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September 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The State Election Board has been besieged by critics in recent months as it considers new rules, many of them proposed by Trump allies that opponents say could erode public confidence in the election results.

By Jeff Amy and Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

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September 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda filed suit on Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta, arguing that a law passed earlier this year by lawmakers unfairly discriminates against homeless people and voters registered at nonresidential addresses.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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September 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

If West and De la Cruz are disqualified, Georgia voters would have the choice of four presidential candidates—Harris for the Democrats, Republican Donald Trump, Libertarian Chase Oliver and the Green Party's Jill Stein.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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September 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Presiding Justice Nels Peterson, writing for the court, said it would be wrong for the high court to require new Republican primary elections after voters already cast ballots.

By Jeff Amy | TheAssociated Press

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September 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia is one of several states where Democrats and allied groups have filed challenges to third-party and independent candidates.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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September 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Jones was one of 16 state Republicans who met at the Georgia Capitol in December 2020 to sign a certificate stating that Trump had won Georgia and declaring themselves the state's "duly elected and qualified" electors even though Democrat Joe Biden had been declared the state's winner.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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September 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father will stay in custody after back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.

By Jeff Amy and Jeff Martin | The Associated Press

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August 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Republican allies of former President Donald Trump argue the rules just reinforce a county election board's existing duty to thoroughly examine election results, noting each board member must swear an oath to compile "true and perfect" results.

By Jeff Amy and Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

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August 26, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The rulings by Michael Malihi, an administrative law judge, would block the qualifications of independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, as well as the Green Party's Jill Stein and the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Claudia De la Cruz.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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August 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

In New York on Monday, a trial opened in suburban Long Island in another lawsuit challenging Kennedy's place on the state's presidential ballot in November. In Georgia, challengers argue that, because Kennedy used the New York address, his petitions should be voided.

By Jeff Amy and Charlotte Kramon | The Associated Press

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