Jeff Amy

Jeff Amy

October 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Fulton Judge Strikes Down Ga. Abortion Ban, Allows Till Week 20 of Pregnancy

A spokesperson for the Georgia attorney general said he would immediately appeal to the state supreme court, which earlier reversed a separate ruling by McBurney that had struck down the law on different grounds and could put Monday's ruling on hold.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

6 minute read

September 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

GOP-Led Group Sues to Block Ga. Rule Requiring Hand Count of Ballots

The State Election Board has been besieged by critics in recent months as it considers new rules, many of them proposed by Trump allies that opponents say could erode public confidence in the election results.

By Jeff Amy and Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Suit Seeks to Overturn Ga. Law on Homeless Voter Registration, Challenges

The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda filed suit on Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta, arguing that a law passed earlier this year by lawmakers unfairly discriminates against homeless people and voters registered at nonresidential addresses.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. High Court Could Reject Counting Presidential Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz

If West and De la Cruz are disqualified, Georgia voters would have the choice of four presidential candidates—Harris for the Democrats, Republican Donald Trump, Libertarian Chase Oliver and the Green Party's Jill Stein.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Court Rejects Local Republican Attempt to Handpick Primary Candidates

Presiding Justice Nels Peterson, writing for the court, said it would be wrong for the high court to require new Republican primary elections after voters already cast ballots.

By Jeff Amy | TheAssociated Press

4 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz Will Count in Georgia for Now

Georgia is one of several states where Democrats and allied groups have filed challenges to third-party and independent candidates.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga.'s Lt. Governor Won't Be Charged in 2020 Election Interference Case

Jones was one of 16 state Republicans who met at the Georgia Capitol in December 2020 to sign a certificate stating that Trump had won Georgia and declaring themselves the state's "duly elected and qualified" electors even though Democrat Joe Biden had been declared the state's winner.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Teen Charged in Barrow School Shooting and His Father to Stay in Custody After Hearings

The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father will stay in custody after back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.

By Jeff Amy and Jeff Martin | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Democrats Sue to Block Ga. Rules They Warn Will Block Finalization of Election Results

Republican allies of former President Donald Trump argue the rules just reinforce a county election board's existing duty to thoroughly examine election results, noting each board member must swear an oath to compile "true and perfect" results.

By Jeff Amy and Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 26, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judge Says 4 Independent and Third-Party Candidates Should Be Kept Off Georgia Presidential Ballots

The rulings by Michael Malihi, an administrative law judge, would block the qualifications of independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, as well as the Green Party's Jill Stein and the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Claudia De la Cruz.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read