May 06 DeSantis signs GOP-drafted voting bill, legal fight begins By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday that he and other Republicans said would place guardrails against fraud, even as they acknowledged there were no serious signs of voting irregularities last November. Continue reading
May 04 Watch 6:02 Stacey Abrams: Voting rights not a question of partisanship, but of 'peopleship' By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan, Alex D'Elia There is a growing fight over voting access in the U.S. and Georgia is at the center of the conflict, with Democrat Stacey Abrams as a driving force behind change in the state. On Tuesday, Abrams was honored at the… Continue watching
Apr 20 WATCH: Advocates, lawmakers testify before Senate on voting laws By News Desk and Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America and Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Democrats are escalating their charges that the Republican push for tighter state voting laws is designed to make it hard for people of color to vote. Continue reading
Apr 12 Will Smith film departs Georgia over voting restrictions By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The film is the largest and most high profile production to depart the state since Georgia's Legislature passed a law that introduced stiffer voter identification requirements for absentee balloting. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 9:32 Black corporate leaders condemn Georgia voting law for 'disproportionate' access to ballot Georgia's recent voting law instating new ID rules for mail-in ballots has led 72 Black CEO's to write a full-page ad in The New York Times urging corporate executives to oppose the law. One of the signers of that letter,… Continue watching
Apr 06 MLB officially moves All-Star Game to Denver's Coors Field By Pat Graham, Associated Press MLB decided to move the July 13 game from Atlanta in response to Georgia voting rules that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law March 25. Continue reading
Apr 06 McConnell warns businesses to stay out of politics, says it's 'stupid' By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Last week Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola and Major League Baseball voiced opposition to Georgia's new restrictive voting laws. Continue reading
Apr 05 Corporations gave over $50 million to backers of voting restrictions By Associated Press Telecom giant AT&T was the most prolific, donating over $800,000 since 2015 to authors of proposed restrictions, cosponsors of such measures, or those who voted in favor of the bills, the report found. Continue reading
Apr 02 MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Major League Baseball has moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta's Truist Park, a response to Georgia enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights. Continue reading
Apr 01 Under pressure, some Georgia corporate leaders slam voting bill By Bill Barrow, David Koenig, Associated Press Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders are beginning to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law, acknowledging the concerns of civil rights activists and Black business executives who say the law targets non-white voters. Continue reading