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Long line on election day at polling location

Voting Rights November 27, 2022

A headlong rush by states to attack voting access — or expand it

by Aaron Mendelson, Center for Public Integrity [This article was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C.] October 6, 2022 Iowa…

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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2022 Elections May 23, 2022

Misinformation, violence and a paper shortage threaten midterm elections, officials say

by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 22, 2022 Members of a U.S. Senate panel and election administrators raised a bevy…

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…

The mouth of a ballot box with the text "Insert Ballot Here"

2022 Elections March 30, 2022

Georgia senators gut proposed voting overhaul after election director objections

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article was first published in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 29, 2022 A Georgia Senate panel gutted a sweeping House election bill…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

2022 Elections March 29, 2022

Local officials tell Georgia senators election bill would be wasteful, discourage voters

By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 29, 2022 Local elected officials from Georgia urged a Senate panel to remove…

Voting Rights February 11, 2022

Supreme Court’s ruling on Alabama voting map could open the door to a new Wild West of state redistricting

By Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond The U.S. Supreme Court’s order allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that critics say disadvantages Black voters has voting rights advocates…

2022 Elections February 10, 2022

States target ballot drop boxes in fight over voting rights

by Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, used with permission]February 9, 2022 Ballot drop boxes are so secure they’ve survived getting hit by an…

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