'Nightmare scenario': Expert shows how latest Georgia moves could hand presidency to Trump
3 months ago

'Nightmare scenario': Expert shows how latest Georgia moves could hand presidency to Trump

Raw Story  

Recent activity in the state of Georgia could wrongfully hand the 2024 election to Donald Trump, according to a voting rights expert. Ari Berman, Mother Jones' national voting rights correspondent, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss the situation in Georgia, where far-right MAGA allies have been throwing wrenches into the gears of the state's vote-counting processes. The host, Jonathan Capehart, asked Berman, "How could delaying the results in Georgia hand the presidency to Donald Trump?" "No candidate would get a majority in the electoral college as a result and that would then throw the election to the House of Representatives, which has not happened since 1824."

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Election 'gadfly' is singlehandedly injecting chaos into Georgia vote: experts
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Election 'gadfly' is singlehandedly injecting chaos into Georgia vote: experts

Raw Story  

A longtime conspiracy theorist who filed unsuccessful legal challenges to Donald Trump's election loss has grabbed the ear of Georgia officials who will oversee this November's vote, according to a report. Garland Favorito, who published a book in the early 2000s filled with debunked theories on the Sept. 11 attacks and John F. Kennedy's assassination, pushed for new rules later …

'Off the deep end': MAGA-controlled election board ruling stuns lawmakers and experts
3 months ago

'Off the deep end': MAGA-controlled election board ruling stuns lawmakers and experts

Raw Story  

A MAGA-controlled board's new mandate that Georgia ballots be hand-counted stunned journalists, lawmakers, legal experts and Americans who fear "chaos" and a "legal coup" just 46 days before the presidential election. While MSNBC host Chris Hayes condemned the decision as "crazy on the merits" and "transparently an attempt at sabotage," Former Fox News producer and conservative influencer Kyle Becker called …

How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election

The Independent  

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Trump's quietly installed Georgia election 'pit bulls' for 2024 'Big Lie': report
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump's quietly installed Georgia election 'pit bulls' for 2024 'Big Lie': report

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's allies have been quietly engineering a takeover of the Georgia State Elections Board, staffing them with MAGA extremists whom Trump affectionately refers to as "pit bulls fighting for victory" to enshrine the "Big Lie" that the election was stolen into the law for 2024, reported Rolling Stone. The second change was "to reopen a case in …

Georgia, setting for Biden-Trump debate, as divided as America itself
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia, setting for Biden-Trump debate, as divided as America itself

Raw Story  

Atlanta, Georgia is hosting the first debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump as they battle for the White House in November Here are five interesting things to know about the southeast state, which serves as a reflection of the political schism dividing America as a whole: CNN Atlanta is the birthplace and headquarters of CNN, which …

Georgia’s GOP-led House approves new election rules that could affect 2024 presidential contest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia’s GOP-led House approves new election rules that could affect 2024 presidential contest

LA Times  

Democratic state Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook votes on the election bill in Georgia’s House of Representatives in Atlanta. The Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday approved new rules for challenging voters and qualifying for the state’s presidential ballot that could affect the 2024 presidential race in the battleground state. Republicans in Georgia have repeatedly floated election changes following false claims …

Georgia on the mind of the Trump and Biden campaigns as the key state holds primary
9 months, 1 week ago

Georgia on the mind of the Trump and Biden campaigns as the key state holds primary

NPR  

Georgia on the mind of the Trump and Biden campaigns as the key state holds primary Enlarge this image toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images; Brynn Anderson/AP Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images; Brynn Anderson/AP Former President Donald Trump and President Biden don't agree on much politically, but they do agree that Georgia is key to winning the White House. …

Revealed: Georgia Republicans '100%' behind Trump's push to toss election results
1 year, 10 months ago

Revealed: Georgia Republicans '100%' behind Trump's push to toss election results

Raw Story  

Newly unearthed call logs show that Republican state legislators in Georgia were eager and willing to help former President Donald Trump toss out their state's 2020 election results. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that call logs unearthed by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots show that Trump's campaign called more than 100 GOP state legislators to gauge …

