Cobb County voters affected by unsent absentee ballots receive extended deadline

The ACLU and SPLC have moved to file a lawsuit granting Cobb County absentee voters who were affected by the 1000 unsent ballots more time to vote.

Kemp, Walker hold leads in major Georgia midterm races in final InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 poll

Republican Herschel Walker has a narrow lead in the race for U.S Senate and incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp continues to lead in the governor’s race in the final InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 poll ahead of Georgia midterm election.

Warnock, Walker get personal in last-minute message before midterm election

With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker are pulling out all the stops in their final pushes ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections in Georgia.

Tens of thousands of challenges to Georgia voters’ eligibility create ‘embarrassing’ last-minute hurdle

Travis Barber is one of roughly more than 65,000 voters across the state who have had their eligibility to vote challenged by another voter. He believes this is a coordinated effort to disenfranchise voters.

Walker, Warnock campaign full steam ahead across state

Senate candidate Herschel Walker was hoping to benefit from the game day energy in Athens ahead of the University of Georgia's triumphant matchup against Tennessee Saturday. Meanwhile, Senator Raphael Warnock, his democratic challenger, spent his day on a tour bus across the state trying to get voters out to the polls.

Carter Center to monitor midterms in Georgia’s Fulton County

Trainers laid out the dos and don'ts of being an election monitor on Saturday at the Carter Center in Atlanta: Do watch carefully and note things that are unusual and how poll workers handle them. Don’t try to instruct or correct poll workers or otherwise intervene in how elections are run.

Do negative campaign ads work?

Candidates in Georgia are spending millions to cast a shadow on their opponents and win votes.

David Ralston will not seek nomination as Georgia House Speaker in 2023

Rep. David Ralston announced he doesn't plan to seek another term as Georgia's Speaker of the House, citing a "health challenge" that requires his attention.

Democrat Kwanza Hall endorses Republicans Kemp, Jones in 2022 Georgia midterm election

Atlanta Democrat Kwanza Hall, who came in first in the Democrats' lieutenant governor primary race, has endorsed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Burt Jones in the upcoming election.

Georgia voters head to polls for last day of early voting in 2022 midterm election

Today is the final day to cast your vote in-person early for Georgia's high-stakes 2022 midterm election. Over 2.2 million people have already voted, and today is expected to be the busiest yet.

GBI starts probe of politically-connected Hall County prosecutor

The GBI began this week looking into questionable spending practices of Hall County Solicitor General Stephanie Woodard after the FOX 5 I-Team revealed thousands of dollars earmarked for crime victims actually went for the solicitor’s personal needs.

Bipartisan state committee considers taxing drivers by miles driven

A bipartisan committee of state lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss the future of its gas tax and a possible transition to a tax based on miles-driven. 

Georgia voters continue 'record pace' of early voting in 2022 midterm election

As Georgia heads into its last week of early in-person voting, more than 1.6 million residents of the Peach State have already went to the polls to have their say in the 2022 midterm election.

Candidates for governor accuse each other of lying in final debate before election

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams took shots at one another inside a chilly TV studio in Midtown Sunday night during their final debate before the votes are counted.

'Souls to the polls' tradition survives Georgia’s voting changes

Black church leaders in Georgia organized rallies Sunday in a push to get their congregants to vote — a longstanding tradition known as “souls to the polls” that is taking on greater meaning this year after state lawmakers nearly did away with Sunday voting under a bill signed into law last year.

Kemp, Walker hold leads in major Georgia races in new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 Poll

A new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 poll shows Republican Herschel Walker taking the lead in the race for U.S Senate in Georgia, with incumbent Republican Brian Kemp growing his lead in the governor’s race.

Georgia man sues over false ballot fraud claim in Dinesh D'Souza film '2000 Mules'

The widely debunked film includes surveillance video showing the plaintiff depositing five ballots in a dropbox in downtown Lawrenceville. A voiceover by filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza says: "What you are seeing is a crime. These are fraudulent votes."