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2022 Elections December 4, 2022

Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration issues statement on State Board of Elections investigation

Cobb County Board of Elections and Resignation issued the following statement about the State Board of Elections’ investigation into the problems with the county’s absentee ballot process over the course…

2022 Elections December 3, 2022

SPLC issues statement on yesterday’s court ruling on Cobb County absentee ballots

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement about the ruling from Cobb Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill that extended the deadline for Cobb Elections to receive and…

2022 Elections December 2, 2022

Judge extends acceptance date on some Cobb County absentee ballots for the December 6 runoff

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill issued an order extending the acceptance date for absentee ballots for the December 6 runoff for voters who had absentee ballot requests accepted…

Voters line up at the Ben Robertson Community Center in Kennesaw. The wait there on Monday morning lasted about 30 minutes, but other locations saw wait times of more than an hour. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

2022 Elections November 29, 2022

Black voters, students home for the holiday help drive early turnout for Georgia Senate race

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 29, 2022 Early voting in the U.S. Senate runoff got off to a…

2022 Elections November 8, 2022

Consent order issued on the Cobb County absentee ballots that were not sent out

Summary: Cobb Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill signed a consent order yesterday instructing Cobb Elections to overnight ballots to voters who had not yet received ballots due to a staff…

The debate over the narrow exceptions included in Georgia’s abortion ban were at the center of a two-day proceeding focused on whether the state’s six-week ban on most abortions runs afoul of the state constitutional right to privacy. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

Health Care October 26, 2022

Court witnesses debate role of exceptions in Georgia abortion law; judge’s decision to come later

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]October 26, 2022 Health care providers at the center of a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s six-week…

Monica Simpson is the executive director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, which is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that argues Georgia’s abortion law violates the state’s constitutional right to privacy. “It’s been a long fight, but we are committed to this fight,” she said Monday evening outside the Fulton County courthouse. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

Law October 25, 2022

Georgia’s right to privacy law argued as state’s defense of 2019 anti-abortion law reaches Fulton courtroom

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]October 25, 2022 A Fulton County judge began to hear arguments Monday on the constitutionality…

Voters line up inside the Smyrna Community Center for the first day of early voting Oct. 17. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

2022 Elections October 18, 2022

Georgians set first day early voting turnout record in biggest test yet of 2021 election overhaul

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]October 17, 2022 On Monday, thousands of Georgia voters descended upon early voting sites like…

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Law October 17, 2022

What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant

by Anne Toomey McKenna, University of Richmond [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective…

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2022 Elections October 17, 2022

Challenges to voters are growing before the midterms – and have a long history as a way of keeping down the Black vote

by Austin Sarat, Amherst College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Voters who want to cast their ballot on Election Day this November may be in…

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