Oct 30, 2026 · 40 min · 19 segments
An FBI raid. Boxes of ballots. And an affidavit that pulled Georgia back into the battles of 2020. In Episode 2, AJC reporters follow the evidence behind the Fulton County investigation and unpack…
One day after the riot in Washington, D.C. on January 6th, David Ralston, the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, held a news conference in the state capitol.
There's going to have to be a lot of discussion amongst the members and leadership of our Republican Party on the path forward, both in D.C. and here in Georgia.
Speaker Ralston went on to describe the legislature's past and future efforts to help everyday Georgians.
Things like modernizing the state's transportation, cutting taxes, and shoring up the local economy after the pandemic.
I am certain that the topic of election reform will be front and center.
given the concerns that we've heard over the past couple of months.
As such, I'm announcing today that I will be appointing a special committee in the House on election integrity to devote its full attention to ensuring confidence in our elections process moving forward.
Americans want to have some type of voter ID involved in their voting.
Much of this bill discussed today helps ensure election integrity.
In the past, election results in Fulton County had been late, mishandled, and vote tallies sometimes had to be corrected.
But in 2020, multiple recounts and reviews didn't find anything that would have changed the outcome.
After several months, the Election Integrity Committee's efforts coalesced into a nearly 100-page bill that was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp in 2021.
One that got some attention was a new ban on offering food or drinks to voters waiting in long lines.
Others were more impactful, like expansions to voter ID laws and rules to cut back on absentee ballots.
Other pieces of the law made significant changes to the administration of Georgia elections that were very, very important in retrospect.
One day after the riot in Washington, D.C. on January 6th, David Ralston, the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, held a news conference in the state capitol.
There's going to have to be a lot of discussion amongst the members and leadership of our Republican Party on the path forward, both in D.C. and here in Georgia.
Speaker Ralston went on to describe the legislature's past and future efforts to help everyday Georgians.
Things like modernizing the state's transportation, cutting taxes, and shoring up the local economy after the pandemic.
I am certain that the topic of election reform will be front and center.
given the concerns that we've heard over the past couple of months.
As such, I'm announcing today that I will be appointing a special committee in the House on election integrity to devote its full attention to ensuring confidence in our elections process moving forward.
Americans want to have some type of voter ID involved in their voting.
Much of this bill discussed today helps ensure election integrity.
In the past, election results in Fulton County had been late, mishandled, and vote tallies sometimes had to be corrected.
But in 2020, multiple recounts and reviews didn't find anything that would have changed the outcome.
After several months, the Election Integrity Committee's efforts coalesced into a nearly 100-page bill that was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp in 2021.
One that got some attention was a new ban on offering food or drinks to voters waiting in long lines.
Others were more impactful, like expansions to voter ID laws and rules to cut back on absentee ballots.
Other pieces of the law made significant changes to the administration of Georgia elections that were very, very important in retrospect.
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