According to a report from the New York Times, Republicans in Georgia are making a concerted effort to purge election officials they don’t believe are on their side as they put up more barriers to casting a vote in the 2022 election. Of note is a concentration on the elimination of officials who are DemocratsContinue reading “Georgia Republicans purging Black election officials as they eye 2022 midterms: report”
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Lindsey Graham’s call with Georgia’s secretary of State will be investigated: report
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) post-election phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) will be probed as part of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s probe into whether former President Trump broke laws by trying to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election, The Washington Post reported. A person familiar with the probe told the newspaper that the call wouldContinue reading “Lindsey Graham’s call with Georgia’s secretary of State will be investigated: report”
Georgia Prosecutors Open Criminal Investigation of Trump Call
Fulton County prosecutors have initiated a criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s January phone call to the Georgia secretary of state asking him to “find” votes. Prosecutors in Fulton County have initiated a criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results, including a phone call he madeContinue reading “Georgia Prosecutors Open Criminal Investigation of Trump Call”
Georgia Republicans Are Working to Rig Elections So They Never Lose Again
After losing both Senate seats to Democrats, the state’s GOP legislators have proposed a spate of new voter suppression laws. Last month, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a press release announcing that he had certified the results of the U.S. Senate runoff elections held on January 5. He concluded it with a paean to hisContinue reading “Georgia Republicans Are Working to Rig Elections So They Never Lose Again”