By Jill Nolin | Editor
Happy Saturday! Here’s your look back at the week and the stories you may have missed.
‘It’s just unfortunate’: NPR broke the story yesterday about internal documents showing the Trump administration had made a list late last year of counties that use non-English election materials. At least three Georgia counties were on the list. Georgia advocates warn of a chilling effect here on naturalized citizens. You can read our story here.
A surprising application of a new state law: Death row inmate Stacey Humphreys was scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday evening but that appears to be delayed for now after his attorneys argued that a new state law should apply to Humphreys. That law, called the Georgia Survivor Justice Act, was designed to help victims of abuse receive a reduced sentence if they can prove their abuse led to their crime. The bill’s sponsor told the Recorder that the defendants he had in mind are those who retaliate against their abuser, but a Cobb County judge has called for a hearing to sort it all out. The Georgia Supreme Court has also set its own hearing for Dec. 8.
Former utility regulator goes to work for a data center company: Tricia Pridemore, who stepped down from her seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission months before her term expired, is now working for a data center company. Pridemore, who is a Republican, says she will not work on Georgia projects in the first year, as required by the state’s lobbying ethics rules.
New commentary: Opinion writer Jay Bookman weighs in on Republican Rick Jackson’s “intelligent” Medicaid expansion plans and questions whether it’s a real attempt to expand coverage to low-income Georgians.
That’s all for now. Hope you all have a great weekend.
A sign directs Gwinnett County voters to the polling station ahead of the 2025 general election. Gwinnett County has been required to distribute ballots in Spanish and English since 2016, and it voluntarily translated sample ballots into languages like Korean, Mandarin and Vietnamese. Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder
VOTING
By Maya Homan
At least three Georgia counties were listed on an internal memo of jurisdictions across the country that offer election materials in languages other than English, according to internal records from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Gwinnett, Cobb and DeKalb counties were all listed in the report, which was emailed to a number of top officials at the department in December, though the memo noted there could be other jurisdictions in the state that translate election materials. The email said the list was “outlining requirements for prosecution of voter related charges,” and was signed by the department’s acting director of border policy, though the official’s name is redacted.
The documents were first reported Friday by NPR and obtained independently by the Georgia Recorder.
Tricia Pridemore resigned from the Public Service Commission and is now the executive vice president of energy, regulatory and policy for DC BLOX . Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
DATA CENTERS
By Alander Rocha
Tricia Pridemore, who until recently served as an elected utility regulator in Georgia, is now working for a corporation that builds data centers primarily in the southeast.
Pridemore, who is a Republican, will serve as the executive vice president of energy, regulatory and policy for DC BLOX, where she will represent the company in policy discussions with lawmakers, regulatory bodies and utility providers.
Pridemore resigned from the state Public Service Commission on Sept. 4, leaving her post a few months early.
Pridemore said in an interview Wednesday that she’ll be “leveraging [her] experienced understanding of the energy space, as well as Georgia policy and law, and being able to do that to support one of the largest customers in the state.”
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson speaks at a Georgia Chamber event in Athens, Aug. 5, 2026. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
COMMENTARY
By Jay Bookman
Georgians strongly support Medicaid expansion to provide health insurance to their lower-income neighbors, and they have done so for years.
Yet somehow, their clear policy preference has not yet been translated into action. The state remains one of only 10 that have not accepted the federal government’s offer to expand coverage.
How do we know that public support for expansion is real?
Well, repeated polls have shown that between 70-75% of voters support extending coverage to hundreds of thousands of Georgians – most of them working people – who are currently uninsured.
Tiffany Barkley, a 28-year-old nurse who said she would like the Public Service Commission to be more accountable to energy consumers, shows off her "I'm a Georgia voter" sticker after casting a ballot in DeKalb County, Ga. on Oct. 14, 2025. Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Maya Homan
The midterm elections are less than two months away, which means now is the time for Georgia residents to register to vote or ensure that an existing voter registration is up to date.
A number of competitive seats are up for grabs this year, including one of Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats, the governorship and numerous other state and local races.
Georgia’s voter registration deadline is Oct. 5, according to the secretary of state’s office. Here’s what you need to know to ensure that you’re prepared.
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