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Link up with the local folks on your metro Atlanta ballots
People who judge, prosecute, defend and jail metro Atlantans are on ballots.
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Link up with the local folks on your Gwinnett County ballot
People who judge, prosecute, defend and jail metro Atlantans are on ballots.
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Link up with the local folks on your Fulton County ballot
People who judge, prosecute, defend and jail metro Atlantans are on ballots.
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Link up with the local folks on your DeKalb County ballot
People who judge, prosecute, defend and jail metro Atlantans are on ballots.
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Link up with the local folks on your Cobb County ballot
People who judge, prosecute, defend and jail metro Atlantans are on ballots.
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Georgia wants you to vote by mail, if you want
Polling places will still open in May too.
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Dems learn some campaign strategies, pick up policies from 2018 example
With almost 4 million votes cast, Team Abrams in 2018 demonstrated how many Georgia voters can turn up to vote Democrat, for the right candidate with the right ground game. The Democratic Party of Georgia is taking some things away from that example.
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Georgia governor signs near-total abortion ban. Next stop, court.
And one more: Georgia joins the list of states where abortion will be a political talking point for the next election cycle or two.
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Judge: Westside Atlanta Council runoff to continue between Amos and Brown
A Tuesday runoff election for Atlanta City Council is set to continue, after a judge OK’d Fulton’s election administration and the candidacy of Antonio Brown.
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Second round of voting starts for Westside city council seat; candidates meet in forum
Atlanta’s going to get a freshman city council member from the Westside’s district 3, in a special election runoff. Some of the votes will depend on what people think of candidates who have — and who haven’t — been in office.
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Early voting underway in nine-candidate Atlanta City Council race
Nine people are looking to join Atlanta City Council, in a west side special election to fill the seat of the late Councilman Ivory Lee Young Jr.
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Atlanta west side special election scheduled; city hall activist to run
Atlanta’s west side district 3 will send a new representative to City Council in a March special election. Matthew Cardinale is making a run for it.
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Why metro Atlanta’s vote matters so much, in a map
It’s no secret Atlanta is a blue dot in a red sea, but a quick look at a map shows why changing the size of that dot just a little bit can swing elections.
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What’s on your runoff ballot? Just two races, but little time to vote early.
There are only two statewide races on the Dec. 4 runoff ballot, but the election schedule is tighter than it was for the long general election.
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Voters approve affordable housing funding, including program for Ca. farm workers
Georgia is among six states in which voters in the Nov. 6 election approved ballot measures to address housing affordability. Groups to benefit include the mentally disabled, including a program in metro Atlanta that’s supported by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, veterans and, in California, farm workers.
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If Democrats didn’t get everything they wanted out of Election Day, neither did Republicans
The day after Election Day, an email arrived in my inbox. Entitled “Victory Breakfast,” it came from the Gwinnett Democrats. Things have changed, but not everything has changed.
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A running log from HQs of Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp
SaportaReport is on the scene Tuesday night at the campaign headquarters of Republican Brian Kemp in Athens and Democrat Stacey Abrams at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
Maggie Lee is in Athens. Maria Saporta in Atlanta.
Stay tuned….
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Debate shows distance among gubernatorial candidates on Georgians and the law
The candidates who are running to replace outgoing Republican Gov. Nathan Deal are splitting on what’s probably the incumbent’s marquee policy: changes to the criminal justice system that have driven down the state’s prison population.
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Georgia ballot questions, explained
At the foot of your midterm ballot, there are going to be some referendum questions. Here’s what they mean.
