The county to watch in the Georgia Senate runoff
Also in today’s edition … What Georgia’s past two Senate contests tell us about the runoff ... The fight over what to include in the annual defense policy bill … What we’re watching: The Supreme will hear oral arguments in the latest conflict between free speech and gay rights. And how Republicans will react to Trump’s suggestion the Constitution should be suspended for him.
washingtonpost.comFive Georgia Police Officers Have Turned Themselves In After Being Charged With Murder In The Death Of A 24-Year-Old
Fernando Rodriguez was leaving the Imagine Music Festival in 2019 when the officers stopped repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun, even after he fell to the ground.View Entire Post ›
news.yahoo.comJudge agrees to unseal Fulton absentee ballots for audit
A judge on Friday agreed to unseal absentee ballots to allow for an audit of November election results in Georgia's most populous county. Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero said the specifics of the audit of more than 145,000 absentee ballots from Fulton County would be outlined in a future order, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The ruling stems from a lawsuit against the county that alleges evidence of fraudulent ballots and improper counting.
news.yahoo.comGeorgia’s political change came fast but has deep roots
AdvertisementThe degree of Biden’s success in Henry County caught many political observers by surprise. Downtown Stockbridge, in Georgia’s Henry County. Of this year’s battleground states, Georgia’s electorate had by far the largest share of Black voters, roughly one-third, compared with about one-fifth in North Carolina and one-eighth in Michigan, Pew found. In November, Henry County voters elected their first Black sheriff. AdvertisementAnd local leaders have taken steps to celebrate the county’s Black political history, renaming a bridge and establishing a heritage trail in honor of the Rev.
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