voting

Georgia’s Abrams navigates voting law fight with eye on 2022

April 19, 2021 Bill Barrow, Associated Press

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden called Georgia’s new voting law an “atrocity.” A leading black bishop called for a national boycott of companies headquartered in the state. But when Stacey Abrams, who never conceded her […]

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‘An all-hands moment’: GOP rallies opposition to Democrats’ voting bill

March 24, 2021 Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

On an invitation-only call last week, Sen. Ted Cruz huddled with Republican state lawmakers to call them to battle on the issue of voting rights. Democrats are trying to expand voting rights to “illegal aliens” […]

BARONE: Partisan strife produces high voter turnout — and no big boost for either party

March 3, 2021 Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

The last decade has seen a boom in voter turnout — for both parties. Between the 2012 and 2020 presidential elections, total voter turnout rose 23%, with Democratic turnout up 23% and Republican turnout up […]

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GOP leaders seek election integrity changes

January 14, 2021 Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press

ATLANTA — Changes to the way millions of Americans voted this year may have contributed to record turnout, but that’s no guarantee the measures making it easier for some to cast ballots will stick around […]

Three states pass amendments that ‘only citizens’ can vote

November 11, 2020 Patty Nieberg, Associated Press

DENVER — Voters in Colorado, Florida and Alabama passed ballot measures Tuesday that codify what is already law: That only U.S. citizens 18 and older can vote. The passage of the largely-symbolic measures has triggered […]

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