could certify. There will always be a few little things that aren’t done right, but I’m hoping there aren’t significant problems.”"},{"_id":"NJEOCLMXSVDBXDRRUPOUXEQZLM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075010},"type":"text","content":"Democrats worry that Republicans could refuse to certify the presidential election if Kamala Harris defeats Trump in Georgia."},{"_id":"NYDCGSGJ2NFTJMZ4TRLN5WVFW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075011},"type":"text","content":"“The thing that keeps me up at nighttime is, what happens in redder counties across our state if Republicans are unsatisfied with whatever contrived controversy they make up?” said Kevin Olasanoye, executive director for the Democratic Party of Georgia. “What kind of chaos ensues?”"},{"level":1,"_id":"FEHT7EX6GJCCDO6NVV5LZVFLHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075012},"type":"header","content":"<b>The shadow of 2020</b>"},{"_id":"PVD6YCTR5VASTJ4MR5YSXWEEA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075013},"type":"text","content":"One Georgia county refused to certify the 2020 recount in the presidential race: Coffee County, the same place where <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-data-copied-under-direction-of-trump-attorney/XCPM33PXC5ABJN6UXG645EXLM4/\" target=\"_blank\">pro-Trump Republicans</a> hired computer analysts to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/video-shows-fake-trump-elector-aided-copying-of-georgia-election-data/NQM2F4KKMNGKRBHEAUSH6ALTGU/\" target=\"_blank\">copy the state’s election software</a>."},{"_id":"6H5CFN4UMBHU3AJAFFIKRE3C3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075014},"type":"text","content":"Coffee’s election board had concerns about the recount weeks before the intrusion, when its members couldn’t resolve a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-investigates-coffee-countys-handling-of-presidential-recount/VVS2ZTREURCHDMXBUNT6BEPFWM/\" target=\"_blank\">50-vote discrepancy</a> in the vote count after days of trying."},{"_id":"OPGVYUL6LVGILKCOHK7OVSW6KM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075015},"type":"text","content":"After speaking with Coffee officials, the<a href=\"https://sos.ga.gov/news/secretary-states-office-opens-investigation-coffee-countys-handling-recount\"> secretary of state’s office believed</a> election workers had likely counted a batch of 50 ballots twice. But some Coffee election officials blamed the state’s Dominion Voting System machines, suggesting they could be manipulated.<b> </b>Nearly 70% of Coffee voters supported Trump in 2020."},{"_id":"WPSK4V4BKNGPRKPVWXKWPUKPGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075016},"type":"text","content":"A federal cybersecurity agency <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voting-touchscreens-vulnerable-cybersecurity-agency-finds/AFNISYMQLFEBHJPCBDTW6VUWUA/\" target=\"_blank\">reported </a>in 2022 that Dominion machines are<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/judge-unseals-two-georgia-election-security-reports-that-differ-on-risk/VUTG3IBZHVGXLNGDXPHWXF44WQ/\"> vulnerable to hacking</a>, though election officials say the chance is remote.<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voting-touchscreens-vulnerable-cybersecurity-agency-finds/AFNISYMQLFEBHJPCBDTW6VUWUA/\"> No evidence</a> has emerged that the machines were manipulated during the 2020 election."},{"_id":"SE3XMZOPGVGXNBXOFLMPZIMP5E","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"GCNWJJUPHRFAFJAYRFLEYQHFTA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"MLK’s son: We must protect the voting rights my father marched for","url":"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/we-must-protect-the-voting-rights-my-father-marched-for/N7UIZSZUUFFPJOEH63R26AT3TA/"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"c278fd871b88b4793b8a46358304e3f58e50f1e76494389bb5f5416e2ecb52b9"},"caption":"Surveillance video of the Coffee County elections office shows, from left, Coffee County Republican Party Chairwoman Cathy Latham (seated); Paul Maggio of SullivanStrickler, an Atlanta data firm that supporters of then-President Donald Trump hired to copy the state's election software; bail bondsman Scott Hall; county election board member Eric Chaney; an unnamed analyst; and county Elections Director Misty Hampton. 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Instead, he said the source of the 50-vote discrepancy proved to be more mundane: A ballot scanner had become too dirty and kept jamming. That delayed efforts to recount the ballots and resolve the discrepancy."},{"_id":"7UKO2DW4PZHCXBAULSXRKURZVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075019},"alignment":"right","type":"text","content":"McCullough said technicians eventually realized what was wrong and cleaned the scanner. But the issue was not resolved until days after the deadline to certify the recount. He said the board certified the original election night count, which he believes was accurate."},{"_id":"M2QH5EELA5DFHPBZQW5EKIVBAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075020},"type":"text","content":"“A lot of people made it out to be a lot more of a conspiracy theory than it was,” he said."},{"_id":"BAPWIKRBFVETHICUGFCWXU3W4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075021},"type":"text","content":"After the 2020 election in Fulton, two Republicans voted not to certify twice — once days after the November election and again after a hand-count audit and a machine recount. During the first certification meeting, former election board members Kathleen Ruth and Mark Wingate said they were wary of certifying the results when there was a pending lawsuit against the election board over 3,600 challenged voters who may have cast ballots during early voting."},{"_id":"6KV7AEQD55FMBGECE7YVIQQGS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075022},"type":"text","content":"Another cornerstone of the two Republicans’ votes was absentee ballot scanners, which were never set up to verify absentee ballot signatures; instead, signatures were verified by hand."},{"_id":"GWRNWELHRNEBLAJ7NA2ASL7NB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075023},"type":"text","content":"Ruth told the AJC she voted not to certify because the election was mismanaged and said Fulton has a history of poorly conducted elections."},{"_id":"F45P7KQ2K5GJRFXEAIG7EOYBJE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075024},"type":"text","content":"“My decision had nothing to do with the personalities on the ballot but everything to do with issues administering the election under the last director,” Ruth said."},{"_id":"REJUAPIZ35GYVCKY3P26PYSHDM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075025},"type":"text","content":"The certification process is more than a formality, she said."},{"_id":"NYNQVA4CQFG5JDNWHFALWFYUWE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075026},"type":"text","content":"“You have to have the confidence that the department ran the election well,” Ruth said."},{"_id":"R34BQYN7LJH67NFM3QUEDFALGY","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"376QPR3XXNGIZNT4V22UT2WYQQ"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia Election Board wants ‘US Citizens Only’ signs posted at polls","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-wants-us-citizens-only-signs-posted-at-polls/7C5LES6C5JCFRF5UVXJBBN4FH4/"},{"_id":"L4Z2CL4J5RH3JH3UP4MMOYNEPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075027},"type":"text","content":"The point of certification is for county election boards to officially recognize what happened in an election and establish the results to the best of their ability, said Ryan Germany, co-chairman for the Georgia chapter of the American Bar Association’s Task Force for Democracy."},{"_id":"67PIVWJJ2ZDMRCIFW5HULUPXFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075028},"type":"text","content":"State law says county election boards “shall” certify elections — meaning it’s a required step before recounts or election contests in court."},{"_id":"ZYLSN7ZFBBDC7MDKJYBQGYFX6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075029},"type":"text","content":"If election boards find errors or fraud, they should still certify and then report problems to prosecutors afterward, according to the law."},{"_id":"RQAWJJOYZZATXBCTMIOTTTRMSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075030},"type":"text","content":"County election board members have oversight duties throughout elections, and they also have a responsibility to certify the election at the end of the process, said Germany, an attorney who previously worked as general counsel for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office."},{"_id":"DCJ6FWNOJZAGXH5XJLID4TLTHQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075031},"type":"text","content":"An effort to stall the presidential election and prevent a county’s votes from being certified wouldn’t work, he said."},{"_id":"6UZCYW6P55FLJC2TXW6CC4RMZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075032},"type":"text","content":"“We still have the results, regardless of what the counties do. But I don’t want to reach that uncharted territory,” Germany said. “I don’t think the law will allow them to hold votes hostage.”"},{"_id":"JAUI6JXFWJHHVBWGQRLT35DLLY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075033},"type":"text","content":"County election boards must certify election results during public meetings one week after Election Day, on Nov. 12. Then, after an audit of the presidential election, the deadline for Raffensperger to certify statewide results is Nov. 22."},{"_id":"T2TNITG3WNFCXLOAWKQNZAPOEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075034},"type":"text","content":"“We fully anticipate that counties will follow the law,” Raffensperger said."},{"level":1,"_id":"MMQLOMYFD5DDBI6Q2T6QWOVQN4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075035},"type":"header","content":"<b>Discretion and duty</b>"},{"_id":"GRBK2B6QG5AKBMFH2NSCA4ETMY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075036},"type":"text","content":"In<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/republican-member-of-fulton-elections-board-wont-certify-primary-results/IDYT7CZVMZAJXHDAADS7G6JNT4/\"> her lawsuit</a> over certification, Adams said the Fulton elections director and election board chair thwarted her efforts to fulfill her duties as a board member."},{"_id":"NTTRDUJZSZBEVPOKD7GLCJ7UPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075037},"type":"text","content":"Adams says she was denied the detailed information she needed to certify the results of the March presidential primary. Among other things, she sought the list of all registered voters, voter check-in lists for each precinct and tapes showing the number of ballots cast on each voting machine in every precinct."},{"_id":"Z2M36KZYCNGRZOVNTMXOKCNBWQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075038},"type":"text","content":"Elections Director Nadine Williams told her most of the material was not readily available and not needed for the board to certify the results. Election board members have a responsibility to review vote totals and investigate errors before certification, but the law requires them to certify afterward."},{"_id":"2PPVFHP6JNE53JYO35YQJRN6ZY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723734800441},"type":"text","content":"Without the documents they demanded, Adams and Heekin voted against certifying the election results."},{"_id":"CXWYRQWO4JATDKTHSASOERZFC4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"BXHOZPPQFNBMZM7HJVIIP3ZJAU"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Cobb County election board to charge fees for voter eligibility challenges","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/cobb-county-election-board-to-charge-fees-for-voter-eligibility-challenges/BGUTRXIRRFHQBOVWXVUNFDCLAY/"},{"_id":"F35UQFHRVJFB5PUOX5QDFUQICE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075039},"type":"text","content":"Besides her position on the Fulton election board, Adams is a regional coordinator for the Election Integrity Network, an organization founded by Cleta Mitchell, an attorney who supported efforts to overturn Trump’s defeat in 2020."},{"_id":"3UUUYYMMURCADN2IQ2XJREZOBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075040},"type":"text","content":"The lawsuit questions the proper role of county election board members."},{"_id":"6Z33KBFV5FFNDKF4EQ6B64CVUA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075041},"type":"text","content":"Adams cites the oath she swore as a board member, which requires her to “prevent any fraud, deceit or abuse” in elections and to “make a true and perfect return” of the results. She says her duties are “discretionary” — she can refuse to certify an election she deems to be fraudulent or imperfect."},{"_id":"W3KOTOHA4JFQZCS55J2TNY7QLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075042},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Fulton lawyers responded that the election board’s duty to certify results is “mandatory, not discretionary” under state law. They say board members’ job is to ensure the voting tallies are numerically accurate, not to conduct their own personal investigations."},{"_id":"B3DLMACVSZD2ZMLUT7GX5HSWD4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075043},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"In court documents, the county says it would take Adams weeks to personally review all the data she requested. 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But the Georgia Supreme Court rejected their arguments, saying it would be wrong to not count the votes because of a mere technicality."},{"_id":"7PIAEAGLFFBZVH5BRSH6TWQL5Y","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"IIVQPHZMQFF43MK4UVG3MWLIPE"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Reinvestigation of Fulton’s 2020 election ordered by Georgia Election Board","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/reinvestigation-of-fultons-2020-election-ordered-by-georgia-election-board/EZHO5IMF7NFWJD7RK3BICCJFQA/"},{"_id":"4LLSN34V3BHQXLYWBTLN6YBXMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075048},"type":"text","content":"In a 1926 case, the state Supreme Court ruled that local election superintendents “have no right to adjudicate upon the subject of irregularity or fraud” and their duties are “purely ministerial.” And in 1947 the court found election canvassers “are given no discretionary power except to determine if the returns are in proper form and executed by the proper officials and to pronounce the mathematical result, unless additional authority is expressed.”"},{"_id":"VNNSJIHYVFEOLA573N336O7KHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075049},"type":"text","content":"Spalding County election board member Roy McClain objects to the idea that his certification vote is merely “ministerial.”"},{"_id":"BVACGSXBSRGZXARA3MSEN7BWZA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075050},"type":"text","content":"McClain voted against certifying last fall’s local elections because he said he promised the public not to if a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/hand-counts-confirm-results-of-georgias-voting-machines/EFCTJAM3MNGOVCGGIMKZ2TCB2Q/\" target=\"_blank\">hand count</a> was off by more than one vote from the machine count. Out of 5,500 ballots cast, the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/hand-counts-spread-in-georgia-despite-lack-of-voting-machine-problems/TSHA3IESZBEMLGNKRJYUOK7BUE/\" target=\"_blank\">hand count</a> was <a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25042587-11-07-2023-spalding-risk-limit-audit-report?responsive=1&title=1\" target=\"_blank\">within three votes</a> of the machine count in each of four races."},{"_id":"VYBNXB5WCBFLVHNEB3XT7HMYA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075051},"type":"text","content":"“The only reason to not certify an election is a material defect. You have to stop and investigate the material defect to understand what happened and fix it before you can go to certification,” said McClain, a Republican. “I don’t care what political flavor you are, elections need to be administered correctly.”"},{"_id":"O3ZHUMQ3BZCZDASIS5FGEAIAP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075052},"type":"text","content":"A handful of Democrats on county election boards have also voted against certifying elections since 2020."},{"_id":"TGY52IKVWBBSXF3MS24V5OD3GI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075053},"type":"text","content":"Helen Butler, executive director for the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, a civil rights group, refused to certify the 2020 presidential primary when she was a member of the Morgan County election board. She was joined by fellow Democratic election board member Avery Jackson."},{"_id":"P5IMEGHJQFEZ3A6KE67OOFLYKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723669075054},"type":"text","content":"Butler said she was concerned that the state’s new voting machines weren’t counting all votes of absentee voters who filled in ovals lightly or used check marks or X’s. 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As a result, the state, as it has <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-adjusted-state-revenue-down-in-september-again/4ZP3TIRIFZCXFHQYH6NRYPRYIA/\">for the past three fiscal years</a>, will bank billions of dollars in surplus funds."},{"_id":"CEY5SPGOLJGJLEJWB5WXZHHNW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723587625321},"type":"text","content":"Kemp is also projecting a slow rate of growth, 1.7%, for the fiscal year that began July 1."},{"_id":"NRWDPD3HONGPXJI3PA5MEZ36MY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723587625322},"type":"text","content":"Part of the reason is<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-signs-500-million-individual-corporate-georgia-income-tax-cuts/UWQEUXHZGJGL3DYCRBKVZDW6QY/\"> the state lowered the income tax rate</a> — which will mean a smaller tax bill for many and possibly less money for the government."