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News Articles: election 2024

Students watch debate

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In Georgia Tech watch event, students say VP debate was 'civil'

As Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz debated policy during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, college students across Georgia held watch parties.

October 02, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
 Out-of-state students living in Emory University’s dorms need to register at the addresses of individual buildings according to the secretary of state’s office, despite information provided by the school’s Emory Voter Initiative. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Dorm life poses challenges to Georgia college students aiming to vote in November election

What seemed like one of the only inconsequential choices in a consequential election could potentially cost young voters their ballots. 

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Chaya Tong
U.S. Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters in the spin room after the CNN Presidential Debate in June 2024 in Atlanta, Ga.

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  • Politics

JD Vance’s performance has audience of one: Trump, says former debate opponent

Vance’s former Democratic opponent, Tim Ryan, says the Ohio senator is likely to aggressively attack Harris-Walz during the debate Tuesday night to appeal to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Karen Kasler
Left: Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks during the Republican National Convention in July. Right: Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in August.

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  • Elections

Vance and Walz debate in New York City on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know

The CBS News vice presidential debate will be the only time Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz get to face off ahead of the 2024 election. Here's what to expect.

September 30, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference in 2023.

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  • National Security

Trump campaign hack traced to three Iranians seeking to disrupt election, DOJ says

The Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against three Iranian hackers who allegedly compromised Trump campaign accounts and sought to erode confidence in the U.S. election.

September 27, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
 Independent candidate Cornel West appeared at a protest outside last week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia Supreme Court rejects appeal by independents West, De la Cruz to count their votes

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against bids by two independent presidential candidates to count on ballots for the state’s November election.

September 27, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
State Election Board member Janice Johnston during a recent SEB press conference. Johnston said she wanted to investigate failed voter registration challenges to understand if local election leaders are making rules that violate state law.

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  • Elections

Georgia's State Election Board approved an investigation into failed voter registration challenges

The Georgia State Election Board will investigate why challenges to voter rolls were denied in eight different Georgia counties.

September 24, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
A stack of stickers sits atop the ballot scanner during the mid-term election Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga.

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  • News

Suit seeks to overturn Georgia law on homeless voter registration and voter challenges

A new lawsuit seeks to overturn two provisions of a Georgia election law related to voter challenges. The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda filed the suit on Tuesday.

September 24, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Savannah State University freshman Sanaai Stewart on campus after updating her voter registration at an event hosted by Black Voters Matter on Sept. 20, 2024.

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  • Politics

Black Voters Matter holds registration drives at 3 HBCUs in South Georgia

Oct. 7 is the last day Georgians can register to vote in the presidential election.

September 23, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Harris in GA

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  • News

Six weeks before Election Day, candidates blitz the Peach State

Just over a month before Election Day, presidential candidates continue to court Georgia voters. 

 

September 23, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
From left, State Election Board members Janice Johnston, Janelle King, board chair John Fervier and Mike Coan

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  • Elections

State Election Board passes new rule ordering hand count of ballots. Election officials aren't happy

Georgia’s State Election Board passed arguably the most contentious of the new rules it had been considering for conducting elections in the state on Friday over the objections of county-level election directors and over the advice of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. 

September 20, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center, home of Georgia's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, is seen on May, 1, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia court rejects local Republican attempt to handpick primary candidates

 Georgia's Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a county Republican Party that tried to keep four candidates from running on the local GOP ballot.

September 19, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones speaks during a voters' forum next to Republican challenger Andre Pretorius at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah on Sept. 16, 2024.

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  • Politics

Chatham County district attorney candidates make their case to voters at forum

Shalena Cook Jones became the first Black woman to serve as Chatham County DA when she won office in 2020.

September 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in Macon

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  • Politics

VP candidate Walz starts two-state swing in Macon

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz kicked off a campaign swing through two battleground states — Georgia and North Carolina — in Macon Tuesday.  

September 17, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship

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  • News

It's National Voter Registration Day. Here's how to participate

County offices, universities and private groups are holding events to help Georgia voters register for the 2024 general election on Nov. 5.

September 17, 2024
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