It’s been a long 14 weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive nominee, turning Georgia into a true battleground state. WABE News photographer Matthew Pearson attended so many […]
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It’s been a long 14 weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive nominee, turning Georgia into a true battleground state. WABE News photographer Matthew Pearson attended so many […]
Follow along here for the latest Georgia election day and night updates, news and results from the WABE News team.
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Follow along here for the latest election updates from the WABE News team. 7:03 a.m. Georgia Supreme Court rules absentee ballots returned late in Cobb County must be set aside […]
Atlanta voting rights advocate Loretta Green, 89, voted for the first time at the age of 25 and can still remember the layered barriers and voting discrimination that African Americans faced when trying to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
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Atlanta-based voting rights advocate Loretta Green says voting is sacred to her. The now 89-year-old voted for the first time at the age of 25 and can still remember the […]
This weekend brought another – and this time final – round of presidential campaign rallies to battleground Georgia as both camps used the little time left to fight for every vote while projecting confidence that the state’s 16 electoral college votes were within reach.
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This weekend brought another – and this time final – round of presidential campaign rallies to battleground Georgia as both camps used the little time left to fight for every […]
On Monday’s edition of “Closer Look,” host Rose Scott talked with guests about what role Georgia is playing in this election and how the state gained the national spotlight.
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More than 4 million people in Georgia voted early in the 2024 presidential election. In a last-ditch effort, Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and former President Donald […]
Whether the country meets this newly rising demand for electricity in a climate-friendly way or by prolonging the fossil fuel industry’s dominance will largely be up to the 200 or so regulators who sit on state utility commissions.
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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The U.S. power grid is at a critical crossroads. Electricity generation, like every […]
A judge rejected a lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices this weekend to let voters hand in absentee ballots.
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A Georgia judge on Saturday rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices on Saturday and Sunday to let voters hand in their mail ballots in […]
The 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest.
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The 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest. At this late stage in the campaign, every […]
On Friday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Associated Press reporter Jeff Amy talked with host Rose Scott about mass voter challenges and pending lawsuits.
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Since July, more than 63,000 voter statuses have been challenged in Georgia, and roughly 1% of the people called into question have been removed from the state’s voting rolls, according […]
Voters in three Georgia counties will have access to multilingual ballots and election materials this presidential election.
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Voters in three Georgia counties will have access to multilingual election materials this presidential election. Gwinnett County is legally required to translate ballots and other materials into Spanish. DeKalb County […]
One by one, the voters who turned out Thursday were adding to what's become a colossal heap of early ballots in the key swing state of Georgia. Early voting, scheduled to end Friday, has been so robust that nearly 4 million ballots could be cast before Election Day dawns on Tuesday.
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Flags telling people to “Vote Here” fluttered in not only English, but Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese at the Mountain Park Activity Building as a steady stream passed through its […]
But in a state like Georgia, where the state constitution does not allow citizen-led ballot initiatives, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling that ended the federal right to an abortion and left it to state legislatures to regulate is still casting a long shadow.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has put access to reproductive rights at the center of her presidential campaign, and in 10 states, the issue is literally on the ballot this year. But […]
Election officials in Georgia’s third-largest county said 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 were using U.S. Postal Service express mail and UPS overnight delivery in an effort to ...
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Election officials in Georgia’s third-largest county said 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 […]
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffenspenger says a widely circulating online video that questions the validity of Georgia's voting security measures is "targeted disinformation" likely created by Russian troll farms.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffenspenger says a widely circulating online video that questions the validity of Georgia’s voting security measures is “targeted disinformation” likely created by Russian troll farms. […]
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What to expect on election night in Georgia, a look at some of the competitive state legislative races in metro Atlanta, an examination of Trump's complicated relationship with Gov. Brian Kemp and more.
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are making their closing arguments with election day less than a week away. On this week’s episode of “Plugged In: A […]
Georgia's highest court on Thursday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Democratic U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, Democratic State Rep. Park Cannon and several others who were arrested while protesting at the Georgia Capitol.
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Georgia’s highest court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Democratic U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, Democratic State Rep. Park Cannon and several others who were […]
Half of all active voters in Georgia have cast a ballot in the 2024 general election a day before the end of early in-person voting on Friday.
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Half of all active voters in Georgia have cast a ballot in the 2024 general election before the last day of early in-person voting. According to the Georgia Secretary of […]
Daniel Kanso, the director of legislative strategy and senior fiscal analyst at Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, returns to “Closer Look” to explain what the Georgia ballot measures mean and their potential implications.
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With just days until the 2024 presidential election and the end of early voting approaching, across the state of Georgia voters are voting on three ballot measures. These three measures […]
More than a year after the state launched the Pathways to Coverage program, offering Medicaid in exchange for work or other state-approved activities, advocates say the program is too difficult for many applicants to navigate. A new report is recommending changes to Pathways as it faces renewal next...
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More than a year after the state launched the Pathways to Coverage program, offering Medicaid in exchange for work or other state-approved activities, advocates say the program is too difficult […]