The Justice Department has rejected Georgia’s attempt to require prospective voters in the state to provide proof of citizenship. Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the bill last month making Georgia the second state in the nation to require newly registering voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before casting a ballot. Under the Voting Rights Act, the state was required to get preclearance for the measure from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Voting is already underway for the next phase of Augusta’s special purpose local option sales tax, but as votes are cast, Commissioners still can’t come together on the TEE Center, a project approved in the 2005 tax, Will the TEE Center’s troubles spell troubles for continuing the tax? WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

South Carolina lawmakers are considering whether voters should be allowed to cast early ballots in a three-day window before an election. Critics say fewer people will vote. Legislators on the House Judiciary Committee were debating Tuesday whether to advance the bill.

There is a primary election for 3 North Augusta City Council seats being held Tuesday, February 10th…There are four Republican candidates running, 3 of which are incumbents: Pat Carpenter, Jason Whinghter, and Arthur Shealy. The lone newcomer is Bill Harville.

Republicans say voters would have to have a photo IDs to prove who they are before heading to the voting booth. A House subcommittee will discuss requiring that type of identification Wednesday.

Presidential electors are gathering in Atlanta and other state capitals across the country to cast the votes that will formally elect Barack Obama as president.

Voting is underway in Tuesday’s Senate runoff in Georgia. The race between Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss and Democrat challenger Jim Martin could decide whether Democrats get a 60-vote super majority in the U.S. Senate. Neither candidate got the required 50% plus one in last month’s election. But, what kind of interest has the runoff generated? Election officials say voter turnout was expected to be light. WJBF News Channel 6’s Renita Crawford was out and about to gauge the turnout.

Polling precincts around Georgia have closed after reporting a light turnout and few problems. Thousands of Georgia voters cast their ballots to decide the runoff between U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin.

Tuesday is the day Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss and Democrat challenger Jim Martin have been campaigning for the past month since the November 4th General Election. Check back here for the results from the runoff as the numbers come in from the polls.

Tuesday is the day Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss and Democrat challenger Jim Martin have been campaigning for the past month since the November 4th General Election.

Early voting is under way in most counties in Georgia. Voters will cast ballots beginning Monday in the runoff for the U.S. Senate race between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin.

They didn’t win, but they did have their supporters. While the famous candidates got millions of votes, what about those who were not on the ballot? Some voters didn’t like their choices, so they offered up their own. Let’s write in, out there…somewhere, with WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola.

They didn’t win, but they did have their supporters. While the famous candidates got millions of votes, what about those who were not on the ballot? Some voters didn’t like their choices, so they offered up their own. Let’s write in, out there…somewhere, with WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola.

History has been made in this year’s election. For the first time ever, an African-American has been elected President of the United States. Barack Obama made a campaign stp in Aiken, back in the first week of October in 2007. We look back on the 2008 Presidential campaign as WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop interviewed Barack Obama.

Several national news organizations declared Barack Obama the winner of North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes, on Thursday.