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News Articles: election 2024

President Joe Biden speaks during a presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 2024.

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  • News

Post-debate, Biden's fitness to be president is under the microscope. But is the coverage balanced?

President Biden held his first press conference as the news has been dominated with headlines about whether or not he should step aside as the Democratic nominee after his performance at the first presidential debate. Is the media frenzy ramping up the pressure? GPB's Pamela Kirkland sat down with Nicole Carr, journalist and adjunct professor at Morehouse, to talk about the media coverage.

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
 First lady Jill Biden speaks to supporters in Columbus on Monday as part of a three-stop swing in battleground states to launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden-Harris. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Jill Biden rejects calls for president to step aside at rally near Georgia’s largest military base

First lady Jill Biden rallied Democrats in a west Georgia community that’s home to one of the country’s largest military bases Monday as the Biden-Harris campaign works to tamp down concerns after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance in Atlanta more than a week ago.

July 09, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Vice President Harris walks onstage at the 2024 Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 6.

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  • Elections

Biden’s in trouble. That puts more scrutiny on Harris too

Vice President Harris, 59, would be a leading contender if President Biden steps aside from the 2024 race. Even if he stays in, Republicans are making her an issue.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid,
  • Deepa Shivaram,
  • and 1 more
Unused privacy booths are seen at a voting site in Tripp Commons inside the Memorial Union building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Election Day in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

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  • Politics

Groups readying mass voter challenges in Georgia’s 2024 elections. There’s an app for that.

The age of technologically assisted mass voter challenges is well upon us, and these tools could have a major impact on the 2024 elections. Fans of the apps say they will help prevent cheating by removing invalid voters from the rolls, making it harder for bad actors to cast fake votes. Opponents say all they will do is insert chaos into the process.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap
President Biden, seen here at a watch party in Atlanta, Ga. on June 27, told campaign staffers on Wednesday that he is staying in the presidential race.

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  • Politics

'I'm not leaving,' Biden says in a fundraising email

President Biden has been under pressure from some of his fellow Democrats to withdraw from the race. Three governors who met him said they still backed him.

July 03, 2024
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales,
  • Tamara Keith,
  • and 2 more
Sen. Jon Ossoff pictured speaking at a gathering of small business owners in Castleberry Hill on behalf of President Biden, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

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  • Politics

Ossoff launches inquiry aimed at protecting election workers

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is asking the Justice Department (DOJ) and the FBI to make sure they’re taking steps to protect election workers this year and ensure the efficient administration of elections.

 

July 03, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
U.S. Supreme Court Police officers put up barricades to separate anti-abortion activists from abortion rights activists during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024.

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  • Health

Republican candidates are downplaying abortion, but it keeps coming up

Torn between a base that wants more restrictions on abortion and a moderate majority that does not, it seems many Republicans would rather avoid the topic. But they can’t escape talking about it.

July 01, 2024
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By:
  • Julie Rovner
Sen. Raphael Warnock praises President Joe Biden’s debate performance in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder.

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  • Elections

Georgians react to Biden-Trump debate

Democrats at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion faced a crowd of dozens of reporters from around the world shouting questions about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and whether he should remain the party’s candidate.

June 28, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Jill Nolin
Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion awaits approximately '1000 journalists from 170 countries' to cover the CNN presidential debate, according to the university's president Angel Cabrera.

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  • Elections

UPDATES: U.S. presidential debate in Atlanta

From city preparations to the debates broadcast, GPB reporters have the latest news about the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season. Check back for updates. 

June 26, 2024
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By:
  • GPB News Staff
A calm blue sky is seen in Midtown Atlanta on June 25, 2024, two days before the first presidential debate of the election season.

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  • Elections

As anticipation builds for the presidential debate, Atlanta students and business owners speak out

As Atlanta gears up to host this year’s first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, a sense of calm anticipation pervades the city before Thursday's expected bustle. With the pressure of the election season mounting, Georgia residents are keenly preparing for the candidates' statements.

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June 26, 2024
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By:
  • Mira Donaldson

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  • Politics

Georgia’s Black voters could be key as Biden and Trump vie for support ahead of Atlanta debate

Samuel Warren, a Black retiree from southwest Georgia who cuts grass for side income, recently explained the financial bottom line on why he plans to vote for Republican Donald Trump rather than President Joe Biden in their looming rematch Nov. 5.

June 24, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Suzanne Brown waves flags for Donald Trump before a ceremony to open his first Georgia campaign office, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Fayetteville, Ga. Democratic President Joe Biden and former Republican President Donald Trump are working to win over Georgia voters ahead of the pair's first 2024 debate scheduled for Thursday, June 27, in Atlanta.

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  • News

In one affluent Atlanta suburb, Biden and Trump work to win over wary Georgia voters

Georgia is the election battleground that yielded the closest margin of any state in the 2020 election between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump. It became the epicenter of Trump's efforts to overturn Biden's election. Now the two will meet there Thursday for their first general election debate in their rematch.

June 24, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
Harvey and Harris

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  • News

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at 100 Black Men of America conference in Atlanta

Vice President Kamala Harris brought her economic opportunity for all tour to Atlanta for a second time. She told the crowd at the 100 Black Men of America Conference in Downtown Atlanta about venture capital opportunities for small minority owned businesses, home ownership and debt prevention. 

June 14, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis

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  • News

Abortion is a top issue for voters in Georgia. But we won't see a ballot initiative anytime soon

Abortion unexpectedly became an issue in Georgia’s May election. 

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Members of the NAACP’s Georgia and Macon-Bibb County chapters held a press conference in front of the county Board of Elections Office May 10, 2024. (JESSE FRAGA)

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  • Elections

There’s ‘grave concern’ over Macon ballot mix-ups. Officials warn it may happen again

Voting rights groups are investigating the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections for “voter irregularities’‘ after voters received ballots for the wrong districts during the May primary election, and the issue may not be resolved.

June 11, 2024
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By:
  • Jesse Fraga
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