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Georgia Judge Found Dead In Courthouse Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A state court judge in Georgia was found dead in a county courtroom on Tuesday morning from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a local sheriff. A judges gavel rests on top of a desk in a courtroom in Miami, Florida, on Feb. 3, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, of the Effingham County State Court was discovered by a sheriff's deputy in the courthouse between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m. The court was not in session at the time of the incident. Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie said initial evidence suggests Yekel likely took his own life the previous night. “There was a note sent to the governor's office,” McDuffie said during a press briefing, though he said details about the note's contents were still being investigated. A copy of the note has reportedly been circulating on social media, but authorities have not verified its authenticity. Yekel, appointed by Gov. ...

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Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board To Block Voter Integrity Measures The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic Party of Georgia have sued the state election board, in a move supported by Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. A presidential primary voter casts his ballot at a polling place in Atlanta, March 12, 2024. Democrats sued the Georgia state election board on Monday, Aug. 27, 2024, arguing that measures approved by the board this month seeking to alter the election certification process in the state were illegal and could create chaos on Election Day. (Nicole Craine / The New York Times) Filed on Monday, the lawsuit seeks to challenge a new rule approved weeks earlier that  gives local officials more power to investigate votes after election day - authorizing any member on a county board of election "to examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections prior to certification of results." The new rule also requires the boar...