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Atlanta Journal-Constituion 2024","address":{"street_address":"Cobb Superior Court","locality":"Marietta","region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"c6fb241f11840fef4fbd4b71adc77f49d40c843d140f7969f4ca51cdc755740b"},"caption":"Cobb County Director of Elections Tate Fall estimated that when the county saw 2,472 challenges to voters' eligibility, it cost county $1,600 to notify voters that their right to cast a ballot was being challenged. 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It was just the latest of <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gov-kemp-signs-new-voter-challenge-and-election-security-laws/5D7L7RBZKRFR7MWNPVU6ZMVNCI/\">numerous election laws legislators have passed</a> after Donald Trump blamed his loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia on voter fraud, even though numerous investigations and court cases debunked those claims."},{"_id":"FETR2ONXDRGLNHWDEA2P2U6MV4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723658312532},"type":"text","content":"Conservative activists have contested the eligibility of<b> </b>more than <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/wave-of-georgia-voter-challenges-expected-before-2024-election/V7OXHYVD7NEZBI76VLGV35OP7M/\">350,000 voters</a> across the state<b> </b>since the 2020 general election. 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Similar initiatives led to a 2022 referendum in Camden County that blocked a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/future-of-proposed-spaceport-camden-remains-in-limbo-after-voters-reject-plan/DBS56CC5VBASNEGNLNRAAMZSX4/\">proposed spaceport</a> and a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/judge-approves-referendum-sought-by-slave-descendants-to-challenge-rezoning-of-island-community/2R2LQ2IJIFGP7IFAJSOSSCV3JM/\">vote scheduled for Oct. 1 in McIntosh County</a> that seeks to overturn a zoning ordinance change passed last year that allows for bigger houses on Sapelo Island."},{"_id":"XSQX2OGBDVCWBN63L7FK26XTHE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409258},"type":"text","content":"Opponents of the proposed wells are concerned that they would lower levels in the Floridan aquifer enough to cut off their water supply. The four planned wells are proposed to draw as much as 6.6 million gallons of water a day, and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/business/georgia-county-approves-water-deals-for-hyundai-plant-over-opposition/EQSKLCEAPBEXPK6L5BEQJVFWEM/\">an agreement signed by the Bulloch County Commission</a> in June cites the potential for two additional wells."},{"_id":"4C45CZCB7VAHXNR76G32G4NWSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409259},"type":"text","content":"Officials with <a href=\"https://www.savannahjda.com/\" target=\"_blank\">the Savannah Harbor-Interstate 16 Corridor Joint Development Authority</a> — which manages the factory site in coordination with the state — said they remain confident the water commitments made to Hyundai will be fulfilled."},{"level":2,"_id":"5QJLPSSSM5CVNMF5VHB46WDURQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409263},"type":"header","content":"<b>Democrats’ formula for statewide success evolves</b>"},{"_id":"7PIUSEE43NDHFKUWXAWS3QCFEA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510203},"type":"text","content":"It’s not as dramatic as the switch to New Coke, but <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/democrats-blueprint-for-winning-is-changing-in-georgia/HD3UK3TVMRBFXES6LRNGEDGFFQ/\" target=\"_blank\">the formula for statewide Democratic victories</a> has changed."},{"_id":"3XXEUBIPCBFCLET5MZR4GB3SBI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510204},"type":"text","content":"The 30-30 rule, as it’s known, is now more of a guideline."},{"_id":"TLUZMGP3VZGUXGOLMYI225DSTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510205},"type":"text","content":"The rule was that, in order to win, Democrats needed to attract 30% of the white vote and Black voters had to account for 30% of overall turnout. Part of what made it work was that nearly all Black voters in the state vote Democratic."},{"_id":"OYCYFUKICNDVDCGJCZSR6Y3GBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510206},"type":"text","content":"Now, it’s not as necessary as before for Democrats to hit 30 and 30."},{"_id":"7KE2EQFJLJHB5PSNV77ZYYPZVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510207},"type":"text","content":"In the 2020 presidential election, for example, Black voters were responsible for 27% of the ballots cast in Georgia, and Joe Biden drew the support of 29% of white voters. He still won, even though it was a narrow victory of less than 12,000 votes."},{"_id":"KJD6PO5S7BDA7MRWWWEYIDNLJA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510208},"type":"text","content":"What changed? Georgia."},{"_id":"MAS5WE37KRHQPIYHRYIVEG3W3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510209},"type":"text","content":"It’s not as Black and white as it used to be."},{"_id":"2J5OWBWM2VEJXABAKY4YBBCILY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510210},"type":"text","content":"Hispanic and Asian American voters are seeing their share of the electorate growing."},{"_id":"OPW23JHUIJEZVNKSZALA2CWVYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510211},"type":"text","content":"In 2008, the two groups made up roughly 2% of Georgia’s voters in the presidential election. In 2020, that grew to 5%."},{"_id":"FUKNZU47MBBUFNJ26MA74WJU3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510223},"type":"text","content":"“The small changes in the size of the Latino and Asian population, small changes in the rate of Democratic support from Black voters, are the difference between winning and losing,” Emory University political scientist Bernard Fraga said."},{"_id":"MC5XAFJ3LFFBLGP3BR3WP3C4ZE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723574510229},"type":"text","content":"It’s still not a surefire rule. Hispanic and Asian American<b> </b>voters lean Democratic, but not as strongly as Black voters, according to a nationwide study by the <a href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship-by-race-ethnicity-and-education/\">Pew Research Center</a>. While over 80% of Black voters align with the Democratic Party, roughly 60% of Hispanic and Asian American voters do."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 AJC","address":{},"auth":{"1":"cf39e9e6139d2a167fe9f38d9b52b16aeefdc2eecba12a5685cc2482e2df1ea8"},"caption":"Rick Jeffares, a member of the State Election Board, says he has mentioned to friends that he'd be willing to take a job in a potential second Trump administration that he turned down before. But he says he has not talked to anybody \"in the Trump administration\" and has not formally asked for a job. 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He said that during Donald Trump’s first term as president, he turned down a job as a regional director for the Environmental Protection Agency. Now, he’s mentioned to friends that he’d consider the job."},{"_id":"RAQYJQ2EWFH5NBJBMGCUVGP3T4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409282},"type":"text","content":"He said he “didn’t talk to anyone in the Trump administration,” and that he never formally requested the job."},{"_id":"2I6ZWST5DVHQTIKU7AS365UCF4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409283},"type":"text","content":"If Jeffares formally sought the job, that could be problematic given his work on the election board. Jeffares has been part of a three-member majority that <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-plans-votes-on-new-rules-after-trumps-praise/KO32B4XY7VCSPNEXHZF5CUJRQ4/\">drew a shoutout from Trump during his recent Atlanta rally</a> for a series of recent votes, including one <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/reinvestigation-of-fultons-2020-election-ordered-by-georgia-election-board/EZHO5IMF7NFWJD7RK3BICCJFQA/\">to reinvestigate</a> Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 recount and another approving a rule that could give partisan county election board members <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-approves-new-inquiry-for-certifying-election-results/BI6SME6TJVHQHGMMADOKGQ3UPU/\">more leeway</a> to question the outcome of votes."},{"_id":"RAQYJQ2EWFH5NBJBMGCUVGP3T4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409284},"type":"text","content":"Speaking for himself and the two other board members who drove those votes, Janice Johnston and Janelle King, Jeffares said, “It’s been a hardship on us ever since Trump mentioned us at the rally.”"},{"_id":"6FW3TYXN5NHRFMETX74532764I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409285},"type":"text","content":"He added: “How the rumor got started that I would join the administration is beyond me. It’s all just to make us look like criminals. I have emails and voicemail messages that would make you blush.”"},{"_id":"424QYEWSABGMFN5LHXWT3YO2QA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409286},"type":"text","content":"A spokesperson for longtime Trump aide Brian Jack, whom The Guardian identified as the person Jeffares spoke to about a job, said he can’t recall any conversations with Jeffares."},{"_id":"CL6G4TJZXNFE5KQ4Z76YYQV3GY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409287},"type":"text","content":"“But his position has been crystal clear: Anyone lobbying for a role in a future administration is only hurting President Trump and themselves, and distracting from the campaign before us,” said the spokesperson for Jack, who is now a candidate in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District."},{"_id":"WKXOQRZMTNCXHGJH6BMDCRVB2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409288},"type":"text","content":"Democrats quickly jumped on the report. Lauren Groh-Wargo, the director of the Fair Fight political organization founded by two-time gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, said it raises “serious ethical concerns.”"},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"12b6da583ad91ae667a4da079ba39d699793497bd9c4e0554340845a1654b3ce"},"caption":"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of three independent or third-party candidates who have submitted more than the minimum 7,500 nominating petition signatures necessary to appear on Georgia's ballot in November. He still faces a legal challenge about his eligibility to appear on the ballot that an administrative judge will eventually rule on. 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Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz each submitted more than the minimum 7,500 nominating petition signatures necessary to appear on the ballot, although just barely for De la Cruz, the nominee for the Party for Socialism and Liberation."},{"_id":"E34AOFGUK5F3VKNFARXQOGM4VY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723668419859},"type":"text","content":"The three, however, still face legal challenges about their eligibility to appear on the ballot. An administrative law judge will hold hearings on the challenges in the coming week."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"workflow":{"status_code":4},"auth":{"1":"c13dcd9bda6ee3e864ca4cdee4109dc1a0e136723011a791baac08ec6c7739ab"},"caption":"The estate of performer and songwriter Isaac Hayes has demanded in a letter that Donald Trump's campaign stop playing \"Hold On, I'm Coming,\" which Hayes and Michael Porter wrote, at the former president's rallies. It's also pressing Trump and the Republican National Committee to pay $3 million for prior usage.","source":{"system":"Methode","source_type":"other","source_id":"86ee2d0f-d8df-4fde-9698-2561931293a1","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"17ed3688-7626-4f35-a455-5436a94a8512"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4.jpg","licensable":false,"display_date":"2008-08-11T01:08:00Z","credits":{"by":[{"name":"Columbia Pictures","type":"author","byline":"Columbia Pictures","slug":"columbia-pictures"}]},"subtitle":"Isaac Hayes dies","width":500,"first_publish_date":"2008-08-11T01:08:00Z","_id":"6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/LH62tjgQVtsErU5f6dI2V78quyQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4.jpg","comments":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/LH62tjgQVtsErU5f6dI2V78quyQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4.jpg","takenOn":"2008-08-11T01:08:00Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/LH62tjgQVtsErU5f6dI2V78quyQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4.jpg","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/OmRLCr8mtNIa6T1GcW-Z-u9GpjI=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4.jpg","version":0,"originalName":"https://www.ajc.com//rw/Pub/p9/AJC/2008/08/11/Images/photos.medleyphoto.2259354.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[{"headlines":{"basic":"Isaac Hayes dies"},"_id":"LIMZHW7F3BQ5DUOTBINMRAKKVE"}],"_id":"TLNIXDPTGFDOHD3RKEI3DT4RSI"},"created_date":"2020-06-28T11:13:37Z","last_updated_date":"2020-06-28T11:13:37Z","publish_date":"2012-08-12T01:16:42Z","height":276,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/6RTI7SADTS5WOANQNJUFJDZDE4.jpg?auth=c13dcd9bda6ee3e864ca4cdee4109dc1a0e136723011a791baac08ec6c7739ab&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}},{"level":2,"_id":"ZIJUTKZZY5EXDGDOLX6JNVOJT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723662409289},"type":"header","content":"<b>Hayes family says if Trump uses song, he can’t expect to ‘Hold On’ to his money</b>"},{"_id":"SKVFZ3VDVZDHHAE3QQVGOJMKC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723568051802},"type":"text","content":"Hold off on the “Hold On” — <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/uatl/the-family-of-isaac-hayes-is-coming-for-donald-trump-over-the-unauthorized-use-of-a-classic-soul-hit/BXSWDPNNX5GJ7GXDMFF24G7IHM/\" target=\"_blank\">the Isaac Hayes estate</a> is coming."},{"_id":"7YUZIMM6ZFA5JMH3E6NB354RGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723568051803},"type":"text","content":"The family of the famous performer and songwriter — and a resident of Atlanta for decades — sent a legal notice to Donald Trump’s campaign and the National Republican Committee demanding that they stop using the R&B classic <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbOVhBWrHdQ\">“Hold On, I’m Coming”</a> at his events and pressed them to pay $3 million for prior usage."},{"_id":"4UW5TS6ONRDFPN66OUO2P2RSWE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723568051804},"type":"text","content":"In the letter, the Hayes family details more than 130 times Trump and Republicans played the song, a hit for Sam and Dave in 1966 but written by Hayes and David Porter."},{"_id":"UVXAKTRG5NFY3GGAEFKMT7HMZY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723568051815},"type":"text","content":"Hayes’ son Isaac Hayes III said the family also plans to file a federal lawsuit accusing Trump of 134 counts of infringement at campaign rallies since 2022."},{"_id":"B6SUDZ6ZNBBL7LSRJAKQIUVSEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723568051824},"type":"text","content":"Other artists who have complained about Trump’s use of their music could fill their own wing of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, including the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Neil Young, Rihanna and Ozzy Osbourne, as well as the estates of George Harrison, Prince and Sinead O’Connor."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2023 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"7905cbd9eecdeab8600d4fb42018856acce381ae83c89323899f35e9d2cee91f"},"caption":"State Rep. Devan Seabaugh, R-Marietta, has been cited on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of drugs and five other infractions. The charges involve an Aug. 8 accident in Grant Park when police say he struck a cyclist with his car. 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Seabaugh said on social media over the weekend that he was not drunk and has never used drugs."},{"level":2,"_id":"TF2AYJN23JHNJPJLCD36L2KO6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723584287883},"type":"header","content":"<b>Political expedience</b>"},{"_id":"GEFGZ43RDJHETPFATBA2JQN3GQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723584287884},"type":"text","content":"<b>Airing it out:</b> The ad-tracking firm AdImpact Politics <a href=\"https://x.com/adimpact_pol/status/1822026081592832254?s=46&t=rZ65MPiF5tLq9H9D1iFZWw\">reported</a> that former President Donald Trump’s campaign <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-trump-effect-to-be-felt-downballot-georgia-house-gop-fears-backlash/KFNIDNABD5GXNGBOVMHWZO5OTY/\" target=\"_blank\">purchased nearly $24 million of airtime</a> devoted to Georgia as part of a larger ad buy of $37.2 million."},{"_id":"ERGKZKTMZBGJDFTFKZBEL4JEHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723584287885},"type":"text","content":"<b>Honoring Massey:</b> U.S. Reps. 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And the agency’s role in delaying the return to in-person learning during the pandemic, at the behest of teachers unions, wasn’t endearing for Republicans either (or many Democrats for that matter)."},{"_id":"NN523TD775HJBP3D3X4V6BCQSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723587570705},"type":"text","content":"Indeed, the education agency has had a target on its back since months after its inception, when Ronald Reagan campaigned for abolishing it during the Republican’s successful bid for the presidency in 1980. Georgia Republicans such as <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/national-democrats-after-david-perdue-education/IGHbd2J8jL70naFwEnSPZJ/\" target=\"_blank\">David Perdue</a> and Jody Hice supported the idea during their days in Congress. U.S. Rep. 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President George W. Bush harnessed it for accountability, imposing the testing requirements that linger in schools today."},{"_id":"IVM6ZMYTV5GU5NVIZPZ4DYDP3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723587570712},"type":"text","content":"Besides the technical hurdles, there are the pragmatic and political ones: The Education Department sends billions of dollars to school districts to help them serve less fortunate students. 