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What Georgia's controversial new election law means for voters, election officials, and outside groups
The sweeping 100-page legislation includes big changes to nearly every aspect of the election proce…
Grace Panetta
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Meet the team of Black executives who quickly mobilized hundreds of CEOs to oppose restrictive voting laws
The men, who texted and emailed hundreds of companies, didn't expect to have 700 corporations, nonp…
Natasha Dailey
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Colorado's top elections official calls out lies, 'blatant abuse,' and voter suppression being used by GOP officials 'a tool to steal future elections'
Secretary of State Jena Griswold told Insider that she is concerned for her safety in the wake of l…
Charles Davis
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Georgia’s chief election official Brad Raffensperger prevails over Trump-endorsed primary challenger Jody Hice
Raffensperger, who Trump unsuccessfully pressured to "find" him 11,780 votes in the 2020 election, …
Grace Panetta,John L. Dorman
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GOP-backed voting restrictions like Florida's will appease Trump more than they'll help Republicans win elections
For years, Republicans dominated mail voting in Florida. After Trump waged war on the practice, the…
Grace Panetta
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Gov. Brian Kemp signs restrictive Georgia voting bill into law in front of painting of former plantation grounds
The grounds of the Callaway Plantation, depicted in the painting, are located in Wilkes County, bet…
John L. Dorman
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JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon defends voting rights following Georgia's new restrictive voting law
JP Morgan Chase's CEO is one of the first prominent CEOs to speak out about voting rights after Geo…
Azmi Haroun
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100 top business leaders met to discuss halting donations to politicians who back 'restrictive' voting laws, including in Georgia
Top business leaders, including former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault, met on Zoom to map ou…
John L. Dorman
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Georgia Republicans seek to end Sunday early voting, a popular election method for Black voters
The proposed bill would mandate photo identification to vote absentee and narrow the window for req…
John L. Dorman
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After Trump's election loss, Republicans across the US are racing to enact new voting restrictions
Swing states like Arizona and Wisconsin are home to some of the most dramatic election-related refo…
John L. Dorman
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Calls to boycott Coca-Cola after Biden called Georgia's planned voting restrictions 'Jim Crow in the 21st Century'
The pressure comes after the omnibus bill of voter restrictions put forward by Republican lawmakers…
Naina Bhardwaj
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Former President Jimmy Carter says he is 'disheartened, saddened, and angry' to see Georgia legislators advance voting restrictions
Republican lawmakers are on the offensive with voting laws after Georgians voted for President Joe …
Grace Panetta
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President Joe Biden said the Justice Department is looking into a new law in Georgia restricting access to voting, which he called an 'atrocity'
The sweeping new law in Georgia has been compared by Biden and others to the laws that enforced rac…
Tom Porter
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An ex-Fox News host walked out a BBC interview after clashing with a Black activist over Georgia's restrictive voting laws
Commentator Aisha Mills claimed Eric Bolling was faking his concern for Black businesses, and he wa…
Tom Porter
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'This is Jim Crow in new clothes': Sen. Raphael Warnock delivers a forceful defense of voting rights, excoriates GOP-led voting restrictions
Warnock's focus on voter suppression in his maiden Senate speech led to a standing ovation in the c…
John L. Dorman
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Stacey Abrams blasts Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: 'I think we have a failed leader who is currently occupying the office'
Kemp blasted his former opponent's entry into the gubernatorial race, tweeting that if Abrams was a…
John L. Dorman
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Black Democrats are growing impatient with Biden's failure to deliver on the voting rights reforms he promised
More than a year into his presidency and a Democratic monopoly of Congress, the Biden administratio…
Kayla Epstein
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These 6 women want to be the first Black female governor in the US, but they have to overcome fundraising and party support obstacles their white counterparts rarely face
The US has never had a Black female governor. Stacey Abrams and five other women are trying to chan…
DeArbea Walker
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Former Sen. David Perdue will run for Georgia governor in 2022, challenge Gov. Brian Kemp in GOP primary
The primary between the two Republican leaders will set up a blockbuster contest in one of the most…
John L. Dorman
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Tim Cook condemned election laws like Georgia's - he's just the latest CEO speaking out on voter-suppression concerns
"Thanks in part to the power of technology, it ought to be easier than ever for every eligible citi…