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A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the ...
The court proceedings took place amidst growing, bipartisan concern about new rules from the Georgia State Election Board that increase local officials' powers and responsibilities before the mid ...
Originally it was supposed to be up for election for the two districts, but it was postponed due to a ruling in the lower courts that was overturned by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. [ 3 ] On March 6, 2024, the office of the Georgia Secretary of State announced that the election for two of five seats on the public service commission would ...
For the second time in two days, Georgia judges delivered a major blow to efforts by the state's election board to change the rules governing this November's election just weeks in advance.. In a ...
Since 1896, justices on the Supreme Court and judges on the Court of Appeals have been directly elected in statewide elections. Judicial elections were made non-partisan in 1983. Elections for nonpartisan state judgeships have been held on the date of the legislative primary since 2012, and were previously held on the general election ballot in ...
However, despite Democrat Kamala Harris losing Georgia and the election, she managed to improve on Biden's margins in a few Atlanta suburban counties, including but not limited to Fayette, where her 3.1% defeat was the closest a presidential Democrat has come to winning the county since favorite son Jimmy Carter comfortably did so in 1976 ...
In a unanimous decision, the Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Georgia Republican Party to reinstate seven last-minute rules passed by Georgia’s State Election Board ahead of ...
In August 2024, the Georgia State Elections Board enacted two new rules that could deputize local election officials more discretion on whether they certify the election, contrary to state and national precedent. The Democratic party has filed a lawsuit to stop the new rules from taking effect, [28] [29] and it was blocked by a judge on October ...