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Politically Georgia: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Georgia voting rights head to court

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Greene was one of three congressmen to vote against trade sanctions for Russia. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Greene was one of three congressmen to vote against trade sanctions for Russia. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)
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April 20, 2022

More than two years after it was recorded, we finally heard Gov. Brian Kemp’s court testimony explaining his past concerns about minority voter turnout efforts by Democrats.

And in a separate case, a federal judge rules a challenge to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy can go forward.

In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, AJC Political Insider Patricia Murphy is joined by AJC state government reporter Mark Niesse, who heard Kemp’s comments inside the courtroom.

Plus, our team explains why there’s been a dramatic drop in automatic voter registrations in Georgia and how it might impact the primary elections.

Listen and subscribe to our podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher.

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Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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