More than 20% of Georgia's active voters have cast their ballot in the November general election, after one week of in-person early voting and a steady stream of absentee ballots have been returned.
Monday on Political Rewind: A new investigation from Georgia Public Broadcasting and ProPublica shows the number of polling locations dropped since 2012 despite Georgia’s voter rolls increasing by nearly two million. GPB reporter Stephen Fowler joined our panel to discuss the changes at play.
Also: Sen. David Perdue continues to face condemnation after he appeared to mock the pronunciation of the name of vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris at a rally for President Donald Trump in Macon.
The state’s voter rolls have grown by nearly 2 million since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, but polling locations have been cut by almost 10%, with Metro Atlanta hit particularly hard.
One in ten registered Georgia voters have already cast their ballots in the November general election, including a quarter million that have waited in long lines. Elections officials say they have expanded capacity of a system that has slowed down the check-in process and led to longer waits.
The second day of in-person early voting has begun after Monday's record turnout in Georgia, a battleground state that is closely watched for both its electoral outcome as well as how its elections are run.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that state and county officials failed to adequately provide enough polling places that lead to long lines at the polls.
A total of 601,247 people have already voted three weeks out from Election Day, nearly four times higher than the same point in 2016. Of those, 469,673 have been absentee-by-mail, and the in-person turnout Monday was 40% higher than the 90,000 votes on the first day in 2016.
On this episode of "Battleground: Ballot Box," we go back in time and explore the history of racist voting laws in Georgia and how the remnants of those decisions are still present today.
Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue was on the defensive Monday during an Atlanta Press Club debate against Democrat Jon Ossoff and Libertarian Shane Hazel. Polling shows a tight race between Ossoff and Perdue.
On the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia, more than 110,000 headed to the polls in droves to cast their ballots in a pivotal election that has seen the state take center stage for conversations about voting rights and control of the White House.
Monday marks the start of in-person early voting in Georgia, a battleground state that is closely watched for both its electoral outcome as well as how its elections are run. GPB News will have updates from polling sites around the state throughout the day.
Just hours before in-person early voting begins in the November general election, a federal judge denied a request to switch Georgia's voting system to hand-marked paper ballots but castigated state officials for not doing enough to address cybersecurity concerns.
The coronavirus pandemic has been especially deadly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. On Georgia Today, we look at why facilities caring for the elderly have been so vulnerable to the virus, and how the pandemic has laid bare the state’s inadequate oversight.
Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday outlined what he said were strides made in Georgia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, praising the state's residents for stepping "up to the plate" in slowing the spread of the virus.