By Ross Williams | Deputy Editor
As of July 1, Georgia will no longer be able to use QR codes to count ballots in elections, thanks to a 2024 law.
Problem is, Georgia lawmakers adjourned for the year without setting aside money to implement a new system or changing the deadline for the switch. And there's a big election coming up in November.
Reporter Maya Homan has the latest on the legislative fumble that could grow into a fiasco.
And nearly four years after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision gave states the power to regulate abortion rights, groups on both sides of the abortion debate are seeking to influence elections for Georgia's top court.
An election worker in Gwinnett County demonstrates how to insert a voter card into ballot-marking devices used by voters across Georgia. Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder
ELECTIONS
By Maya Homan
It’s rare to see any sort of consensus when it comes to elections and voting in Georgia politics.
But on the subject of how elections across the state will be run this upcoming November, elected officials, advocates and elections workers alike will agree on one thing: Right now, there doesn’t seem to be a clear answer.
Supreme Court seats are considered nonpartisan roles, but advocacy groups on both ends of the political spectrum are working to cast the election as a referendum over abortion rights. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder
ABORTION
By Maya Homan
The battle over two seats on Georgia’s Supreme Court is heating up.
This week, three major organizations announced endorsements of candidates in this year’s contested races. Incumbent Justice Charlie Bethel is being challenged by Miracle Rankin, a personal injury attorney and former president of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, and former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan is challenging incumbent Justice Sarah Warren.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 11, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
DC BUREAU
By Jennifer Shutt
Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s legal team is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that allows the former Navy captain to keep his retirement rank and pay while his First Amendment case against the Pentagon moves forward.
Benjamin C. Mizer, partner at Arnold & Porter, wrote in a brief filed April 15 that the Defense Department violated Kelly’s constitutional rights when it tried to punish him for appearing alongside other Democrats in the “Don’t Give Up The Ship” video.
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