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Senate runoffs decided, but one Georgia county plans a recount anyway
ATLANTA — Georgia's Senate runoffs weren't as close as the contentious presidential election, but one county is planning a full audit of every ballot to verify the results. Bartow County Elections Supervisor Joseph Kirk announced Friday that election workers will manually recount the county's 43,000 ballots cast in the runoffs, checking the accuracy of machine counts. "The whole reason we have these paper ballots is to confirm that we counted properly," Kirk said Friday. "This is a key step in promoting public confidence. Whether the results are close or not, we should always be working toward...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Strict absentee voting limits proposed after record Georgia turnout
ATLANTA — Voting was never easier in Georgia than in November’s presidential election. But it might not last. Republican legislators plan to crack down on voting access after record turnout helped Democrat Joe Biden win Georgia, flipping the state after 24 years of GOP presidential wins. They blame absentee ballots, used by 1.3 million Georgians who voted from home during the coronavirus pandemic. In all, 5 million people voted in the general election. That era of widespread absentee voting will quickly come to an end if the Georgia General Assembly passes laws this year to eliminate no-excuse...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot again tries to pass civilian oversight of Police Department
CHICAGO — Aldermen and Mayor Lori Lightfoot are taking yet another crack at establishing civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department, but Lightfoot won’t predict how long it will take to adopt a plan that she and other officials have been promising for years. The City Council Public Safety Committee met Tuesday to accept amended versions of the long-gestating Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability and Civilian Police Accountability Council ordinances, at a time when the fallout from the wrongful 2019 police raid in Anjanette Young’s home has again brought increased public scruti...
Chicago Tribune
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Trump rally divides north Georgia community hit hard by COVID-19
DALTON, Ga. — Roger Crossen served his country in the U.S. Army with stints in Japan and Italy. He taught high school students and refereed and coached them on football fields and basketball courts. He led Whitfield County’s Recreation Department before winning election to the County Commission. “It was always about other people and always about what was best for the county,” said his son, Chris Crossen, Dalton’s assistant police chief. “He made it easy to be around him and love him.” Roger Crossen’s death on Nov. 17 left a gaping hole in this tightknit north Georgia community best-known as th...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Wayne County canvasser condemns 'disturbing' texts after threat charge issued
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Wayne County Board of Canvassers Chairwoman Monica Palmer condemned messages threatening herself and her 12-year-old daughter that have landed a former Michigan resident in federal court. Palmer, a day after the charge was announced against Katelyn Jones, said she felt “sheer terror” upon receiving one of the texts last month, a day after the board certified roughly 878,000 votes in Wayne County for the Nov. 3 election. "It was very, very, very disturbing," Palmer said. "It contained nude photos of mutilated, assaulted dead wome...
The Detroit News
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Andrew Yang’s run for New York City mayor is now official
NEW YORK — Andrew Yang, who rose to prominence during a long-shot presidential run, is throwing his hat into next year’s New York City mayoral race. The City Campaign Finance Board confirmed that Yang registered his campaign on Wednesday. For months, city politicos have been speculating that Yang might jump into the race, which already boasts a crowded field. As of Wednesday, candidates include city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s former legal adviser Maya Wiley, former HUD Secretary Shaun ...
New York Daily News
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Andrew Yang’s run for New York City mayor is now official
NEW YORK — Andrew Yang, who rose to prominence during a long-shot presidential run, is officially throwing his hat into next year’s New York City mayoral race. The city Campaign Finance Board confirmed that Yang registered his campaign with it on Wednesday. For months, city politicos have been speculating that Yang might jump into the race, which already boasts a crowded field. As of Wednesday, candidates include city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s former legal adviser Maya Wiley, former H...
New York Daily News
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Andrew Yang’s run for New York City mayor is now official
NEW YORK — Andrew Yang, who rose to prominence during a long-shot presidential run, is officially throwing his hat into next year’s New York City mayoral race. The city Campaign Finance Board confirmed that Yang registered his campaign with it on Wednesday. For months, city politicos have been speculating that Yang might jump into the race, which already boasts a crowded field. As of Wednesday, candidates include city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s former legal adviser Maya Wiley, former H...
New York Daily News
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Michigan is conducting a post-election audit. Here's how that works
DETROIT — In early December, the Michigan Bureau of Elections announced and commenced the first stages of the state’s post-election audits. According to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, these are the most comprehensive post-election audits in Michigan’s history with a statewide risk-limiting audit in addition to procedural audits. Each of these audits ensures election protocol, procedures and results are sound in Michigan. Here are some answers to questions about the post-election auditing process. — What is the purpose of an election audit? According to Michigan’s Post-Election Audit Manual...
Detroit Free Press
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Top Trump aide Mark Meadows visits Georgia ballot signature audit
ATLANTA — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows made a surprise visit Tuesday to observe Georgia’s audit of absentee ballot envelope signatures and ask questions about the process. Meadows, accompanied by Secret Service agents, showed up at the Cobb County Civic Center, where investigators from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and secretary of state’s office were reviewing absentee ballot envelopes to check whether voter signatures match those on file. He met with Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs in a hallway to inquire about the signature audit and what it would find. He wasn’t per...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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