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In each case, they were overridden by their board’s majorities."},{"_id":"C3TUR6MSIJGRJCXREPE2WBZZZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055818},"type":"text","content":"Republican supporters of the rule said county election boards shouldn’t just “rubber stamp” election results without knowing they are accurate."},{"_id":"6FB5ISZT5RAUVATAH6A3OGC3BE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055820},"type":"text","content":"“We’re not asking the board to do a full election audit or a forensic audit,” Republican State Election Board member Janice Johnston said. “We’re just asking for a reasonable inquiry.”"},{"_id":"2SO3E43P55DNTFNYB7ECNQ5QEM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055821},"type":"text","content":"Johnston and fellow Republicans Rick Jeffares and Janelle King backed the rule in a 3-2 vote. Opposing the rule were Sara Tindall Ghazall, the board’s lone Democrat, and Chairman John Fervier, who was appointed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp."},{"_id":"64VD7XQBGZG7BOP6KZU534YT4Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055822},"type":"text","content":"Fervier said he opposed the rule because it lacked clear <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-advances-new-rule-before-finalizing-results/BKVW3E6KLRDABKBUFKBIYM2NNY/\">standards </a>for a “reasonable inquiry.”"},{"_id":"BQEX2WWQDRF2FNKLG7NNLICMFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055823},"type":"text","content":"“I’m sympathetic to boards being able to look at documents prior to certifying,” he said. “I also believe there should be some guardrails around that. There don’t appear to be any guardrails around that process.”"},{"level":2,"_id":"JU5S5RM4NNG67JEBCBISSART3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055824},"type":"header","content":"<b>State Election Board orders reinvestigation of Fulton’s 2020 recount</b>"},{"_id":"VAICYXH46RA4ZA3MGBKAWYPKMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055825},"type":"text","content":"The Georgia Election Board voted 3-2 this past week to reinvestigate Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 presidential recount, reviving an inquiry into allegations of <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-scrutinizes-double-voting-allegation-in-fulton/FIT6OKELVZGJ7LAROV36AUKR24/\">double-counted ballots</a> months before this year’s election."},{"_id":"AZPVF3RJ7NEUTHKBQAAEECHEDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055826},"type":"text","content":"Under the vote, the board is asking Attorney General Chris Carr to conduct an investigation and report his progress in 30 days."},{"_id":"3RFC2W4K3ZEX5IOKPAYXDHXZI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055827},"type":"text","content":"The board previously voted to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-reprimands-fulton-for-double-scanned-ballots-in-2020/G3H27SUHGFDRHAOZSG4JQJ2F7E/\">issue a reprimand</a> against Fulton and require election monitors in May, but the board’s new majority of members who have questioned the conduct of the 2020 presidential election has sought to renew the case because of evidence suggesting that over 3,000 ballots may have been counted twice during the recount. Prior <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/investigation-report-opposes-georgia-takeover-of-fulton-elections/57QILNNULNH4FP7YVNV2RL26ZI/\">investigations </a>have blamed disorganization and human errors."},{"_id":"3KB4S7AC5FDVFAMWGHSYZGATAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055828},"type":"text","content":"Claims of widespread fraud have never been proved despite numerous investigations and court cases, and if votes were double-counted, they still wouldn’t have changed the outcome of the race in Georgia that Joe Biden won by less than 12,000 votes."},{"_id":"ZF5IE6AA55DANNFNLBGGD6EBBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055829},"type":"text","content":"In fact, Biden — who carried Fulton with 73% of the vote — received a smaller share of the ballots in question at 56%. Donald Trump gained a net of 939 votes in Fulton through the recount."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"39f7cf454e2e249c1ec092ffc1fceb6590123e425a9e3e30b01e2f90e3ba7595"},"caption":"Vice President Kamala Harris entry into this year's presidential race spurred a boost in spending on advertising by former President Donald Trump's campaign and a super PAC that supports his election effort.","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"AJC","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM.png","geo":{},"licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"AP","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Associated Press","type":"author","byline":"Associated Press"}]},"subtitle":"Election 2024","width":569,"_id":"3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/fss19kliV5sxTCg3VQhz4AHu_Q0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM.png","owner":"kenneth.musisi@ajc.com","comments":[],"keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/fss19kliV5sxTCg3VQhz4AHu_Q0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM.png","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/fss19kliV5sxTCg3VQhz4AHu_Q0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM.png","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/lvyYIkhjsB55OUR8HRdYmpwVkn8=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM.png","version":1,"originalName":"election-2024.png","mime_type":"image/png","restricted":false,"template_id":594,"galleries":[],"_id":"ZOSQRCSU3VFK7KLBMJNDHW2HVI"},"created_date":"2024-08-07T17:44:14Z","last_updated_date":"2024-08-08T09:22:21Z","height":371,"image_type":"photograph","resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/3SJRFA2KD5EHTPTVIY5L3SXDGM.png?auth=39f7cf454e2e249c1ec092ffc1fceb6590123e425a9e3e30b01e2f90e3ba7595&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}},{"level":2,"_id":"7TRLXTCXPZGHVOC4E73DMMUSYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055831},"type":"header","content":"<b>Trump campaign and ally boost ad spending in Georgia after Harris enters race</b>"},{"_id":"NP6RIVU4Q5ATNGCZ7F5EIL4RB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722978338185},"type":"text","content":"In the two weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race for president, former President Donald Trump’s campaign and an allied super PAC <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-campaign-and-maga-inc-go-on-ad-spending-spree-after-harris-enters-race/RDRBEGOBIFH7BABHIMGJFXR3OU/\" target=\"_blank\">boosted their advertising spending</a> in Georgia by almost four times what they had already spent."},{"_id":"EESAR2RLHVDPPGGISU3KPFRUUE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722978338186},"type":"text","content":"Since July 21, when President Joe Biden halted his reelection bid and endorsed Harris, the Trump campaign and MAGA Inc. have spent more than $11.5 million on television ad buys at the major networks in the state to air in the months leading up to the election. Up until that point, their combined spending for the year totaled $2.9 million."},{"_id":"7RQDDLJOYZBSBO23V5SDACKOYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722978338187},"type":"text","content":"Even with Trump’s ad-buying blitz, Democrats have spent more on presidential campaign ads in Georgia than Republicans, booking<b> </b>a total of $29.4 million for ads to support Biden or Harris. Republicans have ordered $14.4 million in ads."},{"_id":"2PRRTBK5SNBWPEMCNIU3557QUA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722978338188},"type":"text","content":"Republican strategist Brian Robinson said the spending totals demonstrate that “both campaigns see (the state) as winnable.”"},{"_id":"HMPA6LWGUNFKTHEXS6UUZ6STNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722978338190},"type":"text","content":"Trump’s campaign and MAGA Inc. have bought almost 13,000 spots for<b> </b>ads since Harris launched her campaign, more than twice as many as they bought while Biden was running. These ads will air over the next few months."},{"_id":"56NA4LW26VAPLIDEEJ7TT3S4BA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722978338191},"type":"text","content":"On the Democratic side, more than 22,000 spots for ads were purchased before Harris launched her campaign, and about 3,800 have been bought since. 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The House Republican Caucus plans to devote an additional $250,000 to identifying and engaging minority voters in competitive districts."},{"_id":"RDYH2BPWBVGZ5PCKKF3GAINBKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722970904899},"type":"text","content":"The GOP groups plan to highlight income tax cuts, teacher pay raises, criminal justice initiatives and a mental health overhaul as part of the effort."},{"_id":"YCZ3OKCO5BCH7E7OA4GTD7KBVE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722970904900},"type":"text","content":"The organizations didn’t specify which districts will be targeted. But <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/brian-kemp\">Gov. </a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/brian-kemp\">Brian Kemp</a> and national Democrats have already identified a handful of state legislative races that could be up for grabs."},{"_id":"XOD5ASMZKFDRXNWXF6FEFSFRYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722970904902},"type":"text","content":"They include districts held by Democratic state Reps. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4953\">Jasmine Clark</a> of Lilburn and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/5043\">Farooq Mughal</a> of Dacula, as well as Republican state Reps. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4899\">Scott Hilton</a> of Peachtree Corners, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/5040\">Matt Reeves</a> of Duluth and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4887\">Deborah Silcox</a> of Sandy Springs."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"locality":"Athens","region":"GA"},"auth":{"1":"96ff6f5c3b1ccd8a91adf520e271a560b6813527b902094f69290dfe2d28b866"},"caption":"Gov. 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Many of the same arguments were made when lawmakers passed litigation law changes in the early 2000s."},{"_id":"MXWL7EME45DWDOXO3N4MOLELMY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723058099985},"type":"text","content":"In opposition are trial lawyers and patient advocacy groups that <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/how-the-2024-legislative-session-may-impact-georgia-businesses/Y5OM67NRNJH4HPQ3E5JD4E7ZWA/\">frame such legislation</a> as a giveaway to powerful corporations that could cost Georgians their legal rights."},{"_id":"25JG6C5H55E7XJXTIGV2WR3PKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723060336258},"type":"text","content":"Kemp approached the idea of an overhaul last year, but at the beginning of this year’s legislative session he said it would <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/how-the-2024-legislative-session-may-impact-georgia-businesses/Y5OM67NRNJH4HPQ3E5JD4E7ZWA/\">be a multiyear effort</a>. He said he needed more time to gather industry data to prepare a campaign for a broader overhaul in 2025."},{"_id":"UVKHUUF6QNHMRMDTSTCJ2RNC7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723058099988},"type":"text","content":"Some who took part in discussions at the time said it was doubtful whether there were enough votes to push such legislation through the General Assembly."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2023 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"06f35c4a0c54dc826629c871082d974c9c44ec6ddc2a678ca07d06b529e7893e"},"caption":"State Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, will be the chair of the Senate Special Committee on the Protection of Women’s Sports, which will investigate how administrators promote “the protection of women’s sports” and whether transgender students can participate in school athletic competitions. 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Gov. Burt Jones named six Republicans and two Democrats to serve on the Senate Special Committee on the Protection of Women’s Sports to investigate how administrators promote “the protection of women’s sports.” GOP state Sen. <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/4925\">Greg Dolezal</a> of Cumming will be its chair."},{"_id":"DZAEESCVGREJXLIIYR6RTK6GSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723058099995},"type":"text","content":"Critics say the panel is a political ploy. The <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/sports/high-school-sports-blog/ghsa-votes-62-0-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-competing-based-on-gender-identification/VYA34ZF4FRB5JBKTL3SPDRKX6M/\">Georgia High School Association</a> already requires athletes to compete on teams based on their gender assigned at birth, essentially banning transgender athletes from participating."},{"_id":"57TUXHY3QZFYBN64YSTFAS2H24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723058099996},"type":"text","content":"The panel will hold its first hearing Aug. 27."},{"owner":{"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"locality":"Atlanta","region":"GA"},"auth":{"1":"f6c76233bc2a298617848463e745e7aa5aa15ae4a6424502e186cfca9387581e"},"caption":"Atlanta rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, became a topic of conversation this week when former President Donald Trump was interviewed by streamer Adin Ross. Trump said the rapper, accused of leading a south Atlanta gang involved in drug trafficking, robberies and shootings, \"has got to be treated fairly.\" Williams, like Trump, is facing racketeering charges brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. 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He has denied wrongdoing."},{"_id":"CUBRZTTD4FATBEJCESD7Y2NVDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055867},"type":"text","content":"Williams is accused of being the co-founder and leader of Young Slime Life, which Fulton prosecutors describe as a criminal street gang based in south Atlanta that is responsible for drug deals, robberies and a spate of shootings that left at least three people dead."},{"_id":"ZTUNN6BMWRERPFRGOE2DF43ZRE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723060336274},"type":"text","content":"The rapper’s attorneys say Young Slime Life, better known to some as YSL, is simply the name of the star’s record label."},{"_id":"LU6VZUU5KRGJNKD6J4OUIVCX3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723080055869},"type":"text","content":"“He’s got to be treated fairly,” Trump told Ross."},{"level":2,"_id":"AVZZNLIMJBHWNBQVE3CFX27RRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723058099997},"type":"header","content":"<b>Political expedience</b>"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"KPFUT2QSLBB5HEKPDUDSO2NBA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723055484173},"type":"list","items":[{"_id":"2HF537QXONF6JMBNW7R7LWIUZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723055484173},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Ossoff touts new prison law:</b> <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/jon-ossoff\">U.S. Sen. </a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/jon-ossoff\">Jon Ossoff</a> this past week <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-harris-walz-campaign-to-leverage-vp-picks-military-tie-to-georgia/UZQI6V4PAFBK5NHLS5T3PGYJ4M/\" target=\"_blank\">promoted</a> his <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/biden-signs-bill-strengthening-oversight-of-crisis-plagued-federal-bureau-of-prisons/BX4ARC5ZEREMJMMS6Z7HRC76OQ/\">Federal Prison Oversight Act</a> that President Joe Biden recently signed into law. The law requires regular unannounced inspections of all federal prisons to ensure adequate inmate care and welfare. It also creates an anonymous tip line at the U.S. Department of Justice for people to report dangerous prison conditions and abuses. The legislation followed multiple congressional investigations Ossoff led that found widespread civil and human rights abuses in federal, state and local facilities, including in Atlanta. A 2022 <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/investigations/georgia-prisons/\">investigative report</a> by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, titled “Out of Control,” brought many of the issues to light."},{"_id":"SLZTY66W4ZDAHKGETN474RYWNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Carter wants to vote:</b> Oct. 1 will mark former <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/jimmy-carter/\">President Jimmy Carter</a>’s 100th birthday. 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But Johnston said a lawyer from the Georgia Republican Party advised her that the board could legally move forward."},{"_id":"B2WDBS7XFVATNFFM3JWJXBYL5U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723066557759},"type":"text","content":"Conservatives have long sought to find wrongdoing in the 2020 election, packing State Election Board meetings in an effort to push it to seek answers."},{"_id":"BNXYLE5CNVAODOSECIDCKX3CTU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723066557760},"type":"text","content":"Joe Rossi, a Houston County voter whose complaint launched the investigation two years ago, said he believes Fulton double-counted ballots because the recount was short of the original count."},{"_id":"AHY3RIETMZFONHKSSPTNMOL7QQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723073466600},"type":"text","content":"“We now know the duplication of ballots was not an administrative error. Rather, the duplication process was due to intentional human intervention,” Rossi told a crowd at the Capitol on Tuesday. “Intentional human intervention is the predicate for election fraud.”"},{"_id":"WYTNZP6CWRFOLP2OCOCI5B4O4Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723066557762},"type":"text","content":"The double-counted ballots appeared to have been scanned once in one tabulator, then divided up and moved to various other tabulators, according to Republican researchers collaborating with Rossi."