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News Articles: election 2024

A 'Vote Here' sign is seen at a precinct the day before Michigan Democrats and Republicans choose their nominees to contest November's congressional elections, which will determine which party controls U.S. House of Representatives for next two years, in Birmingham, Michigan, U.S. August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Emily Elconin

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Poll watcher vs. poll observer: What's the difference?

Poll "watchers" and poll "observers" do not enjoy the same legal status. GPB's Peter Biello speaks with former elections director for Georgia's Secretary of State Chris Harvey about the distinction between these two roles.

October 24, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Sting performs at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Oct. 22, 2024.

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Sting's night at the concert hall provides respite from election stress

Taking the temperature of voters at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in suburban Atlanta Tuesday proved their mood to be ecstatic — but not for political reasons.

October 24, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Former President Donald Trump rallies supporters at an event in Duluth, Ga., on Oct. 23, 2024.

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  • Elections

In Gwinnett County, Trump doubles down on border rhetoric

Former President Donald trump made his case to voters in Duluth, Ga., less than two weeks before Election Day.

October 24, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
A voter fills out her ballot for the Michigan primary election in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.

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Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories

With less than two weeks before Election Day, a resurgence of misinformation and conspiracy theories about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are run.

October 24, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly, seen here on a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, in 2018, has criticized his former boss Donald Trump.

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Trump's former chief of staff called him a 'fascist.' Harris is campaigning on that

John Kelly, a retired Marine general who was Donald Trump's chief of staff, said his former boss fits the definition of a fascist. Now Vice President Harris is running on it.

October 23, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Signs to guide voters are posted outside a Cobb County polling station on the first day of early voting, in Marietta, Ga., Oct. 17, 2022.

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Georgia Supreme Court rejects Republican attempt to quickly reinstate invalidated election rules

The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by national and state Republicans to immediately reinstate recently passed election rules that a judge had ruled were invalid. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox last week ruled that the State Election Board didn't have the authority to adopt the new rules.

October 22, 2024
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  • Associated Press

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What's behind Georgia's record-breaking early voting turnout

A record 1.4 million ballots have been cast in Georgia since early voting began last Tuesday. What do those numbers tell us?

October 21, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
The sun dawns on the state Capitol as lawmakers prepare for the first day of the 2022 legislative session in the General Assembly.

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Republicans favored to retain majorities in General Assembly

Georgia is among only seven “battleground” states this year, where the presidential election is too close to call and the campaigns of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are spending most of their time.

October 21, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
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
Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo, associate vice chancellor at the Center for Excellence in Inclusive Democracy in the Maricopa Community College system, poses for a portrait on the South Mountain Community College campus in south Phoenix, Ariz., on Oct. 9, 2024.

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Barbed wire, high fences: some election spots in Arizona close, but others step up

Some election locations in Arizona are shutting their doors in the face of security threats — but others are expanding their footprint.

October 18, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
People leave after voting in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia.

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Republicans appeal a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules

The state and national Republican parties are appealing a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republicans want to overturn a ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, who on Wednesday ruled that the board did not have the authority to pass the rules.

October 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Students and parents file out of the campus of Appalachee HIgh School in Winder, Ga., after being released from lockdown following the school shooting there Sept. 4, 2024.

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Guns: Where do Trump and Harris stand?

A mass shooting at a Georgia high school in September thrust the issue of gun violence to the forefront of the presidential race. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump agree that gun violence is a major problem, but they offer strikingly different views on how to address it.

October 18, 2024
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  • Ariana Figueroa
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Resch Expo in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

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Harris will campaign with the Obamas later this month in Georgia and Michigan

Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for her first campaign appearances with Barack and Michelle Obama this month in Georgia and Michigan.

October 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Patricia Powell helps Jaleen Green register to vote in Georgia's Terrell County on Oct. 5, 2024.

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Activists in rural Georgia seek more robust effort to get Black voters to the polls

Local leaders in south Georgia worry that Democrats aren't doing enough to mobilize Black voters in rural areas. Democrats saw unprecedented wins across the state in 2020, in part because of organizing efforts to turn out voters who usually stay home.

October 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A sign directs voters to the entrance of the Cobb County Government Services Center in Marietta, Ga., on Oct. 15, 2024.

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  • Politics

Georgia 2024 Congressional Voter Guide: What to know about the candidates

During the spring and summer, GPB and America Amplified conducted a statewide survey of more than 400 Georgia voters, asking them to tell what their top three issues were when choosing a candidate for the 2024 election.

October 17, 2024
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  • Josephine Bennett and
  • Mira Donaldson
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