Georgia Takes Center Stage in Battle Over Voting Rights
ATLANTA — After record turnout flipped Georgia blue for the first time in decades, Republicans who control the state Legislature are moving swiftly to implement...
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Voting evolved: Blockchain tech outshines paper ballots and e-voting
Voting is a very important part of any democracy, as it gives its citizens the chance to participate in the democratic governance process. In a...
Blockchain-aided voting trials to begin in India
Trials of blockchain-aided voting in India that would enable voters to post ballots from outside their home provinces are to begin soon. Chief Election Commissioner...
A Split Screen for the Trump Era: Barrier Breaking in Georgia, Violence in Washington
ATLANTA — Democrats gained control of the Senate on Wednesday by winning both of Georgia’s runoff races, an electoral repudiation of President Trump that will...
For Democrats in Georgia, ‘There’s No Going Back’
Representative Nikema Williams, the state Democratic Party chairwoman who was sworn into Congress this week, said Mr. Biden’s victory gave Democrats, particularly Black voters, confidence...
Dem candidate beats former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler in tight senate race
Senator Kelly Loeffler, formerly the CEO of Bitcoin (BTC) futures exchange Bakkt, will not be returning to Washington, at least not as a legislator. According...
‘This Vote Matters More Than Anything’: Ballots Are Cast in High-Stakes Runoffs
MARIETTA, Ga. — These were the deciders, the voters who shuffled along in lines that began before dawn on Tuesday and continued until long after...
Trump Call to Georgia Official Might Violate State and Federal Law
The call by President Trump on Saturday to Georgia’s secretary of state raised the prospect that Mr. Trump may have violated laws that prohibit interference...
Trump Calls Georgia Senate Races ‘Illegal and Invalid’
ATLANTA — President Trump took to Twitter Friday evening to make the unfounded assertion that Georgia’s two Senate races are “illegal and invalid,” an argument...
Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats
NORCROSS, Ga. — The biggest applause lines in Senator Kelly Loeffler’s stump speech are not about Ms. Loeffler at all. When the crowd is most...