Tag: Georgia

Warnock Declares Victory in Georgia Senate Runoff Race, Second Race Undetermined

Democrat Raphael Warnock has declared victory in a Georgia Senate runoff race challenging Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), which has been called in his favor by The Associated Press. Loeffler, though, says there’s still a “path to victory.” Results in the second Senate runoff in the state between Republican candidate David Perdue and Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff…


Georgia Judge Says Poll Observers Must Be Able to Stand Within 10 Feet From Counting Tables

As ballot counting is underway for the Georgia runoff election, a judge in Fulton County on Tuesday night handed a small victory to Republicans by solidifying an agreement that affords poll observers better access to view the counting of absentee ballots. The agreement, known as a consent agreement, was made between Fulton County election officials, the…


Georgia Judge Says Poll Observers Must Be Able to Stand 10 Feet From Counting Tables

As ballot counting is underway for the Georgia runoff election, a judge in Fulton County on Tuesday night handed a small victory to Republicans by solidifying an agreement that affords poll observers better access to view the counting of absentee ballots. The agreement, known as a consent agreement, was made between Fulton County election officials, the…


Attorney on Trump Call With Raffensperger Resigns From Law Firm

An attorney who was on a phone call between President Donald Trump and Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has resigned from her law firm following widespread public scrutiny over the conversation. Attorney Cleta Mitchell, who has been assisting with Trump’s election legal efforts in Georgia, informed management from her firm Foley & Lardner on Tuesday that she…


Exclusive With Data Scientists: Public Data Shows 432,000 Trump Votes Removed in Pennsylvania

The Data Integrity Group, a group of data scientists, has been dissecting publicly available data on the presidential election in multiple states. Most recently, in Pennsylvania, they found over 432,000 votes were removed from President Donald Trump in at least 15 counties. Time-series election data shows Trump’s votes decreasing in various counties at many time…


Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Request to De-certify Georgia Results Amid Leaked Call Scrutiny

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s request to de-certify 2020 election results in Georgia over allegations that thousands of ballots were “illegally” cast and counted. Trump filed the lawsuit on New Year’s eve just before media outlets received a leaked audio recording of a call between the president and Georgia Secretary of State…


Georgia Secretary of State: Runoff Elections Running Smoothly

The runoff elections in Georgia are running smoothly on election day, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said. The Republican’s office said wait times are averaging just one minute across polling locations statewide. No locations have reported wait times longer than 30 minutes and only one reported wait times longer than 20 minutes. “After wait times…


The Ramifications of the Georgia Senate Runoff

Commentary If the Republicans win the Georgia senate runoff, it will be yet another sign, as if we needed one, that the Nov. 3 presidential election was corrupt or, to be more polite, “had issues.” That’s a big if, of course. To the extent we take them seriously (not much), the polls are showing a…


Raffensperger Suggests His Office Leaked Call With Trump to Media

Georgia’s top election official suggested on Monday that his office leaked a phone call he’d had with President Donald Trump to the media. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, was asked whether the public would have heard the conversation if Trump had not posted a tweet about the call, alleging Raffensperger was “unwilling, or…


Campaign Aide: Jon Ossoff Keeps Progressive Values ‘Low Key’ to Sway Georgia ‘Rednecks’

As voters head to polls on Tuesday in the Georgia Senate runoff elections, there has been renewed interest on social media in an October video recording by Project Veritas showing a campaign aide for Jon Ossoff, a Democrat contender for one of the Senate seats, saying that Ossoff keeps his progressive values “low key” to…