},{"_id":"NTGCGAYLYJBJHASDLKFBVSUNVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723066557763},"type":"text","content":"But their research doesn’t indicate that the double-counting benefited Biden in Fulton, where he received 73% of the votes. Among the double-counted ballots, Biden received votes at a lower rate, 56%, and overall in the recount, Trump gained 939 net votes in Fulton."},{"_id":"MZGUM2OM4RFGHLOB4R2CQQDX7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723066557764},"type":"text","content":"Previous investigations haven’t proved wrongdoing in Fulton, including allegations of illegal <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-investigators-no-fraud-in-two-high-profile-election-cases/WKV6DBXZGJHEXEGYK55YNVEYCU/\">“ballot suitcases”</a> at State Farm Arena, and two Fulton election workers won big <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/giuliani-must-pay-more-than-148-million-for-defaming-fulton-election-workers/SRUDAD3HSBABZLCK2VM7ZHRKUE/\">defamation lawsuits</a> against Trump supporters. 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Federal and state laws require <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-identifies-432k-voters-through-eric-who-moved-or-died/4WPD2JEPYRFQVC5GG2ASQ5YHO4/\">mailed notifications </a>to voters who appear to have moved, and if they don’t respond, registrations can be canceled if they don’t participate in the next two general elections."},{"_id":"CQBNEGPXIFABXMDWVQ5RWGQSO4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475912},"type":"text","content":"Georgia currently has 914,000 voters in <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/184k-georgia-voters-notified-they-could-be-designated-as-inactive/RTRGBRBBK5FX3BBV3BEECTGTSE/\">“inactive” status</a>. They’re still allowed to vote, but the state could cancel their registrations if they skip upcoming elections."},{"_id":"LSNUFA56QFEM7M4YOED5R3NLDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475913},"type":"text","content":"Conservative activists have sought to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/wave-of-georgia-voter-challenges-expected-before-2024-election/V7OXHYVD7NEZBI76VLGV35OP7M/\">accelerate the registration cancellation process</a>, filing over 100,000 voter challenges with county election boards since the 2020 election. They say outdated registrations could be used for fraud, though very few cases of out-of-state voting have been proved and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/number-of-georgia-voters-without-state-id-declines/FHXQFA5IFJGVXEIYACSQ62ASLI/\">voter ID</a> is required in Georgia."},{"_id":"L6N6VXWNFRA7LJV5QQBDSCBQYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475914},"type":"text","content":"Democrats have raised concerns that the cancellation website could be misused."},{"_id":"ET6BBN36NZFEPPAOQ6UCJP3A4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475915},"type":"text","content":"“This portal is ripe for abuse by right-wing activists who are already submitting mass voter challenges meant to disenfranchise Georgians,” said Tolulope Kevin Olasanoye, executive director for the Democratic Party of Georgia. He called on Raffensperger to ”take it down immediately.”"},{"_id":"ZW5UBRP6KBDIPEPJ6BKQPXT74Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475916},"type":"text","content":"The voter registration cancellation website is available at <a href=\"https://cancelmyregistration.sos.ga.gov/s/\">cancelmyregistration.sos.ga.gov</a>."},{"_id":"PABZGH27HNAOVNAW2QNIF3UESI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475917},"type":"text","content":"Georgians can check their registration status and sign up to vote through the state’s My Voter Page at <a href=\"https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/\">mvp.sos.ga.gov</a>."},{"level":2,"_id":"SEEDMUGGM5F3DAM7NA432IAZYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448435},"type":"header","content":"<b>State Election Board to revisit rules three members approved at contested meeting</b>"},{"_id":"RWKVPEVGJNEOPDGCW6TRWPANFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448436},"type":"text","content":"The State Election Board <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-votes-to-re-do-disputed-meeting-on-new-rules/PM6Q5QT6CZFNFFOLDC5VRENE7M/\" target=\"_blank\">voted unanimously for a do-over</a> to reconsider rules that three of its members approved during a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/impromptu-state-election-board-meeting-met-with-ire-jeers/HUJAOT2GQNAONERTSMESDEQSX4/\">heated meeting</a> that critics have said was illegal."},{"_id":"V7PBWPCE2RC4VAUUPUNBUEAC2E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448437},"type":"text","content":"The proposed rules, which the board will discuss Tuesday, would allow more poll watcher access to ballot counting and require counties to post daily ballot tallies on their websites during early voting."},{"_id":"2KKGF7BDOFGNZC4ZJYZ4ODE55M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448439},"type":"text","content":"Three Republicans on the five-member board approved those proposals in a July 18 meeting that <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/group-sues-state-election-board-over-alleged-illegal-meeting/FUYCWA6S7FFY5M2KXOCGFY6LBY/\">spurred a lawsuit</a> by the left-leaning group American Oversight alleging that it violated the Georgia Open Meetings Act because it was called with just over 24 hours’ notice and wasn’t livestreamed for the public."},{"_id":"JX4QLEU7DFEMJP5CDHHRIECTBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448440},"type":"text","content":"Board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston and Janelle King said they wanted to move forward with the board’s business, even if Republican Chairman John Fervier and Sara Tindall Ghazal, the lone Democrat on the board, were unwilling or unable to attend. The proposals weren’t considered at a full-day meeting two days earlier because it ran long."},{"_id":"EZO234DHYBE6BH7OZBGWWYWOHE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448443},"type":"text","content":"The board could be in for another heated meeting Tuesday, when it may review as many as 16 new election rule petitions and consider a plan for monitors to oversee Fulton County’s election this fall."},{"_id":"V325DABPNFDMLM2WXY35PAR7RU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448444},"type":"text","content":"The board has already voted to reprimand Fulton for <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-reprimands-fulton-for-double-scanned-ballots-in-2020/G3H27SUHGFDRHAOZSG4JQJ2F7E/\">double-scanning</a> over 3,000 ballots during a recount of the 2020 election."},{"_id":"BFKQQBDXY5B73MOEHBXKFJSYPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448445},"type":"text","content":"Debate over election rules has flared since then-President Donald Trump sought to overturn his narrow loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election, claiming the election was rife with voting fraud."},{"_id":"XU6S6J77HFCTBBPRANO3YPPHW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722466448447},"type":"text","content":"Jeffares, Johnston and King have all questioned the conduct of the 2020 election even though numerous investigations by <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/five-fraud-claims-what-investigators-found/ISF2NV2RKBF2TIEI4ULXWJFZNA/\">state and federal officials</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-trump-hired-me-to-prove-fraud-in-2020-georgia-vote-i-didnt-find-it/FJLHOMZQ5BCZDC2V2BEDSV3ZXE/\">Trump’s own campaign</a> have found no evidence of enough fraud to affect the outcome of the election."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{"street_address":"U.S. Capitol","locality":"Washington","region":"DC"},"auth":{"1":"69c35ad280e97285d6f75f7b4ada48b396d1d8827a6967cd9aad39800540e72f"},"caption":"U.S. Rep. 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Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, praised President Joe Biden’s proposal <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-harris-plans-a-star-studded-atlanta-presidential-campaign-rally/JKRGG3FZJVET3EE7KZOEVY4ZXA/\" target=\"_blank\">to overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court</a>."},{"_id":"BK2OW25LSVEPTMXV44FUJPSGLQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475920},"type":"text","content":"Biden this past week <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement/\" target=\"_blank\">called</a> for establishing term limits for justices, creating an enforceable code of conduct for the high court and passing a constitutional amendment that would clarify that presidents can be prosecuted for crimes committed while in office."},{"_id":"PS6BM64VSJGTRL76TQ5GUKHOHQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475921},"type":"text","content":"“I applaud President Biden’s acknowledgment of the need for Supreme Court reform,” Johnson, a member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, said in a <a href=\"https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-hank-johnsons-statement-president-bidens-embrace\">statement</a>. “Without a binding and enforceable code of conduct and with lifetime tenure, this power grabbing Supreme Court, while becoming corrupt and unaccountable, has upset the delicate system of checks and balances upon which our democracy rests.”"},{"_id":"YQYMZGG7KRF5HJYRWH6RSUVIPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475922},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/pg-am-harris-campaign-centers-on-abortion-issue-with-georgia-voters/YBCYFMEYWVESPCRSTMNLN224Y4/\" target=\"_blank\">Polling shows</a> that <a href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/supreme-court/\">approval of the high court</a> has suffered as justices have been accused of conflicts of interest and other ethical lapses, coupled with controversial opinions such as the overturning of Roe v. 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Thomas’ wife was also active in efforts to <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-presidential-elections-election-2020-mark-meadows-8f12a158eb25fe6ed96528da76a867d7\">overturn the 2020 election</a> that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol."},{"_id":"QFFYQ3JHYVBZBIEVGE6BM5GOKI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722362475925},"type":"text","content":"Biden’s proposals are unlikely to lead to any real changes in the short term because Republicans hold a slim majority in the House. And a constitutional amendment is a nearly impossible task requiring two-thirds support in each chamber of Congress, followed by ratification by three-fourths of the 50 states."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2023 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"bfec087cb7a4899cef67b93da547b778ad05e8cfa22fc2d5dd3fe7b841f09f96"},"caption":"Former Democratic Gov. 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And that’s unfortunate, whether they be Democrat or Republican. But we have to speak up and say: ‘Listen, this is a great system. Don’t blow it.’ ”"},{"level":2,"_id":"LMBT4NQYLREB3OT4YPURSDZWHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722448311403},"type":"header","content":"<b>Political expedience</b>"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"O4AI4D4LRBEDVFXAKTLHBFQCGQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"list","items":[{"_id":"TPBPNMVVK5GLHBMLYWFC3FQGAE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Rising in leadership:</b> U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta, is the new <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-harris-answers-trump-insults-with-debate-challenge/LGUO62TM3JGIXONOPX3O5OKK3E/\" target=\"_blank\">top-ranking Democrat</a> on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime. She fills a void left by <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/sheila-jackson-lee-houston-funeral-prayer-service-0755f59092b8468d2e583372be5ea67a\">the death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas</a> from pancreatic cancer. If Democrats win control of the House in November, McBath would be in line to chair the subcommittee."},{"_id":"W66VOS3IT5BIFPLUQM3OIDZ37M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Campaign role:</b> Kamau Marshall of Columbus has joined Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/partner/kamala-harris-taps-a-columbus-man-to-be-senior-adviser-on-campaign/LXVIYJLYTRG6DDHKI6GRB3DRWI/\" target=\"_blank\">as a senior adviser</a>. Marshall was the director of strategic communications for Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020. He also worked as a senior adviser to the U.S. Department of Education after spending two years in the White House as a deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for media and public affairs."},{"_id":"CA25HUV2IJBYPI4OYTBF7HIP6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Savannah’s on the tour:</b> Savannah will be a different type of tour spot when it <a href=\"https://x.com/bluestein/status/1818469690903019854\" target=\"_blank\">gets an early look</a> at Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice of running mate as they campaign together next week in several swing states. Politico <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/30/harris-first-rally-running-mate-tuesday-philadelphia-00171999\">reports</a> that Harris plans to announce her pick for vice president by Tuesday, when she launches a four-day swing through battleground states in Philadelphia. The campaign also plans stops in Detroit; Las Vegas; Phoenix; Raleigh, North Carolina; and western Wisconsin."},{"_id":"LDNMED5PBBG4ZHZSA52WIMTA7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"block_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>New job:</b> Stacey Abrams will soon be making a new entry on her resume: podcaster. <a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/stacey-abrams-podcast-crooked-media-1235961325/\">The Hollywood Reporter</a> reports that Abrams, twice a candidate for governor, recently signed a deal with Crooked Media to host <a href=\"https://x.com/CrookedMedia/status/1818300927167635575\">a new podcast</a>, “Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams.” It will air on the Crooked Media network, which is led by a trio of former Obama administration staffers. 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Human error in scanning ballots did not affect the results or the outcome of the election,” Brumbaugh said. “Neither the secretary of state investigation into this case, the Carter Jones monitoring at the time of the recount, and the performance review investigation found any evidence of intentional fraud or malfeasance.”"},{"_id":"CJTBVNOG5VGW5LLSEKJF5NVPC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430513},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The secretary of state’s investigation concluded that Fulton likely scanned over 3,000 ballots twice, but the inquiry couldn’t confirm that those ballots were actually double-counted."},{"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","auth":{"1":"42105c607993e56f61c240118a00f6cdc8797d1f009f946cf7175aa00ad6ab0a"},"caption":"(L-R) State Election Board Executive Director Mike Coan and members Janelle King, Janice Johnston, and Rick Jeffares speak during a break at the board meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. 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The 527,925 votes in Fulton’s “cast vote record” matched the official result, showing that the double-scanned ballots were also double-counted."},{"_id":"NYRCITFJZRDH5PN6JOGOQVEQTA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430517},"type":"text","content":"Davis, who posts his research online at <a href=\"https://ballotassure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">BallotAssure.com</a>, identified specific double-counted ballots by finding repetitive vote patterns among about 20 races on the ballot, filtered by precinct and ballot type. For absentee ballots, he compared them side by side to confirm their ovals were filled in identically."},{"_id":"4EP4OVD7IREOFB3R3TQQX55WCE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722529883892},"type":"text","content":"In addition, thousands of ballots from the initial count weren’t included in the recount, and Davis also discovered at least 250 likely test ballots inserted in the recount."},{"_id":"XCPLY4CL5RA6TBI4UTMJAGJDBM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430518},"type":"text","content":"The double-counted ballots appear to have been scanned once in one tabulator, then divided up and moved to various other tabulators to be scanned again, Davis said."},{"_id":"VJ6MAGW2AVDFZDHFHG67CVUOP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430519},"type":"text","content":"“It looks like people were picking through them and removing them, which doesn’t make any sense at all,” said Davis, who runs the pro-Trump <a href=\"https://x.com/mad_liberals\" target=\"_blank\">@mad_liberals</a> account on X. “I never say the F word (fraud). I just try to give as much information as I can.”"},{"_id":"EDZH6SGDQZHYTHAP4GJ67UMZZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722601869597},"type":"text","content":"In addition to problems during the recount, Fulton County also double-counted and misallocated votes during a hand-count audit of the 2020 election, according to a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-investigation-finds-errors-in-fulton-audit-of-2020-election/BZ7D5JXOMRBPZIU4PNVYIHQZR4/\" target=\"_blank\">previous state investigation</a>. Errors identified by investigators amounted to over 3,000 too many absentee ballots counted for Biden during the audit. The overall audit count added 345 net votes for Trump in Fulton."},{"_id":"PZGKRIETYBBSFASKRRFUTLKF3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430520},"type":"text","content":"The State Election Board’s new majority plans next week to review the double-counting case and decide whether to approve the election monitoring team that Fulton signed off on. The attempt to revive the case comes after Republican House Speaker Jon Burns <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/gop-media-personality-janelle-king-appointed-to-georgia-election-board/BJ3CGB2PJZCKPCO5FKIT5FCEVA/\" target=\"_blank\">appointed right-wing media personality Janelle King</a> to replace Republican attorney Ed Lindsey."