Georgia Politics & News
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Georgia Board OKs Rule to Match Vote Count With Number of Voters. The Left Objects.
The Georgia State Election Board will require that the number of ballots counted in the Nov. 5 presidential election doesn’t surpass the number of voters who cast ballots, in a move narrowly approved Monday. The election board voted 3-2 after more than three hours of heated debate on what proponents contend was a commonsense election…Fred Lucas -
‘Kindergarten Math’: Georgia Considers Rule to Match Counted Votes With Counted Voters
The Georgia State Election Board is mulling a proposed rule to ensure that the number of votes considered for counting equals the number of votes cast by voters. That might seem to be a minor administrative matter under normal circumstances. But less than three months away from the Nov. 5 presidential election in one of…Fred Lucas -
Appeals Court Pauses Trump’s Georgia Case Until Decision on Fani Willis
The Georgia Court of Appeals officially put the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump on hold. The appeals court ordered Judge Scott McAfee to pause all proceedings pending its coming ruling on the defendants’ bid to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case. McAfee previously allowed Willis to stay on the case despite finding “a…Katelynn Richardson -
Georgia’s Democratic Voters Render Their Verdict on Fani Willis
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought racketeering charges against former President Donald Trump and his political allies, won her Democratic primary Tuesday in the face of scandal. Meanwhile, Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, presiding over the Fulton County case against Trump, also won his race—just two months after his ruling…Fred Lucas -
Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Toss Georgia Charges Based on First Amendment
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s racketeering case in Georgia declined Thursday to dismiss the charges based on the First Amendment. Trump’s attorneys argued in a December motion that the indictment “directly targets core protected political speech and activity,” urging Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to dismiss the charges as violations of the First Amendment. But…Katelynn Richardson -
Former Prosecutor on What Georgia Judge’s Ruling Could Mean for Trump
A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, heard arguments Thursday on pretrial motions in the court case alleging that then-President Donald Trump interfered in the state’s 2020 presidential election results. Arguments on the motions lasted two hours. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee didn’t make a ruling, nor did he say when he would. Former judge and…Virginia Allen -
What the Georgia ‘Criminal Alien’ Bill Does and Does Not Do
The Georgia House has passed a bill aimed at cracking down on illegal aliens who have committed crimes in the state. But the bill’s passage has brought with it claims that the legislation requires police to arrest “immigrants” and that it perpetuates harmful stereotypes about them. “Georgia House passes bill requiring police to help arrest immigrants…Virginia Allen -
Judge Dismisses 6 Charges in Georgia Trump Indictment Ahead of Expected Fani Willis Decision
The judge overseeing the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia dismissed six counts of the indictment Wednesday. Judge Scott McAfee, who is expected to soon decide whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be disqualified from the case over an alleged conflict of interest, sided with defendants in a separate…Katelynn Richardson -
Georgia Bill Targets Lax Immigration Enforcement After Laken Riley Slaying, Allegedly at Hands of Venezuelan Immigrant
EDITOR’S NOTE Nov. 20, 2024: The original version of this story was published in February. Since then, Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Georgia, signed an amended version of HB1105 in May. A judge convicted Jose Ibarra of Laken Riley’s murder on Wednesday. The Georgia House of Representatives is considering a bill that would force sheriffs to report…Tyler O’Neil -
Georgia Board of Education Affirms Firing of Teacher Who Read Gender Book to Fifth Graders
The Georgia Board of Education upheld a previous decision Thursday to fire Katie Rinderle, a former fifth-grade teacher, for reading a book about gender identity to her students, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Rinderle, who had taught for 10 years, was fired in August 2023 by Cobb County School Board for reading the book “My…Kate Anderson -
Confrontational Willis Fends Off Disqualification From Trump Case in Georgia Hearing
Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor in the Georgia racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, testified Thursday that he was reimbursed with cash for vacations he took with his boss, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis—with whom he admitted having an affair. “It was cash,” Wade said. “She didn’t give me any checks.” In a…Fred Lucas -
VOTER FRAUD ALERT: Georgia Specialist Finds Thousands of Illegal Votes in 2020, 2021, and 2022
An expert in election data asserts that almost 35,000 Georgia voters in 2020 cast ballots from the wrong jurisdictions, but Georgia’s top election official hasn’t responded to his request for an investigation. Mark Davis, president of Georgia-based Data Productions Inc., has pushed for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office to investigate his data since May…Fred Lucas -
Georgia State Senator Proposes Committee to Investigate Fani Willis
A Republican Georgia state senator introduced legislation Monday to establish a committee that would allow the Legislature to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, according to a press release. Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal’s bill would establish a Senate Special Committee on Investigations, a committee of nine members who have the power to call…Katelynn Richardson -
Trump Files Flurry of Motions Seeking to Dismiss Georgia Election Charges
Former President Donald Trump filed three motions Monday to dismiss his Georgia 2020 election case, including one claiming presidential immunity prevents his prosecution. The motions argue for dismissal based on due process grounds, double jeopardy and presidential immunity. The claims in Trump’s presidential immunity filing mirror those made in his bid to dismiss the federal indictment brought by special…Katelynn Richardson -
Georgia Moves to Block Noncitizen Voting in State Constitution
Georgia’s top election official is pointing to the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border as a reason the state Legislature must act to prevent voting by foreign nationals in state elections. “With open borders, citizenship verification for voter registration is more important than ever,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, said…Fred Lucas -
Don’t Let Guilty Pleas in Trump Indictment in Georgia Fool You
Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump, no one should assume that the recent plea agreements in the criminal indictment filed by Fani Willis, district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, or the public apologies she demanded legitimize the claims made against the former president and the other defendants. This includes the lawyers indicted for doing what they’re…Hans von Spakovsky -
Election Integrity Wins in Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, but Trouble Brews in Pennsylvania
With many eyes focused on the 2024 presidential election, issues of election integrity are again coming to the forefront of the national conversation, as they should. Without fair, honest, and secure elections, we can’t sustain our democratic republic. Because the Framers of our Constitution placed primary responsibility on the states to administer and set out the…Zack Smith -
Georgia’s Court Win a Commonsense Victory for Election Integrity
Don’t believe the claims by left-wing organizations such as the ACLU that they won a big victory in the recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge J.P. Boulee in their challenge of Georgia’s 2021 election reform bill. In fact, Georgia won a significant victory against those opponents of election integrity when Boulee refused Aug. 18…Hans von Spakovsky -
Georgia Officials Didn’t Follow Ethical, Legal Rules in Trump Indictment
A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, failed to properly follow the precedent set by the state Supreme Court in allowing the county’s top prosecutor to go forward with a grand jury investigation of former President Donald Trump after disquaifying the prosecutor from part of the probe for misbehavior. In a legal analysis Aug. 15 in…Hans von Spakovsky -
‘Travesty of Justice’: Arraigned in Georgia, Trump Pleads Not Guilty to RICO Charges
Former President Donald Trump called the Georgia charges against him a “travesty of justice” and "election interference" after getting his mug shot taken Thursday evening at an Atlanta-area jail, where he and allies face charges of conspiracy in trying to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators were named…Fred Lucas