Election security proposals stalled in the Georgia General Assembly, leaving the same voting technology in place for the 2026 election. Election advocates say they're worried.

Georgia Republican lawmakers will be on the clock next year to pass election legislation ahead of 2026 election.

Georgia Democrats are urging party member Stacy Abrams not to run for governor in 2026, after two failed bids. "She's run twice, and that's enough to convince me she won't win," Jimmy Johnson, former chairman of the Appling County Democratic Committee, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.

Calling Georgia “once… a beacon of hope” in the South Caucasus, the Helsinki Commission members warn international partners that they may lose “an ally firmly committed to our shared security and democratic values” and leave Georgians “to suffer under a Russian-controlled authoritarian government” if the country continues on its path to autocracy.

A high-profile state lawmaker with deep ties to Georgia politics is making a bid for the state’s top legal post, signaling a contentious Republican primary ahead.

Each session in recent years, Republican lawmakers in Georgia and around the country have filed hundreds of bills to add restrictions for transgender people. What unfolded during the legislative session in Georgia illustrates why the legislation continues.

A second candidate has raised his hand to become Georgia’s next attorney general, as incumbent Chris Carr campaigns for the governor’s office.