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Cuccinelli: 'Zero is the best policy' on private money in elections
Stymied by the Georgia General Assembly, a voter integrity group is working with the State Election Board to keep all private money out of the administration of elections.
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Snead: Record early voting turnout in Georgia 'finest rebuttal possible' to voter suppression claims
The record early voter turnout in Georgia is the “finest rebuttal possible to claims of ‘voter suppression’ that were made repeatedly over the last year,” Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project, told the Peach Tree Times.
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SB 441 'solid step in the right direction,' Cuccinelli says
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) would have the authority to initiate investigations into violations of the state’s election laws under Senate Bill 441, approved Monday by the Georgia Legislature.
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Cuccinelli: 'HB 1464 fails to confront the corrupting influence of Big Tech oligarchs like Mark Zuckerberg'
Former Virginia Attorney General and Republican Ken Cuccinelli, who currently heads a national voter integrity group, is urging Georgia lawmakers to strip language from House-approved legislation, House Bill 1464, that presents an opening for state and local election officials to accept private money to help underwrite the cost of administering elections.
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Georgia lawmaker: New domestic-violence law 'will save lives'
A new Georgia law aims to expand domestic-violence protections in the state to include people who are dating, the target of a stalker or relationships that include a pregnancy.
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Georgia House and Senate pass 'game-changer' telehealth bill expanding digital access to medical services
The Georgia House and Senate recently passed legislation revising the Georgia Telehealth Act in order to provide clearer definitions and enable doctors and patients to administer and receive medical treatments from home.
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Conservative black clergy members call out Biden, Abrams over 'lies' about Georgia election law
A group of conservative black ministers took out a full-page ad in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to counter what they call “the lies” from President Biden and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams about the Georgia voting reform act recently signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican.
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Former President Carter 'saddened, angry' at Georgia voting measure
Former President Jimmy Carter has heavily criticized Georgia lawmakers over legislation making it more difficult to apply for ballots.
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Georgia Senate approves bill to appoint chief labor officer; opponents fear undermining elected officials
Georgia representatives are set to vote on a bill that would appoint a labor officer to help manage the increase in unemployment claims filed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.