Instant run-off voting in Georgia Senate race

December 5, 2022, 1:58 pmelection administrationDerek Muller

Recent pieces by John Tures at The Conversation and Kerwin Swint at RealClearPolitics each point out that Georgia’s expensive run-off election could be avoided if the state adopted ranked choice voting (or, maybe more appropriately for a run-off election, instant… Continue reading

Morgan Kousser on the PBS News Hour: WATCH: The racist history behind Georgia’s runoff elections

December 3, 2022, 10:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ndk3bMaGk

“Turnout Was Strong in Georgia, but Mail Voting Plummets After New Law”

December 2, 2022, 7:24 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

NYT: While voter turnout remained strong, absentee voting in Georgia dropped off drastically in this year’s midterm election, the first major test of an expansive 2021 voting law that added restrictions for casting ballots by mail. Data released by the… Continue reading

“The Jolt: Finger-pointing starts over long waits for Georgia voters”

December 1, 2022, 7:14 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: Voters are having to wait in line for more than two hours at some crowded voting locations before casting a ballot in the U.S. Senate runoff, a consequence of both high turnout and a shorter early voting period, The… Continue reading

“Georgia GOP chairman singled out by judge for central role in fake elector plot”

November 30, 2022, 11:59 amchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: A state judge singled out Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer, one of the fake electors for Donald Trump, for the unique role he played in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State as… Continue reading

“Election deniers performed especially poorly in races to oversee voting in key states”

November 28, 2022, 1:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR: Over nearly two years, the political future of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger had looked somewhere between uncertain and untenable. In 2020, sitting President Donald Trump called him an “enemy of the people” after Trump lost Georgia… Continue reading

“New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms”

November 26, 2022, 9:49 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems. That’s just what election experts… Continue reading

Georgia Supreme Court Allows Saturday Early Voting in Counties That Wish to Use It for U.S. Senate Runoff

November 23, 2022, 9:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

In a brief unsigned order with no noted dissents, the Supreme Court of Georgia allowed early voting on Saturday to go forward over the objections of the Georgia Republican Party. More from the AJC.

If Petitioners Get Their Way in Moore v. Harper Case, the Dispute over Saturday Voting in Georgia Senate Runoff Would Spill into Federal Court as Well as State Court

November 23, 2022, 7:55 amlegislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I noted on the blog the other day that the state of Georgia, after losing in the state court of appeals, declined to appeal further the ruling that Georgia law allows counties to set Saturday as a day of early… Continue reading

Georgia Secretary of State Will Not Seek Further Appeal of Court Order Allowing Saturday Early Voting for Senate Runoff

November 22, 2022, 6:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC. Raffensperger will not pursue another appeal. “The court has worked its will. We believe this is something the General Assembly should consider clarifying to avoid confusion in the future. I hope that election workers are able to enjoy a… Continue reading

“House Democrats’ path back to the majority could run through the Supreme Court”

November 22, 2022, 6:36 amredistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo: Democrats are suing to overturn congressional maps in six states they weren’t able to undo before the midterm elections: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas. If courts side with them, Democrats believe it could be the difference between… Continue reading

“BREAKING: Saturday voting upheld in Georgia US Senate runoff”

November 21, 2022, 3:12 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: The Georgia Court of Appeals has denied an attempt to stop early voting on Saturday for the U.S. Senate runoff, a ruling that allows counties to open polling places two days after the Thanksgiving holiday. The court’s one-sentence decision… Continue reading

Breaking News–GA Trial Court Rules Voting May Proceed on Saturday, Nov. 26, in the GA Senate runoff election

November 18, 2022, 4:46 pmUncategorized2022 Election Cycle, early voting, Georgia RunoffTabatha Abu El-Haj

Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that a Georgia Trial court has granted the Democratic Party and Warnock Campaign’s request for a declaratory judgment and injunction to allow for early voting on Saturday, November 26. Order is embedded in the article. “Fulton… Continue reading

Governor Kemp testified before Fulton grand jury today

November 15, 2022, 1:53 pmchicanery2020 Election CycleTabatha Abu El-Haj

Atlanta Journal Constitution reported earlier today, based on two anonymous sources, the news that Governor Kemp would be testifying “before the Fulton County special grand jury examining whether former President Donald Trump and his allies criminally meddled in Georgia’s 2020… Continue reading