Stephen Fowler

The first day of memorial services for former President Jimmy Carter began in his hometown of Plains, Ga., and included stops at the Georgia State Capitol and The Carter Center in Atlanta.

Stephen Fowler is an award-winning reporter for GPB News covering state and local politics and the host of the “Battleground: Ballot Box” podcast. His work focuses on voting rights and election law, state government and campaigns.

Georgia’s presidential preference primary is the first of several key voting dates for Georgia voters in 2024, and March 12 is the earliest that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could win enough delegates to clinch their party’s nomination.

Elections officials are already preparing for a busy 2024. Georgia voters will head to the polls several times this year.

Threatening letters sent to local election offices in at least five states, some including fentanyl, are the latest concern for local election workers around the country. They already have faced harassment and even death threats since the 2020 presidential election.

The appeal of an order requiring new congressional and state legislative political maps also postpones another trial over other redistricting claims.

On this episode, we look at the latest developments in the Georgia 2020 election interference RICO case, including a plea deal.

Attorneys for the three Republicans facing charges say they were following federal law when falsely claiming to be official electors.

An investigative jury recommended a broader scope of charges in its probe of 2020 election interference than what Georgia prosecutors ultimately sought.

The brief report's findings recommended that Donald Trump be criminally charged for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.