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Brian Kemp
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
Republicans’ racist campaigns in Florida and Georgia paid off.
November 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Georgia (where else?) is bedeviled by long lines and voting problems.
November 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Tight Georgia race is ending ugly with a spurious investigation and racist robocalls.
November 5, 2018
Matt Ford
How the Roberts Court Caused Georgia’s Election Mess
Thanks to a 2013 ruling, Southern states are free to pass restrictive laws without government scrutiny.
October 31, 2018
Bob Moser
The GOP’s Sneakiest Voter Suppression Tactic
Polling places have been quietly shuttered across the country, in a transparent bid to make it tougher for minorities and the poor to vote.
October 26, 2018
Matt Ford
Sheldon Whitehouse’s Frustrating, Illogical Remarks on D.C. Statehood
Why is the Democratic senator from Rhode Island so hesitant on full representation for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico?
October 19, 2018
Jeet Heer
The voter suppression in Georgia is even worse than previously thought.
October 12, 2018
Matt Ford
American Democracy Is on the Ballot in November
It's not just because of Trump. Millions of voters' rights are at stake, too.
May 5, 2015
Spencer Woodman
Register Minority Voters in Georgia, Go to Jail
July 28, 2011
Ed Kilgore
The Shifting GOP Nominating Calendar Will Produce a Knockout Victory—Or an Extended Slugfest
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