By Jill Nolin | Editor
“All of the headlines about changes to vote by mail do cause concern for folks. Even if a lawsuit fails, there has been an opportunity to chip away at the trust in vote by mail in the community.” - Wanda Mosley, deputy policy director of Black Voters Matter
Georgians turned in a record number of absentee ballots during the 2020 election cycle after the State Election Board adopted an emergency rule in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder (2020 file photo)
VOTING
By Maya Homan
Voting by mail remains a reliable form of voting in Georgia after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an effort to restrict the practice over unfounded fears of widespread noncitizen voting. But Georgia officials and advocates say voters should still pay careful attention to the rules and deadlines in order to cast an absentee ballot this year.
The U.S. Postal Service had previously attempted to implement a new Trump administration rule requiring states to send their voter rolls to the federal government and only deliver mail ballots to voters who match federal citizenship data. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is a Republican, was among the election officials who filed an amicus brief in the case urging the justices to postpone the rule, arguing that it would be impossible to implement the changes so close to the midterms.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks at a Mike Collins event in Atlanta on Sept. 25, 2026. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Ross Williams
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune came to Atlanta to keep hope alive for the Mike Collins campaign as Collins challenges Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the Nov. 3 midterm election.
Thune’s visit came amid reports that national Republicans are deprioritizing Georgia’s Senate race in favor of states they feel they have a better shot of winning, like Texas, Maine, Alaska, Ohio, Michigan and New Hampshire.
Students leave William H. Wells Community High School at the end of the school day in Chicago. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest national survey of high school students focuses on diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behavior and mental health. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
PUBLIC HEALTH
By Amanda Watford
For more than 35 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has surveyed American high school students every two years about their health and behavior.
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, established in 1991, draws a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9 through 12 at public and private schools. Over the years, it has tracked a broad range of issues affecting teenagers, from substance use and sexual behavior to violence, mental health and other health risks.
But the CDC’s latest national report, a full-color publication with photos, graphics and high school success stories, offers a markedly different portrait of adolescent health than the one it published two years ago.
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