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Health Care August 25, 2022

4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority’s preferences in the US, from constitutional design to low voter turnout

By Matthew A Baum; Alauna Safarpour, and Kristin Lunz Trujillo [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Kansas voters opted against overturning a state constitutional right to…

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Voting Rights August 5, 2022

Members of U.S. Senate committee consider bipartisan changes to Electoral Count Act

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]August 3, 2022 WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and legal experts at a U.S. Senate hearing on…

In Georgia, the Legislature gave the Georgia Bureau of Investigation authority to investigate election crimes and issue relevant subpoenas. Cobb County poll workers helped voters cast ballots in 2020. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

2022 Elections July 19, 2022

Election officials risk criminal charges under 31 new GOP-imposed penalties

by Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]July 19, 2022 Second in a two-part series. See part one here. Since the 2020…

Voters who arrived early at Shiloh Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw waited inside to stay warm until voting started in November 2020. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

2022 Elections July 18, 2022

Criminalizing the vote: GOP-led states enacted 102 new election penalties after 2020

by Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder and the States Newsroom, republished with permission]July 18, 2022 First in a two-part series During the 2020…

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Music July 11, 2022

Georgia Symphony Orchestra Chorus invites singers to come to open rehearsals

The Georgia Symphony Orchestra issued the following news release about an opportunity for local singers: The Georgia Symphony Orchestra Chorus enthusiastically invites singers to participate in two open rehearsals and…

2022 Elections June 7, 2022

Georgia GOP congressional hopefuls debate abortion, gun rights ahead of runoff

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 7, 2022 Georgia Republicans competing in congressional primary runoffs doubled down on restricting access…

National May 26, 2022

How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

By Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket…

2022 Elections May 23, 2022

Record early voting ends, setting up Georgia’s high-stakes 2022 Election Day

By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 23, 2022 Tuesday’s primary election for Georgia governor, secretary of state, Congress, state lawmakers,…

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2022 Elections May 16, 2022

We’re starting the last week of early voting: How many people have voted in Cobb so far?

As we head into the last week of early voting for Cobb County’s May 24 Primary and General Nonpartisan General elections, here are the way the numbers look so far,…

2022 Elections May 12, 2022

Election officials make their voices heard as battleground states debate voting laws

by Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 12, 2022 When Georgia legislators pushed through a restrictive voting bill during the 2021…

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