49K views · 1.2K reactions | Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate run-offs, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach. Fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff claimed victory in the other race, which some news organizations say is too close to call. | CBC News | Facebook

🚨GEORGIA: Are you registered to vote? HRC endorsed candidate Debra Shigley for State Senate is running for Georgia Senate District 21, and the runoff election is Sept. 23rd! Check your voter registration here: hrc.im/registertovote Paid for by Human Rights Campaign PAC. | Human Rights Campaign

Georgia Republican lawmakers in both the state House and Senate have passed bills to restrict voting access. The bills would end no-excuse absentee voting for people under 65 and limit when and where ballot boxes could be accessed. | AJ

At the end of September the NC House and the NC Senate left Raleigh without fully funding the NC Medicaid program, which over 3.1 million North Carolinians rely on for health insurance coverage. Each chamber passed separate bills with similar funding, but couldn’t come together to negotiate a single bill, leading to cuts to Medicaid provider rates, which didn’t have to happen. These cuts have real life consequences for people like Patrick Dunnagan who could lose access to his providers due to th