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News Articles: Elections

Voters are seen exiting the polling station, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Stockbridge, Ga.

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Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'

Record levels of early voting are making it so polls in Georgia might be a "ghost town" on Election Day. Republicans tried to avoid voting early in the last two election cycles because Donald Trump cast doubt on the practice.

November 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022.

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US officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to ‘Russian influence actors’

A video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia by a man who claims to be from Haiti is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday.

November 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A woman holds up her sticker that signifies that she has officially voted in the state of Georgia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Georgia county says more than 3,000 absentee ballots being mailed late just days before election

Election officials in Georgia's third-largest county say they're late in mailing more than 3,000 absentee ballots to voters just a few days before the election. Election officials in Cobb County north of Atlanta say they're using express mail and UPS overnight delivery in an effort to deliver the ballots on time.

November 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
(Left) Kamala Harris attends a pro-union march in Los Angeles on October 2, 2019; (Right) Donald Trump visited a McDonald's restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., on October 20, 2024.

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  • Business

Here’s where Trump and Harris stand on 5 issues affecting workers

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both appealed to workers in this year's election. But the candidates’ stances on many issues affecting workers remain far apart.

November 01, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
People walk by an advertisement for former President Donald Trump's campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27 in New York City.

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  • Elections

More than $10 billion has been spent on ads in the 2024 election

Spending on campaign ads is up $1 billion from four years ago, according to data from AdImpact, analyzed by NPR. The state that's been the target of the most money is Pennsylvania.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Donald Trump speaks with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Ariz., on Oct. 31, 2024.

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  • Politics

Trump, using violent language, attacks 'war hawk' Liz Cheney

"Let's see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face," Trump said while criticizing Cheney's support of the U.S.-led conflicts in the Middle East.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • NPR Washington Desk
Berry College and Georgia Tech University students pictured for WNET’s Preserving Democracy social media campaign, in which GPB, as a partner, asked students what democracy meant to them. Ambria Burton & Allexa Ceballos/GPB News

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  • Elections

Preserving Democracy: GPB asks college students about voting plans and democracy

In partnership with WNET for the nonpartisan Preserving Democracy project's "Ready to Vote" social media campaign, Georgia Public Broadcasting interviewed students from Berry College in Rome, Ga., and Georgia Tech in Atlanta about their plans to vote and their thoughts on democracy ahead of the election.

November 01, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
After the remnants of Tropical Storm Zeta blew through Georgia Thursday morning, 15 counties planned to open their early voting locations late, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.

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  • Elections

'Targeted disinformation' warning: Beware of social media posts, Georgia Secretary of State says

Halloween night, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger released a warning to voters: Social media posts may include disinformation from foreign sources. 

 

November 01, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
This combination of file photos shows Vice President Harris speaking during a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Oct. 26, and former President Donald Trump during a rally Oct. 22 in Greensboro, N.C.

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  • News

Harris and Trump head West to woo voters. And, U.S. economy sees solid growth

Harris and Trump look toward undecided voters in Arizona and Nevada as a pathway to the White House. And, the U.S. economy sees solid growth.

November 01, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
Bruce Springsteen performs at rally for Kamala Harris, October 2024

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  • Music Features

This election cycle, music is impacting voters on and off the campaign trail

From songs performed by Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen and Lee Greenwood to a WWE theme at a rally and stress-relieving playlist by R.E.M., here’s what the final sprint to Election Day sounds like. GPB’s Kristi York Wooten has more from the heart of the campaign action in Atlanta.

 

November 01, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Screenshot of one of the ads funded by FTW PAC. The goal is to convince Trump-leaning voters to stay home rather than vote in the 2024 election.

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  • Politics

Meet the Democrats using porn ads to convince Trump voters to stay home

Two friends launched a political action committee to run anti-Trump ads in perhaps the last untouched advertising market in politics: pornographic websites.

November 01, 2024
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  • Susan Davis
Pro-Palestinian supporters hold a candlelight vigil in Dearborn, Mich., on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks in Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza.

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  • Elections

First Gaza, now Lebanon: How support for Israel’s war is influencing Michigan voting

Many Muslim and Arab American voters are leaning toward third-party candidates or not voting, feeling neither main candidate values their families' lives. Others are choosing between Harris and Trump.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Leila Fadel,
  • Ziad Buchh,
  • and 1 more
A person holds the certificate of electoral votes from Pennsylvania during a joint session of Congress early on Jan. 7, 2021, as the counting of electoral votes resumed after the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Elections

Here are the key Electoral College dates to keep in mind ahead of Inauguration Day

Former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the last election put a spotlight on what are essentially ministerial steps between Election Day and Inauguration Day. Here are the key dates ahead.

November 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Swasey
Andrea Farmer (left) and Alex Cook mark off homes they have visited on their app while canvassing in a neighborhood in Nashville, North Carolina in October.

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  • Politics

Support from rural Democrats will be crucial for Harris to win this swing state

North Carolina has more rural voters than any other 2024 presidential swing state, and canvassing groups are working to turn out voters in one purple county as early voting continues in the state.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Kathryn Fink,
  • Ashley Brown,
  • and 2 more
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Donald Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love.” Here are the facts. 

Donald Trump often misrepresents what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, even referring to convicted rioters as “hostages.

October 31, 2024
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  • Tom Dreisbach
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