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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
Signs outside the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society, whose members supported a since-canceled referendum to undo zoning changes affecting the island's Hogg Hummock neighborhood.

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Sapelo Island's Gullah Geechee vow to continue fight against rezoning, after judge nixes referendum

“The zoning has an ability to eradicate more of the population, as if it hadn't already been destroyed enough,” one Gullah Geechee resident said.

October 16, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A Bucks County resident drops off a mail-in ballot in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

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  • Elections

Georgia leaders worry mail delays could cause many absentee ballots to arrive too late to count

In a rare bipartisan consensus about Georgia’s election process, both Republican and Democratic leaders agree that persistent mail delivery delays in the state could cost voters who use absentee ballots their chance to be counted on Election Day this November. The stakes are high as Georgia is again considered a swing state that will likely help decide who will be the next U.S. president.

September 17, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Independent candidate Cornel West appeared at a protest outside the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Fulton judge overturns Georgia secretary of state decision in favor of third-party ballot presence

Georgians could have fewer choices for president when they go to vote this November after two Fulton County Superior Court judges reversed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision and ruled independent candidate Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz with the Party for Socialism and Liberation are not eligible to run for president in the state.

September 13, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
Tom Miller, 52, votes "On Demand" using an absentee or mail-in ballot in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

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  • Elections

Republicans join legal challenge of State Election Board

A Georgia-based advocacy group headed by former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner filed suit in Fulton County Wednesday seeking to block rules changes three of the five board members approved in recent weeks allowing local election officials to delay certification of election results if they suspect fraud.

September 12, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
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Metro Atlanta voters on both sides of the aisle react to Tuesday's presidential debate

Georgia voters from both sides of the aisle flocked to debate watch parties to support their candidate on Tuesday evening. 

September 11, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Georgia Voter Sticker

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  • Politics

The Georgia State Election Board controversy, explained

After keeping a low profile for years, the Georgia State Election Board — currently driven by a Trump-backed majority — is facing ethics complaints and a lawsuit. What's at issue?

September 03, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Action 4 Liberty, a conservative group in the state, runs a stand at the Minnesota State Fair opposing Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

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  • National

Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesota

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz popularized the term to brand his Republican opponents in the presidential race. To Minnesotans, though, it hits different.

August 28, 2024
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  • Dana Ferguson
Claudia De la Cruz campaign volunteer Estevan Hernandez speaks at a Party for Socialism and Liberation press conference opposing the Democratic Party of Georgia’s legal challenges against third-party presidential candidates. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Third party candidates still battling for spot on Georgia ballot as alternative to Trump, Harris

Georgians casting ballots this November will have the option to choose from among at least three presidential candidates. Others say they have earned the right for a shot at the White House, but the Democratic Party of Georgia is trying to keep them out of the running. Four third party presidential candidates say they are preparing to fight challenges from state Democrats to their ability to appear on the ballot this November.

August 09, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
Vice President Kamala Harris admires the crowd during a campaign rally, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Kamala Harris is headed to Savannah — along with her yet-to-be-announced VP pick

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to launch a battleground tour next week with her yet-to-be-named running mate, with stops in seven swing states stretching from Pennsylvania to Nevada.

August 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Joan Browning and Charles Person chat at Emory University in Atlanta, Fridy, July 26, 2024. They were Freedom Riders. activists who rode buses into the Deep South in 1961, aiming to desegregate interstate transportation. Browning and Person are donating their archives to the university's Rose Library.

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Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders urge younger activists to get out the vote

During the Civil Rights Movement, young people put their bodies on the line as Freedom Riders, boarding buses to protest segregation. One of those riders spoke to young leaders in Atlanta as Democrats adjust to the entry of Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race.

July 31, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Indian-American Democrat Ashwin Ramaswami, who is currently running for a Georgia state Senate in District 48 against Republican incumbent Shawn Still, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Cumming, Ga.

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Kamala Harris energizes South Asian voters, a growing force in key swing states

A rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia will show how Asian American voters are pivotal there. In metropolitan Atlanta, Harris' Indian roots sparked kitchen-table conversations in many households. Advocates are energized. A drive out to Atlanta's sprawling suburbs shows why.

July 30, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Vice President Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two as she departs Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Mass., Saturday, July 27, 2024.

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Democrats had feared Georgia was a lost cause with Biden running. Harris will campaign there Tuesday

Now that President Joe Biden has bowed out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely nominee, Democrats say they have new hope for Georgia. They're betting a fresh burst of energy and a surge in fundraising has helped make Georgia a toss-up again. Harris plans a show of political force Tuesday in Atlanta.

July 30, 2024
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  • Associated Press
L.J. Boyd, 62, of Hastings, Fla., gestures during an interview with the Associated Press, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Black voters feel excitement, hope and a lot of worry as Harris takes center stage in campaign

Black voters are expressing a mix of hope and worry over Joe Biden's exit from the presidential race and the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee. As much pride as some Black Americans feel about the possibility of Harris, who is of Black and Indian descent, becoming president, the upending of the race has some voters feeling scared.

July 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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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  • Elections

If a presidential nominee drops out, what happens to states’ ballots?

The Electoral College could help Democrats avoid a complicated situation in the event President Joe Biden withdraws from the race after his name is printed on ballots. States Newsroom reporters and editors in the network’s 39 states explored how a presidential candidate could be replaced on ballots — should the nominee drop out or become unable to continue their campaign following the party conventions.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jennifer Shutt
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