ATLANTA - Georgia’s State Election Board narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday that would have defined when hand-marked paper ballots could replace the state’s touchscreen voting machines, ending weeks of debate over whether the board had the authority to make such a change.

Georgia's State Election Board is considering a rule to define when emergency hand-marked paper ballots are needed instead of machine-marked ones

Democrats continued their run of successes in special elections by flipping a state House seat in Georgia Tuesday, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk.

Democrat Eric Gisler won in a district designed to favor Republicans. Now, GOP leaders are sounding the alarm ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Democrats scored a string of victories in Georgia’s off-year elections, flipping long-held Public Service Commission seats and ousting the GOP-backed Roswell mayor. They did it by sharpening an electoral message that puts affordability at the center of the 2026 midterms.

University of Georgia alumnus and Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler won Georgia’s State House of Representatives District 121 seat in a special election Tuesday night. District 121 represents south Athens,

The election interference case against President Trump in Georgia was dismissed last week, but the ghosts of the 2020 election are still looming over the state as next year’s midterms approach.