Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is on a pre-election day tour across the state to talk about the many concerns about the potential for election fraud.
The Jail Justice Center in Thomas County is just one of the areas where that SPLOST funding will go towards to not only upgrade the facility but also some of the equipment, and to help with those safety concerns.
Early voting is still underway in Valdosta, as residents prepare to elect a new mayor, and top of mind is electing someone who can offer solutions to housing shortages and increased crime in the area.
Ahead of speaking to federal prosecutors about the 2020 presidential election, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger spoke to WALB’s Jim Wallace about stiffer election crime sentences.
Less than 24 hours after one of the most competitive runoffs in Georgia’s history, Rep. Jasmine Clark said she plans to introduce legislation to extend future run-offs from four weeks to six weeks.
In a race where a few hundred votes can make a difference, the majority of the 39,000 people held in Georgia County jails can vote but as Atlanta News First Investigates uncovered, few do.
The extended Senate campaign in Georgia gives Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker a second chance to persuade voters to send them to Washington. But without party control of Congress at stake and absent other candidates on the ticket, the runoff looks different from the November general election.
Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier for one of the original 13 states with a special election victory in January 2021, almost 245 years after the nation’s founding.
In less than a week, voters across the Peach State are heading back to the polls. Early voting across Georgia starts in the coming days and elections leaders in Lowndes County are gearing up for another round of early voting.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Monday certified the results of the general election held earlier this month. The official results of the election are now available on the website of the secretary of state’s office. The certification deadline is Friday and Raffensperger applauded efforts by county election officials, which he said allowed the early certification. County election officials last week conducted an audit of one race as required by state law. Raffensperger had chosen his own race for that audit and he said it confirmed the accuracy of the outcome.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Warnock for Georgia campaign, and the Democratic Party of Georgia filed a lawsuit Tuesday about the lack of early voting for the runoff election.
Georgia saw the second-highest young voter turnout in the last three decades— 4% less than the highest turnout in 2018. That’s according to a Civic Learning Research Center.
A day after the election, there’s a lot of attention on several U.S. Senate races with no winners yet. That includes Georgia, with a pivotal battle that could boost the state’s economy.
From the race between Stacey Abrams and newly re-elected Governor Brian Kemp to the undecided battle between Incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock. This year’s midterm elections held some of the most important races to watch. These races pushed many in Georgia to get out and vote.
Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Challenger Herschel Walker will face off again in a Dec. 6 runoff, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a Wednesday press conference.
n. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker were locked in a tight race night in Georgia as elections officials continued to count ballots in the state that determined partisan control of the Senate nearly two years ago and could do so again in these midterm elections.
