The Donald Trump-allied Georgia State Election Board is pushing to install people who deny the result of the 2020 presidential election as part of a monitoring team in Fulton County, the biggest Democratic-leaning county in the state and one that was consequential for Joe Biden’s victory four years ago.

Georgia’s State Election Board is embroiled in a fight with its most populous county over an election monitoring team with less than a month to go before voters go to the polls

Georgia State Election Board officials will seek assistance from the state Legislature to establish clearer guidelines for maintaining accurate voter lists following a tense debate Tuesday over mass voter challenges.

A 2009 photograph from the Six Flags amusement park in Georgia with parts of its rollercoaster underwater has been linked in posts online to Hurricane Helene, which ravaged southeastern U.S. states in late September 2024.

Election officials in North Carolina and Georgia, two states hit by Hurricane Helene, say the November presidential election will not be affected by the storm’s damage. Officials say they are working on plans to ensure every ballot is cast and counted by Nov.

The ban will resume while the court considers an appeal to a decision that had briefly restored greater access to abortions in the state.

The 2019 ban will be reinstated at 5 p.m. on Oct. 7, meaning abortion will once again be inaccessible for the vast majority of Georgia residents.