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We're now just days away from the final elections of the 2020 campaign, with two critical runoffs in Georgia determining control in the U.S. Senate. More than 2.8 million people have cast ballots so far. Stephen Fowler, a political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of the Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, joins Woodruff to discuss what is at stake.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock held a debate Sunday ahead of next month's Georgia Senate runoff elections.

President Trump is denying the results of Georgia's hand recount, just one day after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the certified winner in the state. Mr. Trump's unverified claims of voter fraud are now causing some to question the state's election process ahead of two critical Senate runoffs in January. Political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of "Battleground: Ballot Box," Stephen…

Ahead of their runoff election in Georgia, Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff calls Sen. David Perdue "a coward, too"

Sen. David Perdue won't debate Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff before the Jan. 5 Georgia runoff election despite pressure from the challenger to do so, sparking a heated back-and-forth between the campaigns less than two months before voters will head to the polls in a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.

The state's voter rolls have grown by nearly 2 million since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, but polling locations have been cut by almost 10%.

These states will likely decide if Biden or Trump wins the presidential election. And their absentee ballot laws could determine when we learn the outcome.

The University System of Georgia is holding in-person classes this fall, with no masks required. It's an anomaly among top public universities — and it will put people at risk, professors say.

Limiting in-person polling sites makes it both harder to vote and more dangerous.

"Why would you videotape it? Why didn't he do anything to help? Why didn't he reach out right after the shooting?" Wanda Cooper-Jones asked.

Georgia is one of four states that does not have a hate crime law. It became an issue this week with the arrest of a white father and son accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black jogger.

On Tuesday night, ahead of the polls closing in the pivotal Georgia Senate runoffs, public broadcasting reporter Stephen Fowler reported that the Georgia Republican Party had barred his newsroom from obtaining the credentials to cover the watch parties for Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. "L...

The conservative attorney pledged to "release the Kraken" of a massive election fraud conspiracy, but only has a string of court losses to show for it.

The Atlanta Press Club (APC) announced the moderator for its debate this Sunday between Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her Democratic challenger in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff, Raphael Warnock, will be FOX 5 Atlanta Anchor Russ Spencer.

A hand recount of nearly 5 million votes confirmed Biden's win, but Team Trump wants to milk taxpayers even more

A debate between Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock is on for Dec. 6 after the Atlanta Press Club (APC) confirmed Tuesday that both campaigns are committed to the event.

The election was free from foreign interference, but it's being undermined by Republicans unhappy with the results.

The Trump campaign wants to cease or pause ballot counting in key states. Meanwhile, he and his supporters continued years of deliberate denigration of the integrity of U.S. elections.

Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia is set to face Democrat Jon Ossoff in the first debate of their U.S. Senate race Monday afternoon. The debate will be held virtually with candidates joining by video conferencing from separate locations. The coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 213,000 people in the

A Georgia county prosecutor has charged a white Atlanta police officer who shot a 27-year-old black man in the back last week in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant.