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Click on your Georgia lawmakers
Who works in the Gold Dome downtown? We’re glad you asked: here’s how to find your state lawmakers on social.
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MLK to white Lutheran youths in 1961: ‘an old order is passing away….’
Sixtyone years ago in Miami Beach, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of doubling the number of Black registered voters in the South through a campaign of peaceful protests at places that had barred them from registering.
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Reed dominated fundraising; Ends with almost as much as four top candidates combined
Editor’s note: See charts at the bottom of this story for campaign finance information. / Kasim Reed dominated campaign contributions in his losing bid for Atlanta mayor.
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$4.1 billion in sales tax proposals on ballots; Oct. 4 deadline for voter registration
With the Oct. 4 deadline looming to register to vote, MARTA on Tuesday is helping to register voters for local elections that include $4.1 billion in proposed sales taxes to improve school facilities and mobility.
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Georgia benefits from the presence of enlightened Atlanta-based companies
Last fall, Gov. Brian Kemp boasted about Georgia’s consecutive No. 1 rankings as the top state for business. And yet in the past couple of weeks, that same governor is lambasting two of Georgia’s highest profile companies – Delta Air Lines and the Coca-Cola Co. – for openly criticizing the state’s new voting legislation.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Same leader, new chair for Fulton elections
Also the NBA is leaning into voter access again, and against repressive legislation
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New round starting in battle over Georgia election bills
There are a lot of overlapping bills.
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Don’t expect a boring Georgia legislative session after the year we’ve had
There’s a good chance that this year’s legislative session will be less … boring.
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The Week That Was: Georgia’s historic Senate wins overshadowed by insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
Historic U.S. Senate wins in Georgia were overshadowed by an insurrection involving violent Trump supporters, including some from Georgia.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Influential Georgians and research investment
Plus, catching up with a friendly neighborhood poll worker.
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Georgia SOS office debunks election rumors – again – ahead of Senate runoffs
For the past few weeks, Georgia has been a political minefield as residents will decide who their next two Senators are. Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are challenging Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively.
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ACLU condemns Georgia SOS’s efforts to limit absentee ballot voting
A week after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asked for changes to the state’s no-excuse absentee ballot voting system, the ACLU of Georgia condemned those efforts saying absentee ballot voting has worked to keep residents safe while voting in a worldwide pandemic.
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More than 1.8 million people have cast ballots for Georgia’s Senate run-off elections
More than 1.8 million ballots have been cast in Georgia’s Senate runoff races during early voting, according to online data tracker GeorgiaVotes.com.
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Georgia SOS asks for changes to state’s ‘no-excuse’ absentee ballot voting
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and county elections officials are calling for the General Assembly to reform the state’s no-excuse absentee ballot request rule, citing exhausted workers running multiple elections and strained county resources and budgets.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Jump-start for construction at Greenbriar, voting and more
Also, new life for two Grant Park monuments.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Trying to give away money
Also, a new At-Promise Center is underway.
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Early voting for Georgia U.S. Senate runoff races begin Monday
Early voting in Georgia U.S. Senate runoff races begin Dec. 14.
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Loeffler mum on Trump-Kemp division, repeats talking points against Warnock
Sen. Kelly Loeffler repeated several talking points against opponent Raphael Warnock, but she refused to say if Donald Trump lost the election.
