Jeff Amy

November 04, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Judge Rejects GOP Lawsuit Trying to Block Counties From Accepting Hand-Returned Mail Ballots

The Trump campaign, the RNC and the Georgia Republican Party said in a statement Saturday night that they sent letters to six counties demanding that all ballots received after Friday be kept separate from other ballots, saying they intend to sue over the issue.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

October 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Republicans Challenge More Than 63K Voters in Georgia, but Few Removed, AP Finds

Those who allege Georgia's voting rolls are bloated with ineligible voters are trying to change that, filing lawsuits and pushing the State Election Board to order counties to do more.

By Jeff Amy and Charlotte Kramon | The Associated Press

7 minute read

October 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Election Workers Settle Defamation Lawsuit Against Conservative Website

The defamation lawsuit alleged a Missouri-based conservative website had falsely accused them of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing earlier this week.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

October 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Federal Judge Rejects Call to Reopen Voter Registration in Ga. After Hurricane Helene

"The harm to the state's interests outweighs the plaintiffs' interests," the judge said in the verbal ruling Thursday.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

October 09, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Lawsuit Seeks to Reopen Voter Registration in Ga. After Hurricane Helene

The federal lawsuit filed by the Georgia conference of the NAACP, the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda and the New Georgia Project seeks to have registration reopened through Oct. 14.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

October 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Fulton Judge Strikes Down Ga. Abortion Ban, Allows Till Week 20 of Pregnancy

A spokesperson for the Georgia attorney general said he would immediately appeal to the state supreme court, which earlier reversed a separate ruling by McBurney that had struck down the law on different grounds and could put Monday's ruling on hold.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

6 minute read

September 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

GOP-Led Group Sues to Block Ga. Rule Requiring Hand Count of Ballots

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

4 minute read

September 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Suit Seeks to Overturn Ga. Law on Homeless Voter Registration, Challenges

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

4 minute read

September 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. High Court Could Reject Counting Presidential Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz

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

5 minute read

September 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Court Rejects Local Republican Attempt to Handpick Primary Candidates

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

4 minute read

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