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Mableton residents gear up to cast their votes in the city's first-ever mayoral and city council election on Tuesday, March 21. Voters must visit their designated polling stations, which can be found on the Secretary of State's My Voter Page (mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/) under the "My Districts and Elected Officials" tab.

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Don’t forget to vote in Mableton’s first election

by Thom ChandlerMarch 19, 2023March 19, 2023

Polling Place Vote Here Sign On White Board Near House

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Georgia Launches New Statewide Voter Registration System with Enhanced Security Measures

by Thom ChandlerMarch 9, 2023March 9, 2023

The Gist: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has written a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, urging Congress to update federal election laws.

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Georgia elections chief calls on Kevin McCarthy to make sweeping election reforms

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Scott Turner, executive director of Eternal Vigilance Action, a Georgia group that supports instant runoffs, said the municipal opt-in would provide Georgians an opportunity to see how instant runoffs would work when there are multiple candidates in a race.

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Should Georgia switch to instant runoffs?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023

A banker from Blue Ridge defeated the widow of former Georgia House Speaker David Ralston Tuesday in a runoff election for Ralston’s Northwest Georgia House seat.

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Former House Speaker David Ralston’s Widow Loses in Runoff for His Seat

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 31, 2023October 10, 2023

Georgia voters turned out in large numbers to vote in the U.S. Senate runoff on Tuesday, propelling incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock to a narrow victory over Republican Herschel Walker.

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How did Raphael Warnock beat Herschel Walker?

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 7, 2022December 7, 2022

ROSWELL -- Roswell voters have elected Sarah Beeson to serve the remainder of Marcelo Zapata's term as Post 1 City Council member.

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Roswell Election Results: Sarah Beeson wins runoff for City Council seat

by Thom ChandlerDecember 7, 2022December 7, 2022

Georgia voters have reelected Raphael Warnock to serve a full six year term in the U.S. Senate.

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Raphael Warnock wins reelection to Senate

by Thom ChandlerDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

6:23 p.m.: Voting throughout the sate went smoothly today. According to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, more than 1 million votes were cast during Election Day voting. Polls will be closing at 7 p.m.

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Election Day in Georgia: Live Updates on voting in the Senate race

by Thom ChandlerDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

More than 1.8 million voters have cast ballots during early voting in Georgia, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's office.

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Early voting for Georgia’s senate seat shatters records

by Thom ChandlerDecember 4, 2022December 4, 2022

Today, FDR’s crowning achievement, Social Security, is endangered by Herschel Walker and his mentor, Senator Rick Scott of Florida. We, the descendants of FDR, his Vice President Henry Wallace, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, and Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins, feel impelled to come to its defense, and to call upon the voters of Georgia to wield their vast power to do the same in the crucial upcoming Senate runoff election.

Opinion: FDR, Georgia and Social Security: A Relationship Worth Protecting

by Scott Wallace, Jim Roosevelt, June Hopkins and Tomlin Perkins CoggeshallDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

Former President Barack Obama returned to Atlanta Thursday for the second time in a month to press Georgians to turn out and vote for Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock one more time.

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Barack Obama returns to Georgia to campaign for Raphael Warnock in senate race

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 2, 2022September 24, 2023

More than 300,000 Georgians cast ballots Monday, the first day of statewide early voting in the runoff contest between Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. That easily broke the daily record for early voting turnout in Georgia of 233,000.

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Georgia voters set another record for early voting in U.S. Senate runoff

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceNovember 29, 2022November 29, 2022

Early voting ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker began in several Georgia counties over the weekend with a patchwork of start dates and times.

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Early voting in Senate runoff sees long lines and high turnout

by GPB News StaffNovember 28, 2022November 28, 2022

AUGUSTA -- Renovations at an Augusta voting precinct will mean a location change for some voters.

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Voting precinct change in Augusta

by Thom ChandlerNovember 26, 2022November 26, 2022

Georgians get one more chance to decide whether they want to return Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock to Washington or replace him with Republican Herschel Walker in the upcoming Senate runoff.

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Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock are ready for the senate runoff. Are you?

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceNovember 25, 2022November 25, 2022

Cobb County Elections officials will offer advance voting Saturday, Nov. 26, for the Dec. 6 runoff from noon to 5 p.m. at the five locations listed below. The additional date follows a recent court decision allowing for Saturday voting in the state. Voting on Saturday, Nov. 26 will take place only at these five locations:

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How to vote early in Cobb County for the Georgia Senate runoff

by Thom ChandlerNovember 21, 2022September 24, 2023

Recently re-elected Republican Gov. Brian Kemp campaigned Saturday on behalf of former University of Georgia football star and U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who is facing a Dec. 6 runoff for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat.

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Brian Kemp campaigns with Herschel Walker in Cobb County

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceNovember 19, 2022November 19, 2022