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2021 Elections May 21, 2021

Important things about the House District 34 election, including deadlines

Cobb County posted the following notice on their website with important things about the special election in Georgia state House District 34, including information on receiving mail-in ballots. The entire…

2020 Elections January 2, 2021

Cobb County advance vote totals as of January 1 2021

Cobb County posted the unofficial advance voting totals since early voting began on December 14, 2020 on the Cobb County website. The reported totals include the cumulative totals by day,…

2020 Elections June 12, 2020

Mike Boyce to Raffensperger: Accept responsibility or resign

BOC chairman Mike Boyce in his weekly email newsletter sharply criticized Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for shifting the blame for Georgia’s ongoing election debacle to county elections officials,…

Line at Lindley Middle School voting site (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

Candidates Keisha Waites, Linda Pritchett file emergency injunction to delay election certification

Candidates Keisha Waites, who is running for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, and Linda Pritchett, a candidate for Georgia Senate District 39, filed an emergency injunction in the Superior Court of…

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

Certification of Cobb election delayed 2 days to June 19

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt reports that the regular meeting of the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration originally scheduled for Wednesday, June 17 to certify the results for…

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

61,500 Cobb County ballots yet to be counted

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt told the Courier in an email that there are 61,500 ballots yet to be scanned into the results, and that the number of ballots…

2020 Elections June 10, 2020

At least 70,000 ballots remain to be counted in Cobb County

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration announced this afternoon that the count on the county’s official election page only reflects early and election-day voting. As of this afternoon…

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Elections November 2, 2024

With Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans’ ‘strict father’ has become the creepy uncle

by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Tucker Carlson, the reactionary pundit fired in 2023 from Fox News, preceded…

International November 2, 2024

Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain

by Rebecca Cordell, University of Pittsburgh and Kashmiri Medhi, University of Texas at Dallas, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Governments, even democratic ones, are willing…

Elections November 2, 2024

Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there

by Christabel Devadoss, Middle Tennessee State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a…

Elections November 2, 2024

U.S. Justice Department stresses protection of voters’ rights

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 30, 2024 WASHINGTON — With less than a week before the polls close…

Health Care November 2, 2024

‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic

This article by Christine Mai-Duc first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Christine Mai-Duc Updated October 31, 2024 Originally Published October 31, 2024 The city of Beverly Hills…

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mail-in ballots

Important things about the House District 34 election, including deadlines

Cobb County advance vote totals as of January 1 2021

Mike Boyce to Raffensperger: Accept responsibility or resign

Candidates Keisha Waites, Linda Pritchett file emergency injunction to delay election certification

Certification of Cobb election delayed 2 days to June 19

61,500 Cobb County ballots yet to be counted

At least 70,000 ballots remain to be counted in Cobb County