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News Articles: Early Vote

Voters are seen exiting the polling station, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Stockbridge, Ga.

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Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'

Record levels of early voting are making it so polls in Georgia might be a "ghost town" on Election Day. Republicans tried to avoid voting early in the last two election cycles because Donald Trump cast doubt on the practice.

November 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris listens as Stevie Wonder performs "Redemption Song" during a church service and early vote event at Divine Faith Ministries International, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Jonesboro, Ga.

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Harris rallies with Usher, appeals to churchgoers with Stevie Wonder in Atlanta

Kamala Harris rallied at Lakewood Amphitheater on Saturday and then visited two Atlanta-area churches where she summoned Black members of the congregations to turn out at the polls. She got a big assist Sunday from music legend Stevie Wonder, who rallied worshippers in Jonesboro, Ga., with a rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song."

October 21, 2024
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  • Associated Press and
  • Sarah Kallis
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters about aid to Ukraine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2022, in Washington. Attorneys representing Graham said Wednesday, July 6, that he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions after the 2020 election.

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Political Rewind: Lindsey Graham must testify; Record early voting; Celebrities campaign in Georgia

Friday on Political Rewind: Candidates receive new celebrity endorsements; Walker has the support of his former coach, Vince Dooley; Oprah Winfrey and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda campaign for Warnock and Abrams. Plus, new records are set for early voting — maybe. Our panel looks at who's coming to the polls.

 

October 21, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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A couple leaves the polls after voting on the first day of early voting in Atlanta on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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EXPLAINER: How Georgia's midterm runoff elections work

Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the state's runoff election rules. Polls suggest that incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican nominee Herschel Walker are headed to a tight contest Nov. 8.

October 18, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Rhonda Briggins, former co-chair of the Delta Sigma Theta National Social Action Commission and member of the sorority's Decatur alumnae chapter, poses for a photo at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Oct. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. Briggins spent the 2020 election at an Atlanta polling place handing out water and snacks to encourage voters to stay in an hours-long line to cast their ballot, something her historic Black sorority has done for decades in Georgia.

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Groups mobilize to help voters confronting new election laws

Voters in Georgia, Texas and some other states are facing new hurdles to cast a ballot during the midterm election under laws passed by Republican-led legislatures following President Donald Trump's false claims that voter fraud cost him re-election in 2020. The restrictions have prompted groups that assist voters to reorient themselves so they can avoid running afoul of new barriers.

October 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press
This combination of photos shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta, and gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams on Aug. 8, 2022, in Decatur, Ga. Early in-person voting begins in Georgia on Monday, Oct. 17, hours before the candidates for governor meet in the first of two scheduled debates. Democrats in particular are trying to push their supporters to cast ballots early in races that include a pivotal U.S. Senate seat.

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Kemp, Abrams to debate on 1st day of early voting in Georgia

Early in-person voting is beginning in Georgia, hours before the candidates for governor meet in the first of two scheduled debates.

October 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Former President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 5, 2022. Obama is headed to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the final days of the campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and on down the ballot.

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Obama headed to Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin as vote nears

Former President Barack Obama is headed to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the closing days of the 2022 campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and on down the ballot. He goes first to Atlanta, where Stacey Abrams is taking on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Nov. 8.

October 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams greets a supporter May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Abrams is launching an intensive effort to get out the vote by urging potential supporters to cast in-person ballots the first week of early voting as she tries to navigate the state’s new election laws.

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Abrams' strategy to boost turnout: Early voting commitments

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is launching an intensive effort to get out the vote by urging potential supporters to cast in-person ballots the first week of early voting as she tries to navigate the state's new election laws.

September 19, 2022
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Early voting line in South Atlanta

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Calls For Voting Extension In Georgia After Zeta

A group of civil rights organizations is asking Georgia’s governor to extend early voting hours Friday after the storm disrupted voting Thursday in the battleground state.

October 29, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Stacey Abrams returns a yellow voter access card after voting early Monday, Oct. 22 at the South DeKalb Mall.

Abrams Joins More Than 500,000 Georgians Who Have Voted Early

More than 500,000 Georgians have participated in early voting for the Nov. 6 midterm election through the first week of in-person early voting, and that...

October 24, 2018
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  • Stephen Fowler

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