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News Articles: Georgia Politics

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Georgia property-tax relief measures headed to easy victories

Georgia voters were poised to overwhelmingly approve two tax-relief measures on the statewide ballot Tuesday night, while a third tax-related proposal held a smaller lead.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
This combination of photos shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking during a rally in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 12, 2024, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, right, speaking during a rally in Warren, Mich., Nov. 1, 2024.

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Trump flips Georgia and moves closer to reclaiming the White House

Donald Trump has won the battleground state of Georgia, the onetime Republican stronghold that had voted for Democrats four years ago.

November 06, 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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Cobb voters who received late absentee ballots must return them on Election Day, high court says

Georgia's highest court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed certain voters in the state's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late to return them after the deadline. That means the affected Cobb County residents must vote in person on Election Day, which is Tuesday, or get their absentee ballots to the county elections office by 7 p.m. that day

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
A poll worker heads into the entrance of the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church polling area in Macon Tuesday at the start of voting.

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  • Elections

UPDATES: Georgia election results and voting reports from around the state

Election Day is here and GPB News has it covered. This live blog provides real-time updates from reporters around the state of Georgia. Keep tabs on the presidential race and other down-ballot contests.

 

November 04, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff

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  • News

In a divided election season, Black voters are poised to make significant impact

GPB’s Peter Biello speaks with Dr. Adrienne Jones, an assistant professor of political science at Morehouse College, about Black voters this election cycle.

November 04, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Macon, Ga., on Nov. 3, 2024.

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  • Elections

Trump and Harris swing through Georgia on final push before Election Day

Harris pitched to thousands of voters at the Atlanta Civic Center on Saturday afternoon while Trump also rallied thousands of voters in Macon on Sunday.

November 04, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • and 1 more
Michael Stipe (center) performs with David Barbe (left) and Andy LeMaster perform at a rally for U.S. vice presidential candidate, Governor Time Walz of Minnesota, at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta on Nov. 3, 2024.

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Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff rally for Harris in Cobb County with Michael Stipe and Jon Bon Jovi

The Minnesota governor and second gentleman bonded with their favorite rock stars and reinforced Vice President Kamala Harris' closing message at this mini-concert at the Cobb Galleria on Sunday afternoon, with less than 48 hours to go before Election Day.

November 04, 2024
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Yvonne Brockington testifies remotely from a hospital bed during a Georgia Senate hearing Thursday into the Oct. 19 collapse of the Sapelo Island dock that killed seven people.

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  • Politics

‘Scarred for the rest of my life’: Survivors testify about Sapelo Island dock collapse that killed 7

The mental state felt by some survivors “will make the living jealous of the dead,” one attorney said.

November 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
poll worker inspects absentee ballot

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  • Elections

Election skeptics are targeting voting officials with ads that suggest they don’t have to certify results

The ads, which have been placed in swing states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, come from a new group with deep ties to activists who have challenged the legitimacy of recent elections.

November 01, 2024
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  • Doug Bock Clark and
  • ProPublica
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
Supreme Court of Georgia bench. (Supreme Court of Georgia/X)

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  • Law

Georgia Supreme Court upholds state Capitol arrests, tax on strip clubs

The Georgia Supreme Court issued two rulings Thursday that upheld the arrests of two Democratic state lawmakers for protesting inside the state Capitol and declared constitutional a state tax levied on adult entertainment establishments.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
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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By:
  • GPB News Staff
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
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