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Carlisa N. Johnson

Carlisa N. Johnson is a contributing reporter for the Guardian US based in Atlanta, Georgia

March 2023

  • Composite of Donald Trump and Republicans who seeded doubt about the 2020 election.

    The fight for democracy
    The election-denying Republicans who aided Trump’s ‘big lie’ and got promoted

  • Georgia House Republicans pass Voter Restriction bill, Atlanta, GA, USA - 01 Mar 2021<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Robin Rayne/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock (11781278z) Protesters gather outside Georgia statehouse as Republican representatives pass a bill to restrict ballot drop boxes, require more ID for absentee voting and limit weekend early voting days. The bill passed the Georgia House amid protests that the proposals would make it harder for voters to participate in democracy..The House voted along party lines, 97-72, on the sweeping elections bill supported by Republicans who want to impose new voting requirements after losing presidential and U.S. Senate races in Georgia. Georgia House Republicans pass Voter Restriction bill, Atlanta, GA, USA - 01 Mar 2021

    The fight for democracy
    Georgia Republicans race to pass laws to restrict and challenge votes

February 2023

  • Donald Trump

    The fight for democracy
    Findings in Georgia Trump report could be enough to bring criminal charges

  • Voting Rights Rallies Held In Washington DC<br>WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: Co-founder and Executive Director of Black Voters Matter Cliff Albright speaks during a Make Good Trouble Rally at the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. Voting rights activists gathered in Washington to mark the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, and urged the Senate to pass voting rights legislations. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

    The fight for democracy
    ‘We’re hitting the soil’: Georgia activists mobilize voters in an off year

January 2023

  • Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis was elected just days before the 2020 presidential election ended.

    Could Trump be charged for racketeering? A Georgia prosecutor thinks so

  • Stacey Abrams.

    The fight for democracy
    ‘It’s not about winning an election’: Stacey Abrams’ legacy in Georgia

December 2022

  • Obama campaigns for Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in Atlanta, Georgia.

    Georgia runoff: full steam ahead for Democrats as they aim to solidify Senate majority

    Polls suggest narrow lead for Raphael Warnock as party brings out big guns to campaign days before election

November 2022

  • Voters must now register 30 days before an election, making it impossible for new voters to register between the general election and the runoff.

    The fight for democracy
    Republican voting law poses hurdles in Georgia Senate runoff

  • People holding American flags embrace before polls open in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

    US voters head to the polls to cast ballots – as it happened

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