Georgia Attorney General Says Election Board Is Operating Outside Its Authority
The board, with a new right-wing majority, is set to consider new election rules just 45 days before the election.
Georgia State Election Board to vote on controversial rule opposed by many local officials
The Georgia State Election Board is set to vote on a controversial measure Friday that would require local precincts to conduct hand counts.
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Georgia’s election rules threaten our democracy and our veterans
These new rules would require hand-counting ballots during advance voting and after polls close on Election Day, even though Georgia’s voting systems already undergo rigorous testing and studies show that hand counts produce inaccurate results.
In Georgia, a New Showdown Is Brewing Over Election Rules
The state election board was recently taken over by a conservative majority. Its latest proposals are dangerously late in the process and most likely illegal, according to the secretary of state.
Georgia Election Board May Order Hand Count of Votes in US Presidential Contest
If approved, the hand count rule would make Georgia the only state in the U.S. to implement such a requirement as part of the normal process of tabulating results, according to Gowri Ramachandran, the director of elections and security at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice,
Georgia AG says new rules from State Election Board may ‘conflict’ with state election laws
The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr sent a letter to the members of Georgia’s State Election Board Friday morning telling them some of the planned rule changes to election policies ahead of the presidential race may violate state law.
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Watch live | Georgia State Election Board meeting on proposed rule changes
The State Election Board will consider nearly a dozen new rules on Friday — three-and-a-half weeks from the start of early voting.
Attempts to purge voter rolls increase as election nears
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Proxy voting for new parents among changes pitched to House Rules panel
The House Rules Committee held a Member Day hearing Thursday, allowing the rank-and-file to propose changes to how the ...
Jeffries: New election rules are ‘nonstarter’ for Democrats in funding fight
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats will oppose any federal funding bill that ...
Social Security Update: Lawmakers May Force Vote to Raise Benefits for Some
The Social Security Fairness Act was proposed to reverse the rules surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and ...
House may force vote on bill to eliminate rules that reduce pensioners' Social Security benefits
House lawmakers have reached the number of signatures they need to prompt a vote on a bill that would eliminate certain rules ...
Georgia election rule changes by Trump allies raise fear of chaos in November
The state that handed former President Donald Trump one of his narrowest losses four years ago is immersed in election ...
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Senators Push FCC for Transparency Rules Before 2024 Election
US senators are expressing their support for the FCC's proposal to mandate the disclosure of AI-generated content in ...
Ahead of election, federal judge rules on Idaho laws with new voter ID requirements
Two groups — March for Our Lives Idaho, which aims to reduce gun violence, and the Idaho Alliance for Retired Americans — ...