Georgia Election Board Divisions and Isaac Hayes III on music rights in politics 

On today’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Tia Mitchell, Bill Nigut, and Greg Bluestein sit down with State Election Board chairman John Fervier. Fervier discusses his opposition to controversial ballot processing rules and shares his perspective on the future of election oversight in Georgia. 

Next, we explore the intersection of music and politics. With stars like Bruce Springsteen making appearances for candidates and popular songs played at rallies, music often takes center stage in presidential campaigns. But the Trump campaign has recently faced restrictions from artists who don’t want their work used. Music producer Issac Hayes III joins us to explain his actions to prevent Trump from using a song his father, the legendary Isaac Hayes, wrote. 

We’ll wrap up the week by answering your questions from the listener mailbag and sharing our picks for who’s up and who’s down this week in politics. 

Links to today’s topics: 

Georgia election board chair calls his GOP board colleagues "unprofessional" 

Judge overturns new state election board certification rules 

Watchdog group sues election board members for using private emails for public business 

Trump ordered to stop playing Issac Hayes music at rallies 

Have a question or comment for the show? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 770-810-5297. We’ll play back your question and answer it during the listener mailbag segment on next Friday's episode. 

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