Trump’s bid to reshape GOP faces biggest hurdles in Georgia
2 years, 7 months ago

Trump’s bid to reshape GOP faces biggest hurdles in Georgia

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Brian Kemp refused to accept Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud …

'He's done a real number on us': Georgia GOP fears Trump's 'nonsense' could blow their 2022 comeback bid
3 years, 8 months ago

'He's done a real number on us': Georgia GOP fears Trump's 'nonsense' could blow their 2022 comeback bid

Raw Story  

Many Republicans in Georgia blame former President Donald Trump for costing them two crucial United States Senate elections, and now they fear he could wreck their plans for a comeback next year. "He's done a real number on us already," one Georgia GOP consultant told The Hill. One former GOP Senate campaign aide told The Hill that Trump's false claims …

Georgia runoffs power a Democratic comeback: Last election of Trump era may lock GOP out of power
3 years, 11 months ago

Georgia runoffs power a Democratic comeback: Last election of Trump era may lock GOP out of power

Raw Story  

As I write this, the results of the two Senate runoff races have not yet been officially certified, but most of the smart election analysts project both Democrats have won. In Barack Obama's book, this comment in the preface is an important insight that I hope he's discussed with his wingman Joe Biden: "I confess there have been times during …

Donald Trump pressures Georgia official to ‘find votes’ to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in state
3 years, 11 months ago

Donald Trump pressures Georgia official to ‘find votes’ to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in state

Firstpost  

Atlanta: President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense" if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation. Biden senior adviser Bob Bauer called the recording …

Georgia elections official: Trump phone call ‘not normal’
3 years, 11 months ago

Georgia elections official: Trump phone call ‘not normal’

Al Jazeera  

Gabriel Sterling, a top Republican elections official in Georgia, called Trump’s effort to overturn the results ‘out of place’. “It’s not normal, out of place, nobody I know who is president would do something like that to a secretary of state,” Georgia voting systems implementation manager Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, told reporters Monday. Full video: https://t.co/8ZKbZfsdyn pic.twitter.com/uo7dAvGxzS — CSPAN January …

Donald Trump pressured Georgia election official to change results, Washington Post reports
3 years, 11 months ago

Donald Trump pressured Georgia election official to change results, Washington Post reports

ABC  

US President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn his defeat in the state, according to audio of a Saturday phone call obtained by the Washington Post. Key points: Georgia is one of several crucial swing states where Mr Trump lost the November 3 election to Mr Biden The President reportedly told the Georgia …

Georgia election officials reject Trump call to ‘find’ more votes
3 years, 11 months ago

Georgia election officials reject Trump call to ‘find’ more votes

LA Times  

President Trump’s phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to press a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. “President Trump, we’ve had several lawsuits, and we’ve had to respond in court to the lawsuits and the …

'This Was A Scam': In Recorded Call, Trump Pushed Official To Overturn Georgia Vote
3 years, 11 months ago

'This Was A Scam': In Recorded Call, Trump Pushed Official To Overturn Georgia Vote

NPR  

'This Was A Scam': In Recorded Call, Trump Pushed Official To Overturn Georgia Vote Enlarge this image toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Updated at 9:15 p.m. ET An angry President Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to overturn the state's presidential election result and appeared to at least partly blame Raffensperger for …

President-elect? GOP may wait for January to say Biden won
4 years ago

President-elect? GOP may wait for January to say Biden won

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect may have to keep waiting until January as GOP leaders stick with President Donald Trump’s litany of legal challenges and unproven claims of fraud. And while some GOP lawmakers have acknowledged Biden’s victory, most prefer to keep quiet, letting the process play out “organically,” as …

Georgia governor again rejects lawmakers replacing electors
4 years ago

Georgia governor again rejects lawmakers replacing electors

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor is again telling lawmakers that he won’t call a special session to overturn Georgia’s election results and appoint 16 presidential electors who would support Republican President Donald Trump instead of Democratic president-elect Joe Biden. “I’m proud that we’re able to look up after three recounts and watch and be able to see that this election was …

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