},{"_id":"VKWFVYQWZZCZ3OZ5HUXSK3NVMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430521},"type":"text","content":"“A complete investigation is absolutely necessary to help Fulton County and prevent the recurrence of the same problems from the 2024 election,” Republican State Election Board member Janice Johnston said during a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-advances-new-rule-before-finalizing-results/BKVW3E6KLRDABKBUFKBIYM2NNY/\" target=\"_blank\">meeting last month</a>. “One might say that this case has been heard and decided, but it has 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73%"},{"_id":"EH2DRZQ2YRDVDPRVOBE4BT7EP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430527},"type":"text","content":"Donald Trump — 26%"},{"_id":"UZULV6IOJJHVDKGDQMIONUX4GI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430528},"type":"text","content":"Jo Jorgensen — 1%"},{"_id":"AECXG4LJMRHELJ3XOBEGMKSKCM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<b>Double-scanned ballots</b>"},{"_id":"D2IVKQLTDFHTBNKXDX3P4NASAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430530},"type":"text","content":"Joe Biden — 56%"},{"_id":"YB2Q27E2K5HXPAALSDK4OOAE7E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Donald Trump — 43%"},{"_id":"KBPUDP5VTFAVJB4GDKOK443F5M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722527430532},"type":"text","content":"Jo Jorgensen — 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There are additional areas of concern, but this topic raises the highest level of concern. If the Advanced Placement course had presented a comparative narrative with opposing views on this and other topics, an argument could be made that the course did not violate Georgia law,” he said."},{"_id":"FPSEZPUTT5H43J525NHB6Z3REY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722449615720},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://libguides.unthsc.edu/dei/intersectionality\" target=\"_blank\">Intersectionality </a>recognizes how individuals hold multiple identities and can face unique challenges at the intersections of those identities. For example, Black women can face both racism and sexism in the workplace."},{"_id":"3B5TEJCEU5D37NOLUROWKQEZHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722449615721},"type":"text","content":"Woods also warned districts that plan to offer the course that “the content may be challenged at the local level...if all of the AP course content is adopted.”"},{"_id":"GTGZHX53BVD2VBULI7ESJJ3AUY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722449615722},"type":"text","content":"Woods said he is seeking legal clarification on the law, adding, “For me, this has always been about following the law. If I moved this forward for approval, I would break my oath of office and ask the State Board of Education and our local school districts to ignore the law.”"},{"_id":"NAWSQRY5NBDAHKBFBCEE72UU6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722450100126},"type":"text","content":"Georgia historian Michael Thurmond, who is also CEO of DeKalb County, said, “Although not stated, I presume that Superintendent Richard Woods has requested legal ‘clarification’ from the Georgia attorney general’s office. Good. I am hopeful that AG Chris Carr’s office will issue an opinion that will end this embarrassing, convoluted fiasco. Georgia’s public schools, taxpayers, parents, adult guardians and most importantly, our children deserved better.”"},{"_id":"LFNAVYZ2DVC5FEFTSQLXST773U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722449615723},"type":"text","content":"“I’ve read the course content too,” said former Georgia Teacher of the Year Tracey Nance. “I didn’t see anything that says Georgia/USA is inherently racist or that kids should feel guilt or victimhood. Like any primary sources or perspectives we read, they are all points of view… just like with the regular and AP U.S. History courses. For teachers, the idea has always been that we provide students access to multiple perspectives and teach students how to question, think critically, and form their own opinions.”"},{"_id":"FPSEZPUTT5H43J525NHB6Z3REY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722449615724},"type":"text","content":"“If that logic is going to be applied, it should apply to any and all history courses. AP European History, AP World History, etc.,” said Atlanta teacher Rashad Brown, who taught the pilot classes for two years and now advises the College Board on the course."},{"_id":"7JBWDY6Z6BEXZPCHPN424BEO5A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"No one is surprised that HB 1084 has delivered on its unspoken but intentional goal of preventing schools from covering the inhumanity of slavery or confronting the racism embedded in legal systems and policies."},{"_id":"OICQ7DOFV5C2PO6VS2ULUF5HHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":" “State officials’ continued refusal to approve the course discourages schools from offering a high-quality, interdisciplinary course that helps prepare students for other advanced courses and success in college — and engages students in honest conversations about this nation’s history,” said <a href=\"https://southerneducation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">the Southern Education Foundation i</a>n a statement this evening. “As a nation, we should be focused on preparing our young people to thrive in diverse workplaces and keep America economically competitive.”"},{"_id":"FFPZFO3Z2NFX7FXPSU3Z5YQ2LM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722449615726},"type":"text","content":"Here is Woods’ full statement:"},{"content_elements":[{"_id":"Y5UQOXG3Y5FWFP7KRVBTAGNH64","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"To all, I wish to begin by apologizing for how I failed to effectively communicate my rationale for not recommending this specific course for approval to the State Board of Education. As an elected official, I owe all citizens of Georgia an explanation for any decision I make. To all our school districts, I apologize for any confusion that this may have caused as well."},{"_id":"4US7GCQY6VFX5FHPZCR6U5XSUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"At the completion of the mentioned course pilot year and the finalization of the course standards and framework, I was approached to either move the course forward for adoption or to not recommend. As this course had received much controversy over the pilot year concerning some content, I proceeded to read the complete course standards and framework. This was done to see if the course material violated Georgia law 20-1-11. This section of Georgia law deals with the topic of ‘Divisive Concepts’ as was initiated in the originating legislation of House Bill 1084."},{"_id":"OZOS7HABLRD7HIE4O5ZH3LQ5HE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"After reviewing the content, it was clear that parts of the coursework did violate the law. As with most states with laws like Georgia on this issue that have raised concerns, the most glaring violation is on the topic of intersectionality. There are additional areas of concern, but this topic raises the highest level of concern. If the Advanced Placement course had presented a comparative narrative with opposing views on this and other topics, an argument could be made that the course did not violate Georgia law."},{"_id":"XYAETDFWJRB55AP5QGBQAV2HPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"For me, this has always been about following the law. If I moved this forward for approval, I would break my oath of office and ask the State Board of Education and our local school districts to ignore the law."},{"_id":"IPHF6BOHY5FV5HY5XLKCMPJM5A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Can students currently take a course on African American Studies? Yes. I passed an African American Studies course in 2020. Though not specific in content, districts have had the ability to offer this course to all students, not just those taking an AP class. "},{"_id":"ZPDOM26Z3NDFNPBZNZL33LUNFE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Can a district use the AP African American Studies standards and framework as its accepted content for the state course? Yes. Under Georgia policy, a district may do this without the State School Superintendent’s or the State Board of Education’s approval. Students may take the associated AP test to possibly receive college credit. However, the content may be challenged at the local level for violating 20-1-11 if all of the AP course content is adopted."},{"_id":"7MDFK6G6EZBZ7NJPWTFVCXIKWQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Currently, I have asked for legal clarification as it pertains to 20-1-11. There may be an exemption as it pertains to course adoption for not only AP courses but also International Baccalaureate (IB) and dual enrollment college courses. 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Previously, voters had to fill out a <a href=\"https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/Voter%20Registration%20Cancellation%20Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">cancellation form</a> and return it to their county’s election office."},{"_id":"7YBQ6JEBARDYTBXAHX5VOR4HNE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581464},"type":"text","content":"The website is another way to remove ineligible voters from Georgia’s registration list, along with <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-announces-planned-cancellation-of-191000-voter-registrations/O56N3BHQKRC2TEMZRKFZWTINCM/\" target=\"_blank\">routine cancellations</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/forsyth-county-election-board-dismisses-voter-challenges-based-on-eagleai/RVGYH6LUGVD6VK7UNWYMIYJONU/\" target=\"_blank\">voter eligibility challenges</a>."},{"_id":"DSUK3ZVU75AS5C72Y467DLKTE4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"VNCTL23I4ZHP5LGQNCWOLRTS64"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Kamala Harris is bringing her presidential campaign to Georgia","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kamala-harris-is-bringing-her-presidential-campaign-to-georgia/CXZPVMUW7ZDCXINULIVHMRUPSA/"},{"_id":"6MSN443CC5AALOBA5M5RONI5TY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581465},"type":"text","content":"“This is a convenient tool for any voter who wants to secure their voter registration by canceling their old one when they move out of state,” Raffensperger said. “It will also help keep Georgia’s voter registration database up to date without having to rely on postcards being sent and returned by an increasingly inefficient postal system.”"},{"_id":"S3LQ6B7ZDZB2XKFDTY4Q3X2T34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581466},"type":"text","content":"Unless voters cancel their own registrations, it can take years to remove them from the rolls. Federal and state laws require <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-identifies-432k-voters-through-eric-who-moved-or-died/4WPD2JEPYRFQVC5GG2ASQ5YHO4/\" target=\"_blank\">mailed notifications </a>to voters who appear to have moved, and if they don’t respond, registrations can be canceled if they don’t participate in the next two general elections."},{"_id":"C2OPBVKOGVHNTCI6PXKDOGVCBI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581467},"type":"text","content":"Conservative activists have sought to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/wave-of-georgia-voter-challenges-expected-before-2024-election/V7OXHYVD7NEZBI76VLGV35OP7M/\" target=\"_blank\">accelerate the registration cancellation process</a>, filing over 100,000 voter challenges with county election boards since the 2020 election. They say outdated registrations could be used for fraud, though very few cases of out-of-state voting have been proved and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/number-of-georgia-voters-without-state-id-declines/FHXQFA5IFJGVXEIYACSQ62ASLI/\" target=\"_blank\">voter ID</a> is required in Georgia."},{"_id":"4BCW5QUP2ZD7XCKY4VOKWROPRE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722282239409},"type":"text","content":"Democrats said they’re concerned that the cancellation website could be misused."},{"_id":"FYHUXMZO5VBBJI6M4NA5T2ETFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“This portal is ripe for abuse by right-wing activists who are already submitting mass voter challenges meant to disenfranchise Georgians,” said Tolulope Kevin Olasanoye, executive director for the Democratic Party of Georgia. “This page is yet another move in Georgia Republicans’ playbook to empower anti-democracy activists, and the secretary of state must take it down immediately"},{"_id":"326RHHNZRNBINNPWKCPQJ67X5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581468},"type":"text","content":"There are currently <a href=\"https://sos.ga.gov/election-data-hub\" target=\"_blank\">over 8 million registered voters</a> in Georgia, including 914,000 voters in <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/184k-georgia-voters-notified-they-could-be-designated-as-inactive/RTRGBRBBK5FX3BBV3BEECTGTSE/\" target=\"_blank\">“inactive” status</a> who are still allowed to vote but could be canceled if they skip upcoming elections."},{"_id":"4G5XIYK47VH6FGHOLA6W6SSB4M","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"FKRW5GYA7NDAZOSK5TRDBCBT7U"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Donald Trump’s MAGA allies from Georgia jockey in Milwaukee","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/donald-trumps-georgia-maga-allies-jockey-in-milwaukee/2DGRKKDEKJGNRJUCCLZQ5H4WTE/"},{"_id":"RKVRGF76CBECNABEEIGQOLUV7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581469},"type":"text","content":"The secretary of state’s office <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-finishes-cancellation-of-189k-inactive-voter-registrations/ZXNHMQMOEBBV3M4T5IOXI6JUOY/\" target=\"_blank\">canceled 189,000 inactive voter registrations</a> last year."},{"_id":"S3LQ6B7ZDZB2XKFDTY4Q3X2T34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581470},"type":"text","content":"Through the new website, voters who want to cancel their registrations can enter their name, county, date of birth and personal identifying information, such as a driver’s license or state ID number. Then county election officials will receive a notification from the state’s voter registration system and remove those voters."},{"_id":"R5YDK7RVQBB73PVUUQAZUFQXSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581471},"type":"text","content":"The website can be used by voters who have moved, those who no longer wish to be registered and relatives of voters who have died. County election officials will then send verification letters to voters who cancel their registrations."},{"_id":"VTXX2X7FG5EOTMBWIMDBK3DLJI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581472},"type":"text","content":"The voter registration cancellation website is available at <a href=\"https://cancelmyregistration.sos.ga.gov/s/\" target=\"_blank\">cancelmyregistration.sos.ga.gov</a>."},{"_id":"C3L5YGXIPVAKDB2YOW6JGWYONM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722265581473},"type":"text","content":"Georgians can check their registration status and sign up to vote through the state’s My Voter Page at <a href=\"https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/\" target=\"_blank\">mvp.sos.ga.gov</a>."}],"subheadlines":{"basic":"Secretary of State Raffensperger’s website aims to remove outdated registrations"},"description":{"basic":"A new Georgia website makes it easier for voters who moved away to cancel their own voter registrations without having to wait for the government."},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/politics","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Politics","description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","_id":"/politics","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"true","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","TopicsBar2023":null,"BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_politics":null,"subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/politics/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","site_title":"AJC Georgia Politics | What's really going on in politics"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Politics","cohort_desktop_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg","cohort":"true","cohort_mobile_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Politics","_id":"/politics","ancestors":{"TopicsBar2023":[],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_politics":[],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1035,"default":1085,"MainMenu2024":1002,"SectionMap":1124,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./politics","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/politics","name":"Politics"},"tags":[{"text":"politics.ajc"},{"text":"legislature"},{"text":"elections"},{"text":"elections-voting"},{"text":"teamsusan"},{"text":"RunAutoLink_EK7PHEZ52NDF5GUDQOHFZSQ4KA"},{"text":"gapolitics"},{"text":"georgia-news.ajc"},{"text":"opt-test"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"e6dc207855a7e66d6df8267c6d994a23a8f079929be434ee6610c67712902542"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Miguel Martinez/AJC","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Miguel Martinez","type":"author"}]},"subtitle":"Raffensperger press conference","width":5088,"caption":"Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger launched the voter registration cancellation website Monday, providing an online method for voters to remove their outdated registrations. 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It’s an opportunity to fix (policy) from a co-governance perspective, which is only going to correct things that have been done just enough to get by.”"