Georgia

Georgia Elections Official Responds To Bills That Would Make Voting Harder

11:42am March 09, 2021

by Scott Detrow

Gabriel Sterling, of the Georgia secretary of state's office, says some proposed restrictions on voting go too far. But he defends others as potentially being helpful to elections administrators.

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A mural depicting Ahmaud Arbery in July 2020 in Brunswick, Ga. Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan are facing murder charges in connection with his death.

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Mother of Ahmaud Arbery Files Civil Lawsuit On Anniversary Of Son's Killing

3:59pm February 23, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

The suit names Gregory and Travis McMichael, as well as William "Roddie" Bryan, who are all facing felony murder charges in connection to Arbery's death.

Newly elected Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the Georgia's attorney general to give the Rayshard Brooks murder case to another prosecutor.

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District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case

9:36am January 29, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis says the actions of her predecessor have forced her to relinquish the police shooting case to another prosecutor.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., waits for Vice President Mike Pence to arrive for her swear-in reenactment for the cameras in the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.

Atlanta Dream, Co-Owned By Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, Is Close To Being Sold

5:45pm January 21, 2021

by Emma Peaslee

Ever since Loeffler denounced WNBA support for Black Lives Matter, players have wanted the league to force her to sell the team.

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Cleta Mitchell, a former partner at Foley & Lardner, announced her resignation from the firm following her involvement in a call during which President Trump pressured Georgia officials to reverse the state's election results.

Attorney On Call With Trump And Georgia Officials Resigns From Law Firm

11:08am January 06, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Cleta Mitchell's now-former law firm, Foley & Lardner, said this week that her involvement in the president's call with Georgia officials alleging a stolen election was "concerning."

U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak's resignation comes just days after a phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was made public.

Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney In Georgia Abruptly Resigns

3:31pm January 05, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Byung J. Pak's resignation comes just days after a phone call between the president and Georgia's secretary of state during which Trump demanded election officials "find" lost votes.

President Trump's phone call on Saturday with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spurred debates over whether the call broke the law. Here, Trump talks to the leaders of Israel and Sudan in October.

Trump's Call To Georgia Election Officials Sparks Debate Over Legality, Ethics

3:38pm January 04, 2021

It's unclear whether Trump's call violated election law or whether the president should — or even could — be prosecuted.

A voter fills out paperwork before casting her ballot in Atlanta during early voting for the U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia.

Politics & Government

It All Comes Down To This — 2 Georgia Races That Will Determine Control Of The Senate

5:00am January 04, 2021

by Domenico Montanaro

If Democrats pick up both seats in Tuesday's Georgia runoff elections, they will wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Republicans. If Republicans win one, though, they will retain it.

Voters wave Biden-Harris campaign signs at the entrance to a polling station in Gwinnett County, Ga., on Nov 3. Gwinnett is one of the five Atlanta metro counties that saw a dramatic increase in turnout among Asian American and Pacific Island voters this

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Asian American And Pacific Islander Turnout Helped Hand Biden Georgia

11:58am December 04, 2020

Asian American voter turnout was up 91% on Election Day 2020 compared to 2016. Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood with Asian Americans Advancing Justice's Atlanta chapter describes how activists made that happen.

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Lawyers for father and son, Gregory and Travis McMichael, asked for a judge to grant bond for the pair, saying the elder McMichael was not motivated by race and that the younger man, never gets into trouble. But Judge Timothy Walmsley on Friday denied the

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Father And Son Charged With Murder In Ahmaud Arbery Killing Are Denied Bond

9:34pm November 13, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"I'm relieved they'll stay behind bars," Arbery's mother said. She had asked a judge to keep the pair in jail, saying "Ahmaud wasn't allowed to go home. Ahmaud wasn't even allowed the chance to live."