#SCOTUS Will Not Hear Challenge to #Georgia Utility Board Elections

Georgians will continue to vote for members of its state utility board in at-large elections after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Voting Rights Act challenge to the method today.

Black voters argued the at-large system prevented them from electing a candidate of their choice, leading to a lack of representation at the state-wide level.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/georgia-voters-bring-public-service-commission-elections-case-to-us-supreme-court/

US Supreme Court Will Not Hear Challenge to Georgia Utility Board Elections - Democracy Docket

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'Georgia Is Our Laboratory': Inside Trump's Plan to Rig 2024

Team #Trump sees #Georgia as 'a road map' for putting Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of #elections into practice

The Peach State is unique—it's the sole battleground state in which the #Republican Party has total #control over the levers of #power: a trifecta in state #House, #Senate, & governorship

#ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-laboratory-rig-2024-1235034510/

Inside Trump’s Plan to Rig 2024: ‘Georgia Is Our Laboratory’

Team Trump sees Georgia as ‘a road map’ for putting Trump’s heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of elections into practice

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Former Foster Youth Are Eligible for Federal Housing Aid. #Georgia Isn’t Helping Them Get It.
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A 5-year-old program to help young people aging out of #FosterCare offers millions of dollars in #rent support.

Some states have tapped hundreds of #vouchers. Georgia has received just eight.

#News #Kids #Families #Children

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-foster-youth-housing-vouchers-homelessness

Georgia Fails to Help Foster Youth in Need of Housing Vouchers

A 5-year-old program to help young people aging out of foster care offers millions of dollars in rent support. Some states have tapped hundreds of vouchers. Georgia has received just eight.

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‘Georgia Is Our Laboratory’: Inside Trump’s Plan to Rig 2024

Team Trump sees Georgia as ‘a road map’ for putting Trump’s heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of elections into practice

#news #politics #uspol #usa #georgia #elections #ElectDemocrats #electionfraud #trump

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-laboratory-rig-2024-1235034510/

Inside Trump’s Plan to Rig 2024: ‘Georgia Is Our Laboratory’

^{Adam Rawnsley (Rolling Stone)}

Reaching out

Demonstrators stand in front of law enforcement officers during a rally to protest against a bill on 'foreign agents', after Georgia's parliament voted to override a presidential veto of the bill, in Tbilisi, Georgia [Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters]

@photography
#Georgia
#protest
#women
#police

Hallerman:

A GOP member of the #Fulton elections board refuses to certify primary election results unless given access to detailed voting data, in a move that Democrats worry could jeopardize certification of November’s general election results. #Georgia
https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/republican-member-of-fulton-elections-board-wont-certify-primary-results/IDYT7CZVMZAJXHDAADS7G6JNT4/