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News Articles: Election 2020

Rebecca Rolfes boards a trolley, which holds a banner announcing "riding to vote is free"

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  • Elections

Trolleys Offer Rides To Savannah Voters

A pair of trolleys are providing free rides to the polls, and serving as rolling billboards for voting.

October 26, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Jones
Election Stress

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  • Health

Election Stress Getting To You? 4 Ways To Keep Calm

Doom-scrolling much? Nearly 70% of Americans report feeling stressed about politics. We're sleepless and irritable, and our heads hurt. Here's how some of your fellow citizens are coping.

October 26, 2020
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
From left: Jason Hayes, Charles Martin, Shea Roberts, Deborah Silcox

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  • Politics

Closely Watched Races: Candidates for Competitive Georgia House Seats

As Democrats and Republicans vie for control of Georgia’s House of Representatives, here are a few races that could help determine the direction of state government for years to come. UPDATED 11/02/2020

October 26, 2020
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  • Georgia News Lab
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles while speaking during a roundtable on economic reopening with community members, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Philadelphia.

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  • Elections

Battleground Georgia: Joe Biden To Visit Atlanta, Warm Springs On Tuesday

Former Vice President Joe Biden will visit the small town home to FDR's "Little White House" retreat and headline a metro Atlanta rally one week before Election Day, in hopes of flipping Georgia blue for the first time since 1992.

October 25, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
 (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | A Deep Dive Into Voting Numbers

On this episode, we dissect Georgia’s voting data, and discuss the recent eye-popping early voting numbers coming out of the state.

October 23, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris speaks with reporters after landing in Atlanta Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.

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  • Politics

Kamala Harris Pushes Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts In Atlanta

California Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, campaigned in Georgia a week before the end of early voting in a pivotal state for the presidential election.

October 23, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Kyle Rinaudo

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  • Politics

Candidate Profile: Kyle Rinaudo

Candidate Profile: Kyle Rinaudo (for State House District 35)

October 23, 2020
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By:
  • Brooklyn Valera
A voter signs in to cast a ballot at Meriwether County's lone early voting location in downtown Greenville.

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  • Politics

National, Georgia GOP Spending Big To Unseat State Democratic House Leader

Voters in Meriwether County likely walk into the local election office in downtown Greenville – the county’s lone early voting location – with the hotly contested presidential matchup on their mind as they cast their ballot.

But national and state Republicans have this rural west Georgia community in their sights for other reasons. A national GOP group says it plans to spend $1 million in this district straddling Meriwether, Troup and Coweta counties and sits just 60 miles southwest of Atlanta. Their objective: Knock off the state House’s top Democrat.

October 22, 2020
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By:
  • Jill Nolin and
  • Stanley Dunlap
Early voting in Macon, October 2020

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  • Elections

Macon-Bibb Gets $557K Grant To Help Run Election

More than a half-million dollars is headed to the coffers of the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections to help run this year’s elections.

The nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life has awarded more than $557,000 to assist with planning and operating safe and secure elections.

October 22, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Voters stand outside Fulton County Library System's Ponce De Leon Branch to vote during the first week of in-person early voting.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: New Voters Could Play Crucial Role In Close Georgia Races

Thursday on Political Rewind: The latest polls all point to a similar conclusion — former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump are neck-and-neck in the race to win Georgia. Close Senate races mirror what looks to be a tight presidential election as Democrats hope to win the state for the first time in decades.

October 22, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Voting signs line a DeKalb County warehouse.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | Let's Talk About Poll Workers

On this episode of "Battleground: Ballot Box," we talk about the importance of poll workers to the election process - and sit through a training session to learn what it takes.

October 19, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

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  • Elections

With Two Weeks To Go, One In Five Georgians Have Already Voted

More than 20% of Georgia's active voters have cast their ballot in the November general election, after one week of in-person early voting and a steady stream of absentee ballots have been returned.

October 19, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A short line of voters queues up during the first week of early voting to check in at the State Farm Arena precinct, the state's largest polling station.

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  • Politics

Early Voting Georgians Turning Out In Record Numbers

More than 1.5 million Georgians cast ballots in the first week of early voting  in the 2020 general election so far, more than a third of 2016’s total turnout, and more than two weeks remain until voting ends Election Day.

October 19, 2020
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Voters in Fulton County during the 2020 primary election.

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  • Elections

For Nonwhite Georgia Voters, Numbers Have Soared As Polling Places Dwindled

The state’s voter rolls have grown by nearly 2 million since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, but polling locations have been cut by almost 10%, with Metro Atlanta hit particularly hard.

October 17, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Donald Trump in Macon

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  • Politics

'We're Going To Win The State Of Georgia.' Trump Draws Thousands To Macon Rally

President Donald Trump visited Macon Friday evening as he campaigned across the southeast in an effort to shore up support less than three weeks before the election.

October 16, 2020
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By:
  • Caleb Slinkard and
  • Jenna Eason
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