Charlotte Kramon covers The Georgia Legislature, with a focus on democracy and voting rights and access, for The Associated Press. During internships at the Los Angeles Times and Charlotte Observer, respectively, Kramon covered housing and homelessness and revealed dire conditions in a long-term stay hotel. Kramon also investigated student overdose deaths as a freelance journalist for The Assembly and covered criminal justice, elections, and education for INDY Reporter and The 9th Street Journal in Durham. She graduated from Duke University with a major in public policy and minor in journalism.
Beat: The Georgia Legislature, with a focus on democracy and voting rights and access
Georgia has long been a center of the debate around voting, culminating with the 2020 election and ensuing criminal trials over the results. This reporter covers voting rights and access and how they play into elections and politics in the state in 2024 and beyond. The reporter covers not only the laws and policies that shape voting in Georgia but just as importantly, the voters and communities affected by them.