Incumbent Brad Raffensperger defended his embattled tenure as Secretary of State managing Georgia’s contentious elections, as his Democratic challenger Bee Nguyen attacked his efforts on Tuesday in their only scheduled debate. They were joined by Libertarian Ted Metz at the event sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club at the Georgia Public Broadcasting studios. Raffensperger was…

State secretary of state elections usually aren’t visible. People may not know what the person in that job does. It’s not the same as the federal secretary of state, who manages foreign relations. An election for this state office usually isn’t water cooler conversation. Unless, of course, that state is Georgia, home of the hotly…

Their feelings motivated by former president Donald Trump, many conservative Georgians are still angry that Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger didn’t do more to investigate claims of widespread fraud related to the 2020 election. That displeasure didn’t prevent the two incumbents from winning their respective GOP primaries on May 24. Kemp,…

In Georgia, the secretary of state has just opened an investigation into over 1,600 non-citizens who attempted to register to vote in Georgia. This criminal referral came after a statewide investigation was conducted and found that over half of Georgia’s counties saw non-citizens who attempted to get access to the ballot box. Meanwhile, Moderna has…

On March 31, 2021, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 202 into law, titled the Election Integrity Act of 2021. The law made significant changes to how elections were administered in the Peach State. David Belle Isle, a Republican candidate for Secretary of State, shared his vision on how to lead the office under…

On March 31, 2021, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 202 into law, titled the Election Integrity Act of 2021. The law made significant changes to how elections were administered in the Peach State. David Belle Isle, a Republican candidate for Secretary of State, shared his vision on how to lead the office under…

Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.), a third-term Republican Congressman who won each of his terms with around 63 percent of the vote, is running for Georgia’s Secretary of State. Why did he give up almost certain reelection and pursue a new office? Hice told The Epoch Times that he wants to protect the voice of the…