},{"_id":"CYZS2VDDOZD5HELRQQ3XV7AA6U","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"KTOQGX43JJBYVNKTRSRTM2M2SI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Here’s why Kamala Harris’ visit to Atlanta matters","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/heres-why-kamala-harris-visit-to-atlanta-matters/AKS64DISW5E5BM2EM7QMAWMVCI/"},{"_id":"6NQFM6SVB5BGXDSBG535XVWQLI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722024255847},"type":"text","content":"Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia House minority leader and two-time Democratic nominee for governor, said it’s more than galvanizing Black women to vote. It’s about building coalitions and creating campaign strategies when they may not have the connections that people in other communities have."},{"_id":"EDO2JQKCERCZFBNHOAOPLIC2OY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722024255848},"type":"text","content":"“It’s not just about what we do, it is how we do it,” she said. “It’s that Black women are the leaders of the coalition building. We are the leaders of innovative engagement, often because we are the most under-resourced. That is a political strength, as opposed to simply being a burden.”"},{"_id":"665DUYHK6VF2FBF3E7IHZ7B5EY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860867},"type":"text","content":"The day President Joe Biden announced he was giving up his reelection bid and endorsed Harris, more than 40,000 Black women joined a Zoom video call to share their excitement, strategize and raise money for the vice president. 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Hendrickson is the first Black woman to lead the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners — and the first Democrat to lead the county in 30 years."},{"_id":"E2VMJSO7PZC7BEQY7FQ7JCYQEQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860870},"type":"text","content":"“Many other communities have benefited from Black women’s fight and we’re still fighting,” Hendrickson said. “We do need other communities to help step up. ... (Black women are) consistently being tapped in and exploited. And we don’t always see the fruits of our labor.”"},{"level":1,"_id":"E7PMKLC2NJBOBFLU2YRAPBJW6U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860871},"type":"header","content":"<b>Decades of service</b>"},{"_id":"WUCKTPLSFJBKLCPIH5LTPMSIF4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860872},"type":"text","content":"Hendrickson pointed to the 2017 special election in Alabama that was a turning point for the public consciousness. Black women in Alabama pooled their voting power and helped block a controversial Republican candidate — former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore — from becoming that state’s next U.S. senator and sending a Democrat to the chamber for the first time in 25 years."},{"_id":"UIXS2K24LRCB7JUB5KS2KWJB6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860873},"type":"text","content":"After the Alabama election, a chorus of “<a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/12/13/twitter-thanks-blackwomen-voting-democrat-doug-jones-alabama-senate-election/947403001/\">thank you, Black women</a>” echoed from liberals, but they have been <a href=\"https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/12/13/16772012/alabama-election-black-women\">showing up for Democrats for a while</a>, said Kia Smith, a Black woman from Ellenwood."},{"_id":"7J7SCGFLPRFY3B656RAM5VOVDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722031699202},"type":"text","content":"“When you look at who is leading organizing efforts on the ground to turn out voters, you see Black women doing the work to ensure those in our communities are politically and civically engaged,” she said. “We are not just passive voters. We are community leaders who are deeply embedded in the institutions and organizations that support those we love. We vote for them as much as we vote for ourselves.”"},{"_id":"ZEJE2NQH7FCSHKMJL6SAMYLCIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860874},"type":"text","content":"In 2022, a CNN exit poll found that 93% of Black women who voted in Georgia cast their ballot in the governor’s race for Abrams, who ended up losing to Republican Brian Kemp. But their high levels of support for Democratic candidates go back decades."},{"_id":"XRGLXMG3ANEU3JUO4Y4MO6WATE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860875},"type":"text","content":"About <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/exit-polls-president.html\" target=\"_blank\">90%</a> of the Black women across the country who voted in 2020 backed Biden, according to a survey by The New York Times. About 98% of Black female voters supported former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, according to a study by the <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/exit-polls-president.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pew Research Center</a>. Black women voted for Barack Obama at about 96% during his successful runs in the <a href=\"https://news.utexas.edu/2015/10/05/black-women-voters-are-key-for-candidates-this-year/\" target=\"_blank\">2008 </a>and <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/black-women--hillary-clintons-most-reliable-voting-bloc--look-beyond-defeat/2016/11/12/86d9182a-a845-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">2012</a> presidential elections."},{"_id":"NSV6M37E3VDAXFNJMWWQYNLAWU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860876},"type":"text","content":"And while the Black women who show up on Election Day typically vote for Democrats, Harris supporters and volunteers are hoping to get even more of them to the polls in November."},{"level":1,"_id":"H7XYLNXFAVECBDZGIDEOPH4F2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722011860900},"type":"header","content":"<b>‘Historic first’ 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Students in fifth grade had the most meaningful increase, with a 6-point jump. Third graders produced the only negative aggregate result, with a 1 percentage point drop in the proficiency rate."},{"_id":"J4QOOC3RZ5GPLIOMB7Y3UI3BU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103059},"type":"text","content":"The reading scores, which have been the cause of <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/education/third-grade-literacy-a-top-focus-of-georgia-senates-gop-leaders/JEYTRSJS5VHVPK7WHH7SR5ZO3E/?state=refreshTokenFallback\" target=\"_blank\">much hand-wringing</a> since the pandemic, were less promising."},{"_id":"WJLMLJA4QJHODDS7IBD35L6NTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103060},"type":"text","content":"More than half the tested grades (the reading questions are embedded in the English tests) went backward a bit, though students in fifth and sixth grades made significant headway, with 3-point proficiency increases."},{"_id":"SQZWCJTQIFFIFPEMMEYXOYVA6A","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"TPBP5BAA4BFLLIDF2KMQ2O63KA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"See how your school scored in latest Georgia Milestones assessment","url":"http://www.ajc.com/education/2024-georgia-milestones-test-results-see-how-your-school-scored/IDD6TKZ3EZHHRDBXC34HWMWPBY/"},{"_id":"PDILAP733FHYNLKNAU3TDHXXNE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103065},"type":"text","content":"State officials have not analyzed why the Milestones scores changed the way they did, with those varied performances between grades. Allison Timberlake, the Georgia Department of Education official over testing, had a hunch about the English scores though."},{"_id":"5LBPPQF76BCFLCMGXVSR62CLCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103066},"type":"text","content":"She noted that third graders — the one grade that lost ground on the English tests — were in kindergarten during the first full school year of the pandemic. It was a time of massive upheaval, when many kids tried to learn at home, in front of a computer, or endured frequent school disruptions due to infections."},{"_id":"7OCLEZUBJFHCZJ6HWHCFP4C5DE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103067},"type":"text","content":"Kindergarten, and even the years before when children are learning to talk, builds a foundation for the reading and writing skills that will be taught in elementary school."},{"_id":"CAI2G7KEINE7LCUWHJZ7DA3XDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103068},"type":"text","content":"“They were at that crucial age,” Timberlake said. “I think that probably likely has an impact here.”"},{"_id":"YOQ7E5545FBZDOK7I2ZHN2ZG5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721952791782},"type":"text","content":"Students saw gains in science in only fifth grade, with no change in eighth grade and 1-point declines in the two high school subjects, biology and physical science, which some take in eighth grade. The scores rose in social studies at the two tested grade levels — in eighth grade and in high school."},{"_id":"J7SELDP2IFGUPLG3ZY5NRYF5OI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103061},"type":"text","content":"The department did not present an analysis of the changes in math performance because of a 2021 rewrite of the<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/education/georgia-overhauls-k-12-math-standards/IAS7L533HNFK7GOH226FGELU2M/\" target=\"_blank\"> math content standards</a>."},{"_id":"2DFOIX6S5VAUND2VF2GNNDI65M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103062},"type":"text","content":"Students encountered the tests for those new standards for the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/education/georgia-makes-moves-to-reduce-impact-of-its-milestones-exam-scores/BHSXZO33A5AAPM62ZKIBLIYA3Q/\">first time</a> last school year. Officials had to evaluate the results and determine the “cut” scores that would place students at one of <a href=\"https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-ALD.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">four performance levels</a>, with the threshold between the two middle tiers — developing and proficient — among the most closely watched."},{"_id":"GD5PRM76Y5AYVD3OJVXXCLY3FY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103063},"type":"text","content":"The state Board of Education met on Thursday after the Department of Education press briefing and approved <a href=\"https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attachment.aspx?S=1262&AID=1682692&MID=119068\">new cut scores</a> for math. There were no changes to the line between developing and proficient or between developing and the bottom quartile, called “beginning.” But the board lowered the scores that place students in the top tier, known as “distinguished,” for most of the grade levels."},{"_id":"SQ77756NG5DTHOL3ZSRXW7HFSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103064},"type":"text","content":"During a briefing about the Milestones scores Thursday, the state Department of Education reported that 60 literacy coaches have been placed in low-performing elementary schools across the state and that the agency worked with 100 teachers to provide online tutoring for high school students. AmeriCorps provided math and reading tutoring for up to 5,000 students."},{"_id":"SIMDEXL2WRFQ7PL4YNANH2AL2I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721343937394},"type":"text","content":"The recent gains build on spotty results from the 2022-23 school year, when younger students tended to score better than their peers had the year before. However, those gains didn’t reach much into the higher grades, particularly in high school, where <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/education/milestones-scores-show-georgia-schools-still-climbing-out-of-covid-depths/G64ZKYK7URCLJBMBQBNZ3FAIYE/?ecmp=cobbco\" target=\"_blank\">students generally lost</a> ground."},{"_id":"KTQ5RB3KKRFQ5ID4HOIGMFQCKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103070},"type":"text","content":"They also come amid sobering results nationally on a proprietary test used by many Georgia schools independent of the state tests."},{"_id":"UGFLX5V2ZJGBVHCKTHNKNJUMHI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103071},"type":"text","content":"NWEA reported earlier this month that scores on its MAP Growth tests show <a href=\"https://www.nwea.org/uploads/recovery-still-illlusive-2023-24-student-achievement-highlights-persistent-achievement-gaps-and-a-long-road-ahead_NWEA_researchBrief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">nearly all grades lagging</a> pre-pandemic trends."},{"_id":"NYFLWPUPZZFO5BQCTX2NC7IGLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103072},"type":"text","content":"Yet these latest Milestones results would not come as a surprise to Angira Sceusi, the incoming executive director of redefinEd, an education advocacy group that works with metro Atlanta schools. (The group also processes the various state educational metrics, including test results, and <a href=\"https://redefinedatlanta.org/resources/schools-data/\" target=\"_blank\">publishes them</a> in easy to consume charts; it’ll take a while before these new results are included, though.)"},{"_id":"7D2T4TLW5VHVJIXBHLRA3L3TX4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"ZVA6AUZ4PNBRRMPBM6NLPKUVMY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Previous Georgia Milestones scores showed schools struggling to climb out of COVID depths","url":"https://www.ajc.com/education/milestones-scores-show-georgia-schools-still-climbing-out-of-covid-depths/G64ZKYK7URCLJBMBQBNZ3FAIYE/"},{"_id":"46WUCFDUZVCOTCIHHNTJD6W734","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103073},"type":"text","content":"The statewide focus on literacy may give reading and English scores a lift over time, Sceusi said Thursday before the state released the Milestones results. But a major impetus for any gains in that subject may simply reflect a return to pre-pandemic norms."},{"_id":"CU2IPTFVHVEB5BIISNRZR3BWOA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721946103074},"type":"text","content":"“If we look at how far those numbers fell during the pandemic,” she said, “we should assume that there should be growth — some sort of catch-up that is occurring for a few years — to bring students back at least to the level where they were pre-pandemic.”"},{"_id":"G3MTDBIBNBCILG35NJKATXGCOA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721955965116},"type":"text","content":"Metro Atlanta still isn’t there yet, she added."},{"_id":"656KRPYB7BFMNGOPQBWHTR4VLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722017727106},"type":"text","content":"And the path to recovery may become more difficult, as federal support wanes. Georgia was given <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/education/federal-funding-fueled-school-hiring-spree-now-the-moneys-running-out/YPWG6BRZ4VBV5MORLXJTZ6ATXQ/\" target=\"_blank\">more than $6 billion</a> in federal grants to address academic losses caused by the pandemic. Districts had a time limit to spend it. September is the deadline, observed Dana Rickman, president of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education."},{"_id":"CM6F2UGLIFAPNBYXWEO4S2AV7E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722017727107},"type":"text","content":"Yet many problems linger."},{"_id":"M3SXJG7ZGBA6DKJ2VYA7RX6A2Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722017727108},"type":"text","content":"“There is still sustained mental health trauma. 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Since then, investigations have uncovered errors that didn’t change the outcome, such as <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-reprimands-fulton-for-double-scanned-ballots-in-2020/G3H27SUHGFDRHAOZSG4JQJ2F7E/\">double-scanned ballots</a> during Fulton County’s <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-investigation-finds-errors-in-fulton-audit-of-2020-election/BZ7D5JXOMRBPZIU4PNVYIHQZR4/\">audit </a>and recount."},{"_id":"YSJBMDEORJEFLC2D3P2GSJH26M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721839965664},"type":"text","content":"Investigations have dismissed Trump team allegations of drop box ballot stuffing, counterfeit ballots and dead voters, but the Republican majority has continued to push through new voting laws in the General Assembly every year since 2020."},{"level":2,"_id":"HMJSVIVYIBA63OGN5HZK5ISOC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103504},"type":"header","content":"<b>U.S. Senate panel examines effects of Georgia abortion law</b>"},{"_id":"QXHQO2Y2CVDLRMA5NGQZ3QMMMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103505},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s abortion law bans most abortions once fetal cardiac activity has been detected, about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many know they are pregnant."},{"_id":"7PJ4LQP5BZDZZONSK5UVOPDQIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103506},"type":"text","content":"Exceptions that would allow abortions include when the mother’s life is in danger."},{"_id":"JXKE6SVOZNDQDARQP4YILI4AXA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103507},"type":"text","content":"Medical professionals, however, told a subcommittee led by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff that <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/pg-am-new-polls-show-harris-honeymoon-and-tight-presidential-race/26SRHSGS5NBJTELRVX7MU24WHA/\" target=\"_blank\">it is often difficult to determine whether a patient qualifies for an abortion</a> under that provision in the law."},{"_id":"7JUKZW3VBZCENIUS23PPISR2V4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103508},"type":"text","content":"Dr. Nisha Verma, a Georgia OB-GYN, said she has tended to patients who were in the process of miscarrying a fetus. However, sometimes there is still cardiac activity present for a few moments longer."},{"_id":"A454NQXKHNELRKFDVUPBIGUCAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103509},"type":"text","content":"“We are having to wait until later in that process, until they get sicker, until they have more bleeding, until they have an infection until we can intervene,” Verma told the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights."},{"_id":"JIC3M7XJ7NAE3L4BYONYHFO4BY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103510},"type":"text","content":"Dr. Aisvarya Panakam, a first-year medical resident, said the state law also deters would-be doctors from practicing in Georgia."