Former first lady Michelle Obama and celebrities from music, film and television urged young Georgians to exercise their right to vote on Tuesday night.

"Leaders are not born," Granny says. "They're made through molding and modeling." That's why she and her granddaughter and putting on their hats and coats and walking to the polls.

With less than two weeks before Election Day, a resurgence of misinformation and conspiracy theories about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are run.

The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by national and state Republicans to immediately reinstate recently passed election rules that a judge had ruled were invalid. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox last week ruled that the State Election Board didn't have the authority to adopt the new rules.

In Georgia, nonvoters are the most complicated piece of the electoral puzzle in a state that could decide the presidency. There are more than 47,000 people in Bibb County, Georgia, about 80 miles south of Atlanta, who are eligible to vote but don't.

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, which helps members get affordable mortgages, says its 3.7 million members must vote or risk losing membership — and the financial benefits.

A record 1.4 million ballots have been cast in Georgia since early voting began last Tuesday. What do those numbers tell us?

Some election locations in Arizona are shutting their doors in the face of security threats — but others are expanding their footprint.

The state and national Republican parties are appealing a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republicans want to overturn a ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, who on Wednesday ruled that the board did not have the authority to pass the rules.

Local leaders in south Georgia worry that Democrats aren't doing enough to mobilize Black voters in rural areas. Democrats saw unprecedented wins across the state in 2020, in part because of organizing efforts to turn out voters who usually stay home.

Jimmy Carter has cast his ballot in the 2024 election. The Carter Center in Atlanta says the former president voted by mail Wednesday.

GPB reporters from around the state check in with updates about voter turnout, data and voter voices during the voting period beginning Oct. 15 and ending Nov. 1, 2024. 

A federal judge won't order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November's elections in the presidential battleground state. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross came after a hearing Thursday.

It’s a common misconception that people found guilty of a felony permanently lose their right to vote. Research estimates 450,000 Georgians with a past conviction are eligible, and organizers are spreading the word.

A Republican-led group is challenging Georgia's new requirement that poll workers count the total number of ballots by hand. Eternal Vigilance Action is asking a judge to overturn the rule, saying it's another example of the State Election Board overstepping its legal authority.