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Georgia
“A Trump Second Term Poses an Authoritarian Threat:” Former Repub. Staffer
Less than 90 days before the presidential election, Georgia Republicans have passed new procedural rules that allow for challenges in certifying election results. Amanda Carpenter, of the nonprofit group Protect Democracy, joins the show to discuss the problems posed by this…
Georgia redistricting tests if the Voting Rights Act protects ‘coalition districts’
The fight over Georgia’s political maps has already had several steps. After the judge in October found the maps illegally diluted the power of Black voters, Republican lawmakers were forced to revise the district lines to add new, majority-Black districts.
Judge orders new maps after finding Georgia redistricting ‘dilutes Black voting power’
A federal judge ruled that Georgia's Republican-drawn state and Congressional legislative boundaries violate the Voting Rights Act.
Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case
Ellis is the fourth defendant to plead guilty in the broad racketeering case focused on efforts to keep then-President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.
The push to punish DA Fani Willis widens a Republican rift | Battleground: Ballot Box
Former President Donald Trump’s Georgia indictment has spurred varied responses from Republicans both inside and outside the state.
Read the full Georgia indictment against Trump and 18 allies
Eighteen other people, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, were also indicted, accused of joining Trump in efforts to unlawfully change the outcome of the election.
How Georgia’s recent elections planted seeds for future conspiracies
GPB turns back the clock to understand how Georgia’s election system came to be ground zero for election conspiracy in 2020.
Battleground: Ballot Box | There is no offseason in elections administration
In Georgia, 2023 is the only year in a four-year cycle without a major election scheduled, but that doesn’t mean local elections officials are not busy: the people who run Georgia’s elections are already hard at work preparing for whatever…