},{"_id":"6O2CMYVQJ5ACBFLD2LU4I6TRRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721846103511},"type":"text","content":"Even though the state faces a <a href=\"https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/watch-georgias-six-week-abortion-ban-risks-worsening-the-states-ob-gyn-shortage-according-to-senate-testimony/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CMore%20than%20half%20of%20Georgia,our%20shortage%20of%20qualified%20physicians.\">shortage of medical specialists</a>, including OB-GYNs, Panakam said she chose to look for a program elsewhere because she was not confident she could provide patients the kind of medical care they need under the law that took effect two years ago following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. 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Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the ban could force future members of Congress, or even presidential candidates such as Donald Trump, to sell stakes in their own private family businesses."},{"_id":"T4IRLJRPRFEQ5CSFLZRKVACTYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721857975033},"type":"text","content":"“We don’t want to have people trading stocks. Had the legislation been drafted to prevent that, I’d support it,” Romney said. “But it calls for divestitures of all sorts of assets that people would have that will prevent them from running for political office. It is a wolf in sheep’s clothing because it’s been drafted in a thoughtless way.”"},{"_id":"Y34ZY5FP55E6LPIXM65BTDL354","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721858536816},"type":"text","content":"Ossoff, speaking in support of the proposal, said:"},{"_id":"IEZZS5AEMJEG7ETX47MPIK463U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721857975030},"type":"text","content":"“Georgians of all political persuasions, Americans of all political persuasions overwhelmingly agree that members of Congress should not be playing the stock market while we hold office, while we make policy that affects businesses and industries, while we have extraordinary access to privileged and confidential information.”"},{"_id":"C563MFHU4JHFLBZSAGCLBXZ454","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721858536818},"type":"text","content":"During the earliest phase of the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler faced scrutiny after <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-timeline-of-investigations-into-perdue-loeffler-stock-trading/L6TU65WK5JBFXKDC4YWBKGGNPU/\" target=\"_blank\">buying and selling stock</a> at the same time they were receiving closed-door briefings about the virus’ spread."},{"_id":"D2GZZJUZQFCKDI7OJTSMFIKH4A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721858536819},"type":"text","content":"Both denied wrongdoing, and neither faced any charges."},{"_id":"24UHXA7ELJAUFL4KTTBFHVJLE4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721858536820},"type":"text","content":"Ossoff, however, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/georgia-senate-pro-ossoff-group-targets-perdue-over-stock-transactions/RAHQJ6NAPVDJJDXSA7A3WFIOL4/\" target=\"_blank\">made it an issue in his run against Perdue</a>, which culminated in the Democrat’s victory in the state’s 2021 Senate runoffs."},{"_id":"ACOWEYXTQ5C6HIQNF4BKWCENVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721858536821},"type":"text","content":"Ossoff has proposed similar bans in the past that failed to gain traction."},{"level":2,"_id":"ETKJ4ALPWZBABPFHMOPZLP5LCI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721844829517},"type":"header","content":"<b>Georgia reps score points in House legislation</b>"},{"_id":"3LYG756BVFD4NMUS4NXM47UB2I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721844829518},"type":"text","content":"Members of Georgia’s U.S. House delegation this past week <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/pg-am-new-polls-show-harris-honeymoon-and-tight-presidential-race/26SRHSGS5NBJTELRVX7MU24WHA/\" target=\"_blank\">notched a few victories</a>."},{"_id":"4755ENQEUJAY3A7JE3ULNTMWXE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721844829519},"type":"text","content":"U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta, <a href=\"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024361\">won approval in the House</a> for a bill that would amend restitution guidelines to make them applicable beyond just victims of crimes. It’s now headed to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law."},{"_id":"IA7RKCAGWNBUZFUV2JDYLTSXHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721844829520},"type":"text","content":"U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, R-Jackson, succeeded in adding provisions to the <a href=\"https://transportation.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=407699#:~:text=Bipartisan%20Water%20Resources%20Development%20Act%20Approved%20by%20House%20of%20Representatives,-Washington%2C%20D.C.%2C%20July&text=The%20Water%20Resources%20Development%20Act,vote%20of%20359%20to%2013.\">Water Resources Development Act</a>. 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The audit was scheduled to be completed Nov. 21, the day before statewide certification of the presidential election."},{"_id":"F4FA7WKVABAVFDVNEFRTW4XTJY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721662529053},"alignment":"right","type":"text","content":"“We’re going to resolve it and we’re going to get back on track. We’re not off-track yet,” said Senate Ethics Chairman Max Burns, a Republican from Sylvania whose committee <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislature-votes-to-strengthen-ability-to-challenge-voters-eligibility/K2ISGWVA5BF2ZCKFINRN72OGSQ/\" target=\"_blank\">approved </a>House Bill 974. “I’m confident we’re going to have that system in place in November to verify the ballot. 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Hoyt questioned whether Enhanced Voting would be able to provide software that fully satisfies the state’s requirements."},{"_id":"NDP2JURZKRG5VCF6GEMTJXPEWQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721620653953},"type":"text","content":"“A small company that’s never done it before won’t withstand the scrutiny of the press and voters’ trust,” Hoyt said. “I deeply care that Georgia has a good election, and I don’t want a company that’s not ready to do this yet and attributes all their knowledge for doing an audit to their training at Clear Ballot.”"},{"_id":"Y46QIN2JZVFQ5HKLYFU4JC2DJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721620653954},"type":"text","content":"The protest process is underway, but it’s uncertain how quickly an administrative law judge would hear the case and issue a ruling. Hoyt said he didn’t think the case would last beyond Election Day, and he suggested he probably wouldn’t contest it further in superior court if he loses the protest."},{"_id":"E63Q6RVADZHWXAF6MKD4LNU644","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721620653955},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Demands for greater scrutiny of elections — almost exclusively from Republicans — have grown since GOP President Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes in the 2020 election."},{"_id":"BCFO56VFG5DUTFGLVRXACKYC5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721620653956},"type":"text","content":"Three vote counts, including a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-georgia-manual-recount-confirms-biden-victory/B7LNNHYZOVGKZBUVAT7NZT3VZE/\" target=\"_blank\">manual tally of all 5 million ballots</a>, showed that Biden won. 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The Republican-backed law bans most abortions once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many know they are pregnant."},{"_id":"XTFMIYA5PBE3RBIPGIRK2LWNPU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721416423192},"type":"text","content":"Trump has said he doesn’t support a national ban on abortion but instead wants the policy to be decided by the states."},{"_id":"ZW6X45CWPFEUHFLFMXK6DALPIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721416423193},"type":"text","content":"But Biden supporters say Project 2025, a set of conservative policy blueprints they say would guide a second Trump presidency, would implement several additional restrictions. The former president has worked to distance himself from the 920-page policy outline."},{"_id":"STJCTXPP6BCJTBYIQGL4EFMGJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721416423194},"type":"text","content":"“President Trump has long been consistent in supporting the rights of states to make decisions on abortion,” a Trump campaign spokesman said."},{"_id":"7RMWLCTRVZD25JUBG3PNNAZRNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721416423195},"type":"text","content":"The Republican Party, at Trump’s urging, recently shifted its approach to abortion in its platform. For the first time in nearly four decades, the party platform no longer directly calls for a nationwide ban on abortion, but GOP officials say they will continue pushing states to extend “personhood” rights to embryos and fetuses. 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As their memory fades, Robertson, the Tybee resident and consultant, said he hears more questions about new spending to adapt."},{"_id":"OEC7SKQEQJCWJLNCZRAWHZH2BA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721170543265},"type":"text","content":"“‘You built the dunes, and you built the beach,’” Robertson said. “‘Aren’t we good enough? Can we stop?’ Everyone faces that issue.”"},{"_id":"CW73NCW3BZBLRM2KXZ7FGOB3DM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721170543266},"type":"text","content":"Robertson points to Tybee’s response to the destruction wrought by Irma and Matthew. Millions were spent to build dunes, replenish beaches and raise homes, and the island is now better protected than it once was. 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They are tracked by a street racing intelligence group made up of hundreds of law enforcement officers from the Georgia State Patrol and Gwinnett, DeKalb County and Atlanta police departments. Smaller law enforcement agencies in the area are also part of the group and assist with sharing information."},{"_id":"YEZNSOAV6FEQJGQOPJIFYU464Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721083606719},"type":"text","content":"Tracking the takeovers across county lines has helped combat the illegal activity, but being able to charge others who are participating is a huge victory for law enforcement, Jones said."},{"_id":"YEZNSOAV6FEQJGQOPJIFYU464Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721083606720},"type":"text","content":"Last month, Atlanta police held a news conference detailing a resurgence in illegal street racing. 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Dar’shun Kendrick said of the turmoil. “I’m not saying the concerns about age aren’t valid, but the reality is we have two choices: democracy or dictatorship. As long as Democrats stick together and do the work to earn every vote, this brouhaha will blow over.”"},{"_id":"F6RTWLNTT5AHFAYOXCXCKC6XAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720642721809},"type":"text","content":"Some said Biden’s successes in office and track record against Trump should outweigh health concerns."},{"_id":"G6OXD33DTBGNRM72BMR4DSFNLQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720638233952},"type":"text","content":"Others focused on Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts involving the falsifying of business records to make hush money payments to a porn star, as well as a jury verdict in 2023 <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db\">that found Trump liable</a> for sexually abusing columnist E. 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He said lawmakers in Washington were aware of the president’s decline well before the debate."},{"_id":"MJOGH3QKKNDSNMXZQZ5CXUJCVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720652111175},"type":"text","content":"“He’s in bad health,” Scott said. “I don’t wish him any ill will as a human being; I don’t wish him any harm. But he has shown America what many of us have believed for a long time — that he’s had some reduction in his cognitive abilities.”"},{"_id":"GUVNCSAJG5GMJN24ZKEKVB6QKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720652111176},"type":"text","content":"Biden and his allies have said the debate performance reflects “a bad night” and that he has the capacity to serve another four years."},{"_id":"EAE7G7PJBFFBRPMI7UCTIR2UUA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720652111177},"type":"text","content":"“He’s the same Joe Biden today as he has been throughout the last 3 1/2 years,” said U.S. Rep. 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Jon Ossoff cited some of Trump’s more outlandish remarks, such as a suggestion that injecting disinfectants into the body could help ward off COVID-19."},{"level":2,"_id":"LL5453BZFZGNNB3RY3P7MZNSVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603557},"type":"header","content":"<b>State Election Board advances proposal that could slow certification of votes</b>"},{"_id":"57YIC2HDS5BWPJTMRDPHYCVWMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603558},"type":"text","content":"The State Election Board voted to advance a proposal that would entitle local election board members across Georgia <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-advances-new-rule-before-finalizing-results/BKVW3E6KLRDABKBUFKBIYM2NNY/\" target=\"_blank\">to review troves of documents</a> before they certify this fall’s presidential election."},{"_id":"ZW3F3NJCRVBVBFADYZWZAO6PAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603559},"type":"text","content":"Cobb County Republican Party Chairwoman Salleigh Grubbs made the proposal following <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/republican-member-of-fulton-elections-board-wont-certify-primary-results/IDYT7CZVMZAJXHDAADS7G6JNT4/\">recent votes</a> by Republican election board members to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/several-republican-officials-vote-against-certifying-georgia-elections/XRALMPAOZFHABLVH7756GILWD4/\">refuse to certify results</a>, even when there weren’t any problems and the outcome of the election wasn’t in doubt."},{"_id":"YBI6PRNVNFHRNO3E2DR2EM54SU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603560},"type":"text","content":"State law requires certification before counties can finalize election results the Monday after election day. If the majority of an election board refuses to certify a presidential race, the results could be delayed and disputed in court."},{"_id":"W7O6DGDREZC4NF23WZKZ56HS2U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603561},"type":"text","content":"Grubbs said election board members need authority and discretion before deciding whether to sign off on an election. Requiring document disclosure would help ensure that votes aren’t overlooked, such as in cases where election workers initially <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/recount-finds-thousands-of-georgia-votes-missing-from-initial-counts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/\">failed to load memory cards</a> in <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-recount-uncovers-2600-new-votes-in-presidential-race/I75NSPYYGNF43HQZBPYKJWJ5MA/\">several counties</a>, she said."},{"_id":"G7HOH2M53RDPBOXQENSQNTB5TI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603562},"type":"text","content":"Sara Tindall Ghazal, the only Democratic-appointed board member, told Grubbs that “every document is not necessary for the certification of an election."},{"_id":"Y5GUBJ3I7RDAJIVFUIPUWPBAXA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720719918648},"type":"text","content":"“The whole point,” Ghazal said, “is to make sure there are not more votes than ballots and not more ballots than voters checked in.”"},{"_id":"WBBV5PPNUBC45DRVD2N37GTTBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603564},"type":"text","content":"The board resisted a suggestion from State Election Board Chairman John Fervier, who wanted a specific list of documents that must be provided before certification, such as statements of votes cast, vote total recap forms and lists of voters."},{"_id":"GTHK6HAFMJB2ZGTIA23LT24URI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720650603565},"type":"text","content":"“I just believe there needs to be a list of documents that the board of registration and elections gets to see so it’s not a never-ending search for ‘I need this document, I need that document,’ ” said <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/john-fervier-appointed-chairman-of-state-election-board-in-georgia/Z3LQLXM6K5EYLF7OQUEWHDJRBQ/\">Fervier</a>, an appointee of Republican <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/brian-kemp\">Gov. </a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/brian-kemp\">Brian Kemp</a>."},{"_id":"5KUTA6O345B6PFZDIVV4LGBNYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720722234455},"type":"text","content":"The board, which recently added a pair of new members, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/former-georgia-sen-rick-jeffares-confirmed-to-state-election-board/KABR7SVIIZC7ZGMKG2IKMZZY2A/\" target=\"_blank\">former state Sen. 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State officials still need to verify the signatures before the candidates can be added to the slate."},{"_id":"VZEJE3QKYNDB7CUWOFTCOXIP3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1720635019268},"type":"text","content":"Supporters of independent candidate Robert F. 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You can vote through my profile on X, the social media platform formerly known as <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MayaTPrabhu/status/1766186433901900154\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>, or on this <a href=\"https://forms.gle/aqrP6RcGq4VAZKcB9\" target=\"_blank\">Google form</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2U5IYTJBXVHJRGC6BN3NZ2T6GM","additional_properties":{"_id":1710159601509,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Throughout the year, I’ve asked for nominations and been sent photos of legislators whose peers thought they should be included on the 2024 list.