Jeff Amy

Jeff Amy

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

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September 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz Will Count in Georgia for Now

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

Ga.'s Lt. Governor Won't Be Charged in 2020 Election Interference Case

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

Teen Charged in Barrow School Shooting and His Father to Stay in Custody After Hearings

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

Democrats Sue to Block Ga. Rules They Warn Will Block Finalization of Election Results

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

Judge Says 4 Independent and Third-Party Candidates Should Be Kept Off Georgia Presidential Ballots

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

3 minute read

August 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Democrats, Others Seek to Toss Kennedy Off November Ballot in Georgia, New York

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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August 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Officials Say Kennedy, 2 Others Have Signatures for Presidential Ballot as Disputes Remain

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that officials have verified that independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation each collected more than the 7,500 signatures needed to qualify.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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July 31, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Election Board Rolls Back Some Actions After Lawsuit Claimed Its Meeting Was Illegal

The suit alleged the board broke Georgia law on posting notice for a public meeting. It also alleged that at least three board members were required to physically be in the room, invalidating the meeting, because Johnston joined remotely.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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July 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judge Won't Block Ga. Prosecutor Disciplinary Body That Democrats Fear Is Aimed at Fulton DA

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker on Tuesday rejected the request for an injunction against Georgia's Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which Republican lawmakers revived this year after creating it in 2023.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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