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GOP Targets Ballot Drop Boxes in Georgia, Florida, Elsewhere
Ballot drop boxes were enormously popular during the 2020 election
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Coca-Cola Beats on Earnings, Says Demand in March Hit Pre-Pandemic Levels
Coca-Cola said quarterly demand was unchanged from a year earlier as North America and Western Europe take longer to recover.
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Otters at Georgia Aquarium Test Positive for COVID-19
The aquarium expects the otters to make a full recovery.
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Top Private Law Firms Plan ‘SWAT Teams' to Fight Voting Restrictions in Court
More than a dozen of the country’s top law firms have committed to join forces to challenge voting restrictions across the country NBC News reports, adding legal might to the corporate pressure campaign opposing Republican-led attempts to overhaul elections in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s loss. One of the effort’s leaders, Brad Karp, chairman of the law...
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Georgia Governor: Loss of All-Star Game Will Hurt Minorities
Georgia’s Republican governor has stepped up his attack on Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from the state in response to a sweeping new voting law
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Georgia Gov. Kemp Cheers Augusta National for ‘Not Getting Involved in Politics'
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp praised the Augusta National Golf Club for not caving to the political pressures that have befallen the state recently.
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Are Colorado's Election Laws as Restrictive as Georgia's? The Answer Is No.
When Major League Baseball announced that it was moving its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in protest of Georgia’s sweeping new election laws, Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators criticized the leagues decision while falsely claiming that Colorado has similarly restrictive voting laws. So, how do voting laws in the two states compare? Here’s a look at some key...
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Former President Trump's PAC Has $85 Million on Hand as He Prepares for Midterms and Possible 2024 Run
Trump’s Save America PAC has $85 million on hand, a source with direct knowledge says, as the former president tries to influence the 2022 midterm elections.
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Biden on Georgia: ‘These New Jim Crow Laws Are Antithetical To Who We Are'
President Joe Biden praised companies that have spoken out against Georgia’s restrictive voting laws saying, “I think it’s a very tough decision for a corporation to make, or a group to make, but I respect them when they make that judgment and I support whatever judgment they make.”
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MLB Officially Moves All-Star Game to Denver's Coors Field
The All-Star Game will be played at hitter-friendly Coors Field this year. Major League Baseball officially announced the new venue Tuesday after pulling the Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objections to sweeping changes to Georgia’s voting laws.
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Pressure Mounts on Corporations to Denounce GOP Voting Bills
Liberal activists are stepping up calls on corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws.
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Georgia Governor Vows a Fight After MLB Yanks All-Star Game
Baseball fans are divided about Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from Georgia over a new voting law that critics say will hurt communities of color
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MLB All-Star Game Yanked From Georgia in Response to Voting Law
Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola — have condemned as being too restrictive. The decision to pull the July 13 game from Atlanta’s Truist Park amounts to the first economic backlash against…
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EXPLAINER: What Does Georgia's New GOP Election Law Do?
The sweeping rewrite of Georgia’s election rules that was signed into law by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp represents the first big set of changes since former President Donald Trump’s repeated, baseless claims of fraud following his presidential loss to Joe Biden
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MLB Discussing Options for Atlanta All-Star Game Following Georgia Voting Law
MLB is gathering feedback from teams and executives about the status of its 2021 All-Star Game in Atlanta.
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Under Pressure, Some Ga. Corporate Leaders Slam Voting Bill
Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders are beginning to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law.
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Georgia's New GOP Election Law Draws Criticism, Lawsuits
Critics of Georgia’s new Republican-backed election law have issued fresh calls to boycott some of the state’s largest businesses
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GOP Lawmakers Seek Greater Control Over Local Elections
In addition to their nationwide efforts to restrict voting access, Republican lawmakers in some key states are seeking greater control over the local mechanics of elections, from voter registration to certifying results
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Democrats Assail Georgia Law, Make Case for Voting Overhaul
Democrats are seizing on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws
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Biden Condemns GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions in Georgia as an Attack on the Constitution
“This is Jim Crow in the 21st Century,” Biden said in a statement.