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWBMNDYHZ5B37HHB2UD2FRZSP4","additional_properties":{"_id":1710159601510,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"This is the fifth time <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/\">AJC.com</a> has compiled this list, launching it in 2019 but deciding that 2020 (COVID-19) wasn’t a year we should spend time discussing fashion. 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Kemp:</b> Like all governors, Kemp will set the agenda for the session, and his role may be even stronger this year because he will play a big role in deciding how to spend, or not spend, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-adjusted-state-revenue-down-in-september-again/4ZP3TIRIFZCXFHQYH6NRYPRYIA/\" target=\"_blank\">billions in state reserves</a>. He’s already set part of the agenda by <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/with-a-strong-georgia-economy-kemp-gives-green-light-for-more-state-spending/W6EW7NUGDBGBTKBFX543QSN5QU/\" target=\"_blank\">telling agencies they can request more spending</a>, by calling on lawmakers <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-calls-on-georgia-lawmakers-to-speed-up-income-tax-rate-cut/4KAA2LOQGVHLFC7HYAYRMGHWDU/\" target=\"_blank\">to speed up cutting the state income tax rate</a> and by committing more than $300 million <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-plays-santa-to-308000-georgia-teachers-state-employees-with-1k-bonus/AUXDMA3OCZGH7MEW76BXZDA2KQ/\" target=\"_blank\">for end-of-the-year bonuses</a> to 300,000 teachers, school staffers and state workers. Like all governors, Kemp also has the power to decide how much money lawmakers appropriate, to veto legislation and spending, and to dole out judgeships and other jobs to employment-seeking lawmakers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D6HH3BMMN5AAPJZB6TEM6V7GEI","additional_properties":{"_id":1702668440436,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"<b>LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"YDGTFVN4VN5FNWWUU4AHOJEAXQ","referent":{"id":"YDGTFVN4VN5FNWWUU4AHOJEAXQ","provider":"","referent_properties":{"additional_properties":{"_id":"GUQ3ZNWNENFHVLQJN2534KLECE","comments":[]},"caption":"Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is considered a likely candidate for governor in 2026, and he isn't shy about expressing differences of opinion with Gov. Brian Kemp. (Natrice Miller/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)","subtitle":"US-NEWS-GA-LTGOV-SWATTED-AT"},"type":"image","resized_obj":{}},"type":"reference"},{"_id":"S33QLI6EMVFMDIU4Y3TS472UOQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1702668440437,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"<b>Burt Jones:</b> A member of the Senate since 2013, the Jackson Republican was at times at odds with his chamber’s leadership, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/lg-candidates-involvement-in-fake-gop-electors-draws-republican-scrutiny/PUOCCJE4NZEG5FBQKWLQZD23SI/\">serving as a GOP elector after the 2020 presidential election </a>when Democrat Joe Biden beat Republican Donald Trump. But when Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Trump critic, decided not to run for reelection, Jones won the race to replace him. Jones isn’t shy about pushing his own agenda even if it diverts from what Kemp has in mind, and he is considered a likely candidate for governor himself in 2026. The lieutenant governor essentially runs the Senate and typically has a key role in helping to decide committee assignments and whether legislation gets a vote in the chamber.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O4SAG7RWSRFX7J5MQ2VE6OTNZM","additional_properties":{"_id":"DKFD24WPQNHKHFWRKFKV7ICIUY","comments":[]},"content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"A6LVPOYLOBAHJCOBWBAANZLQWU\" />","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"6AASNGOXWVCRHBFCB2KTEDFS5Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1704302673897,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"<b>KEY SENATORS</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"2IS3UV25W2HJTRRT6JR5FDEPHA","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/e5oHIj5UwKWJaFGP9r2CAKkNYXY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2IS3UV25W2HJTRRT6JR5FDEPHA.jpg","galleries":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"65679cf034b8836af1faf606","iptc_title":"Multimedia Journalist","keywords":["general assembly","AJC Freelancer","Redistricting map","Reapportionment & Redistricting Committee"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/Special Session 015_1.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/2IS3UV25W2HJTRRT6JR5FDEPHA.jpg","proxyUrl":"/resizer/e5oHIj5UwKWJaFGP9r2CAKkNYXY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2IS3UV25W2HJTRRT6JR5FDEPHA.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/e5oHIj5UwKWJaFGP9r2CAKkNYXY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2IS3UV25W2HJTRRT6JR5FDEPHA.jpg","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2023-11-30T14:34:14Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/DnZ6DhBQTOc_owiBk0crQPK1Ly0=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2IS3UV25W2HJTRRT6JR5FDEPHA.jpg","version":2,"_id":"BNPBXWJLJVAHRCE7FJIYPWGPBE","comments":[]},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"35f19f9328de4062b8d21bbc778317fd7a75373238b6d409ecc3c9915bc5158f"},"caption":"Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch, left, and Senate President Pro Tem John F. 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John Kennedy, R-Macon</b></a><b>:</b> The central Georgia lawyer was first elected to the Senate in 2014 and rose quickly, serving as a gubernatorial floor leader and majority caucus chairman, where he helped Senate Republicans raise money to support the party’s incumbents and candidates. He led the Senate Redistricting Committee, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-redistricting-signed-into-law-as-lawsuits-loom/KDMPMUEXTZGDHIRUOYQAJSIUR4/\">which redrew political lines in 2021 to ensure the GOP maintained its majority</a> — lines that were later thrown out by a federal judge. He typically presents a calm demeanor in delivering the majority party’s views on issues. The president pro tem is second in charge of the Senate.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GWD76WNZ3VEQBBU774FRAVDRGQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1702668440454,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"<a href=\"https://legislativenavigator.ajc.com/#members/752\"><b>Sen. 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He’s an aggressive spokesman for the GOP agenda.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SEP65H6MW74Z3AP4E3E5GFSJVU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/AiEhcvfIe8p8J7smKkS149DyNMI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SEP65H6MW74Z3AP4E3E5GFSJVU.JPG","galleries":[{"headlines":{"basic":"Photos: Crossover Day at Georgia Legislature 2023"},"_id":"5FXV5RJ7PJE2TARVDXNEA3CHBQ"}],"iptc_job_identifier":"640608e85ebb7e6b35f1deb9","iptc_source":"Atlanta Journal-Constitution","iptc_title":"Multimedia Journalist","keywords":["atlanta","capitol","legislative session","AJC Freelancer"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/030623 LEG DAY 28002.JPG","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/SEP65H6MW74Z3AP4E3E5GFSJVU.JPG","proxyUrl":"/resizer/AiEhcvfIe8p8J7smKkS149DyNMI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SEP65H6MW74Z3AP4E3E5GFSJVU.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/AiEhcvfIe8p8J7smKkS149DyNMI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SEP65H6MW74Z3AP4E3E5GFSJVU.JPG","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2023-01-30T18:14:53Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/Z61TkkVgeuzlAyTkp6ODuaTcCgc=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SEP65H6MW74Z3AP4E3E5GFSJVU.JPG","version":2,"_id":"LEQUX6ZJ4BBVTLHT27XYFESTOI","comments":[]},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"8f14111979482034f60baeeab72d2c29adea851e063c3928f5e4c1a8ee90a55d"},"caption":"Sen. 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His first budget involved helping to cut state spending by 10% because of expectations that revenue would decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, he has been in the opposite situation: The state has had record revenue and record spending. A fiscal conservative, Tillery is the General Assembly’s budget veteran now and, as a country lawyer, is good at picking apart requests for higher government spending.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IQ444HGHHWR7JODIIXBD4TWLJA","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/q1ZSiQlRX56Ldm6j8suRC_eCXRg=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/IQ444HGHHWR7JODIIXBD4TWLJA.jpg","galleries":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"653869fcd5f8cc4bca50ca2a","iptc_source":"AJC","iptc_title":"staff","keywords":["press conderence","AJC Freelancer","Medicaid"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/102623 Medicaid Gaps HS03.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/IQ444HGHHWR7JODIIXBD4TWLJA.jpg","proxyUrl":"/resizer/q1ZSiQlRX56Ldm6j8suRC_eCXRg=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/IQ444HGHHWR7JODIIXBD4TWLJA.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/q1ZSiQlRX56Ldm6j8suRC_eCXRg=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/IQ444HGHHWR7JODIIXBD4TWLJA.jpg","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2023-10-25T15:11:19Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/PLOciXjHNcxur-CPXe5Dbj3BlU4=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/IQ444HGHHWR7JODIIXBD4TWLJA.jpg","version":4,"_id":"EW5NQNGQX5EPDDUWEHYI6Y677Q","comments":[]},"address":{"locality":"Atlanta","region":"GA"},"auth":{"1":"093a8230be12248342d756cbc0831c611ab38d81c1a9aac8b859b81d7e78d783"},"caption":"Sen. 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Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain</b></a><b>:</b> A retiree who was first elected to the Senate in 1998, Butler is the first woman to lead the party in the Senate, previously serving as chairwoman of the chamber’s Democratic caucus. Butler was one of 16 state electors who voted for Biden and has long been active in party political and legislative initiatives.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I4KEX4CTO5FPBCYMUO6PD7U6EU","additional_properties":{"_id":1702668440461,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"<b>Others:</b> Senate Majority Whip <a href=\"https://legislativenavigator.ajc.com/#members/4926\">Randy Robertson, R-Cataula</a>; Senate Majority Caucus Chairman <a href=\"https://legislativenavigator.ajc.com/#members/4980\">Jason Anavitarte, R-Dallas</a>; Senate Rules Chairman Matt Brass, R-Newnan; Senate Regulated Industries Chairman Bill Cowsert, R-Athens; <a href=\"https://legislativenavigator.ajc.com/#members/851\">Senate Minority Whip Harold Jones, D-Augusta</a>; <a href=\"https://legislativenavigator.ajc.com/#members/768\">Senate Democratic Caucus Chairwoman Elena Parent, D-Atlanta</a>; Senate Finance Chairman Chuck<a href=\"https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/senate/838?session=1031\"> Hufstetler</a>, R-Rome.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BGYYFQUJMRCI5CWHQ6M6L6XMTY","additional_properties":{"_id":1702668440462,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"HOUSE","type":"text"},{"_id":"FU7NZDVQNPLV72QQLE4TRSHAME","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/1jnrscJZYy1uy5QoWKLo--_a9Mc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/FU7NZDVQNPLV72QQLE4TRSHAME.JPG","galleries":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"6580509c2104173ada4afe3e","iptc_title":"Visual Journalist","keywords":["jon burns","AJC Freelancer"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/aajc121923 leg mo filed at 0001.JPG","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/FU7NZDVQNPLV72QQLE4TRSHAME.JPG","proxyUrl":"/resizer/1jnrscJZYy1uy5QoWKLo--_a9Mc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/FU7NZDVQNPLV72QQLE4TRSHAME.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/1jnrscJZYy1uy5QoWKLo--_a9Mc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/FU7NZDVQNPLV72QQLE4TRSHAME.JPG","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2023-12-18T15:06:56Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/cyBq7otM63PHGjslAHYonCCldgM=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/FU7NZDVQNPLV72QQLE4TRSHAME.JPG","version":3,"_id":"UCG6M7KTG5HD5NZUSLVUZYP6QE","comments":[]},"address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"72e3f3dab165c3037910e53c503b4e81c40b987f5fb9ac4d8551206714f56206"},"caption":"State Rep. 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He and Ralston have some similarities. Like Ralston, Burns has been a champion for rural Georgia, a prerequisite for a House speaker. He’s also seen, like Ralston, as level-headed and plain-spoken in a 180-member chamber that can be raucous and fractious at times. A strong supporter of Kemp’s initiatives, Burns has also continued Ralston’s push to increase spending and back legislation to improve the state’s mental health system.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SYKXIBGDUCMVUAJRTKFRS46BQM","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/tJ4QiqVczVE_MzgZdrcLmN1DDeo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SYKXIBGDUCMVUAJRTKFRS46BQM.jpg","galleries":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"90856664W","iptc_source":"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","iptc_title":"MBR","keywords":["McClatchy Tribune"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/MCT/US-NEWS-GA-DEMOCRATS-2-AT.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/SYKXIBGDUCMVUAJRTKFRS46BQM.jpg","proxyUrl":"/resizer/tJ4QiqVczVE_MzgZdrcLmN1DDeo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SYKXIBGDUCMVUAJRTKFRS46BQM.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/tJ4QiqVczVE_MzgZdrcLmN1DDeo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SYKXIBGDUCMVUAJRTKFRS46BQM.jpg","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2023-09-20T12:46:00Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/9er1WPq8KcYTuh_95jpiVCUUojo=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/SYKXIBGDUCMVUAJRTKFRS46BQM.jpg","version":1,"_id":"OAXJBYGPHFGJHICKCEG2IHABUY","comments":[]},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"85669ddf9b9ff4295936ad2b6a3210e0733215a4abc2461576a892be2c904dae"},"caption":"State Rep. 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She returned to the post she had held, speaker pro tem — essentially second in charge of the House — after Burns was elected speaker. A former journalist and marketing executive, Jones has been able to win reelection — handily — at the edge of a part of metro Atlanta that is trending Democratic.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6IHC6KKW4MLPISVEXXAK7VILEU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/FeJVnk33rY1JclW33fYagiLc38Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6IHC6KKW4MLPISVEXXAK7VILEU.jpg","galleries":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"6544014bd5f8cc4bca55c5dc","iptc_source":"AJC","iptc_title":"staff","keywords":["new city","AJC Freelancer","Republican","Gwinnett","Hamilton Mill","Mill Creek"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/110423 NEW CITY HS10.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/6IHC6KKW4MLPISVEXXAK7VILEU.jpg","proxyUrl":"/resizer/FeJVnk33rY1JclW33fYagiLc38Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6IHC6KKW4MLPISVEXXAK7VILEU.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/FeJVnk33rY1JclW33fYagiLc38Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6IHC6KKW4MLPISVEXXAK7VILEU.jpg","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2023-11-03T16:04:18Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/fCsu0UT9MzItlp1hWIyO1EW5MX8=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/6IHC6KKW4MLPISVEXXAK7VILEU.jpg","version":3,"_id":"3BLXSY3SYJCFDKTEM6CFS74TBE","comments":[]},"address":{"locality":"Dacula","region":"GA"},"auth":{"1":"f50c5a4fe6b9ed56b9d55b44f13a8e90d463c480e47315acbb95de99f2dce37b"},"caption":"Before he became the House majority leader, state Rep. 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Beverly, an optometrist first elected in 2011, has been a strong voice for the party’s positions and helped the caucus raise big money, which is important in a chamber where Republicans have always had a huge funding advantage at election time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4TLVW4LSS3PRJMNZ2WVJLW4OFU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/V_vCg44xxSs68uC1mABNXtGt1EU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/4TLVW4LSS3PRJMNZ2WVJLW4OFU.JPG","galleries":[{"headlines":{"basic":"Photos: Crossover Day at Georgia Legislature 2023"},"_id":"5FXV5RJ7PJE2TARVDXNEA3CHBQ"}],"iptc_job_identifier":"640608c55ebb7e6b35f1de8a","iptc_title":"Multimedia Journalist","keywords":["AJC Freelancer","Georgia Capitol","Crossover day","General Assembly","Legislative day 28"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/Crossover day 13.JPG","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/4TLVW4LSS3PRJMNZ2WVJLW4OFU.JPG","proxyUrl":"/resizer/V_vCg44xxSs68uC1mABNXtGt1EU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/4TLVW4LSS3PRJMNZ2WVJLW4OFU.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/V_vCg44xxSs68uC1mABNXtGt1EU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/4TLVW4LSS3PRJMNZ2WVJLW4OFU.JPG","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2023-03-06T05:37:23Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/LovcNWaOmUXxW6BL3r66In8Rz50=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/4TLVW4LSS3PRJMNZ2WVJLW4OFU.JPG","version":5,"_id":"B6FASGPUXBHRTDOXDL5ELGPML4","comments":[]},"address":{"street_address":"Georgia Capitol","locality":"Atlanta","region":"Ga"},"auth":{"1":"305b4a2a22b73d2f1c530bc984e5186d1c9a02f5be3419cee8571a11bfc15c2e"},"caption":"State Rep. 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