Georgia's secretary of state told NPR about efforts by national party leaders to lean on him over ballots. He has defended his office and the state's practices amid scrutiny and criticism.
The manual audit of the almost 5 million votes cast in Georgia in the presidential election is almost over, and it looks like not much will change in the vote totals. The audit comes as some Republicans question the integrity of the outcome — without evidence. What was the audit like? GPB’s Grant Blankenship and Stephen Fowler bring us inside the process.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is responding to criticism from leaders in his own party. President Donald Trump, Georgia’s two sitting senators and other high-ranking Republicans claim, without evidence, Raffensperger is complicit in rigging the state’s election for Democratic challenger President-elect Joe Biden.
This episode of Battleground: Ballot Box asks the question: Why have thousands of workers across the state been hand counting nearly five million pieces of paper for several days? And why might they have to do something similar again soon?
Monday on Political Rewind: Counties across Georgia will finish their audits of ballots cast in the November presidential election. Fifty counties, including DeKalb and Fulton counties, have finished their recounts so far. Our panel of experts and insiders takes a look at the latest results from that process and looks ahead to what comes next.
Faced with increasingly aggressive fact-checking efforts by Facebook and Twitter during the 2020 presidential election, conservatives in Georgia are flocking to alternative social media platforms, especially Parler.
The hand recount of votes was 99 percent complete for Chatham County late Sunday.
All that remains is data entry, administrative work and a small amount of ballots that will be adjudicated Monday, well before the Georgia Secretary of State’s deadline of Wednesday for a hand recount of the ballots cast for President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden in the race to be the 46th president of the United States.
Georgia was long expected to have a January runoff for one U.S. Senate seat, but not many people expected there to be two with Democrats and Republicans facing off.
With important dates coming up fast, here’s a guide to dates to mark on your calendar leading up to Jan. 5.
More than a week after the presidential election, Georgia is headed for an election audit including a hand recount prompted in part by allegations of election fraud — despite no evidence. How did we get here? On Georgia Today, Clayton Crescent founder Robin Kemp shares what she saw in the days after the election as the votes that put Joe Biden over the top in Georgia were counted.
Friday on Political Rewind: There is a frightening uptick in COVID-19 numbers across the country. Though the worst numbers are currently seen in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, cases in Georgia of the virus continue an upward path. Our panel is joined by one of the country’s most prominent public health leaders, Dr. Carlos del Rio.
Meanwhile, many members of the Georgia GOP continue to challenge the legitimacy of the November election.
Georgia's 159 counties will have six days to hand recount nearly 5 million votes cast in the presidential race as part of a risk-limiting audit. Training documents show the procedure centers around keeping an accurate paper trail.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday that the risk-limiting audit of the presidential race will require every single ballot cast to be hand counted by Friday, Nov. 20 to verify the results.
Democrats didn't have the big wins they expected in congressional races. Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez says Democrats are working to expand the electorate for Georgia's Senate runoffs.
Tom Emmer, who also chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee, discusses how his party flipped seats in Florida and beyond and some Republicans' reluctance to acknowledge Joe Biden's win.