For the overwhelming majority of Black voters, a political nightmare is becoming a reality: Donald Trump secured enough Electoral College votes to win the 2024 presidential election, according to the Associated Press. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. In the weeks leading up to Election […]
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Atlanta City Council Post 3 At-Large Race Headed to Runoff
The race to fill Atlanta City Council’s post-3 at-large vacancy is headed to a runoff election between civil rights attorney Eshé Collins and business owner Nicole Evans Jones. Community activist Duvwon Robinson, Black Futurists Group founder Devin Barrington-Ward, and business owner Amber Higgins-Connor were also vying to fill the remainder of former council member Keisha […]
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Black Polling Precincts in Atlanta Receive Bomb Threats
Atlanta-area polling precincts received several bomb threats on Election Day that the government officials say appear to be the work of Russian operatives looking to disrupt the presidential election. Fulton County polling precincts received at least 32 total bomb threats via email and phone call on Tuesday, according to Fulton County Police Chief W. Wade […]
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Fani Willis Reelected as Fulton County District Attorney
One year after Fani Willis catapulted herself into national headlines by filing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, Fulton County voters have reelected her as their district attorney. Willis became the first woman to serve as Fulton County district attorney when she was elected to her first term in 2020, unseating longtime incumbent Paul […]
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Election Officials Ready for Smooth Election Following SEB Rule Overturn
Lashandra Little says she and other Fulton County election officials breathed a collective sigh of relief last month when a judge invalidated a controversial set of seven state election rules that many feared would create “chaos” on Election Day. “Training had already started,” Little, who serves as Fulton County’s voter education and outreach manager, told […]
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Churches Drive Early Voting Surge in Georgia with ‘Souls to the Polls’
After listening to Kamala Harris speak at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, Jeremiah Kilgore and his wife, Katrina, said they were heading straight to the polls to vote for the vice president. “I look forward to seeing her get inaugurated in 2025,” Jeremiah said of Harris after exiting the Stonecrest megachurch with his […]
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The Voting Group That Flipped Georgia Purple Is Losing Leaders and Funding Ahead of the Election
A Black-led organization that was instrumental in turning the red state of Georgia purple – helping Democrats elect President Joe Biden in 2020 and sweep the state’s runoff elections for Senate the following year – is in turmoil. Four of its executives have resigned or been dismissed in the past six months due to internal […]
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How Georgia’s Black Voters Could Be Impacted by the Election Rules Decision
A Fulton County Superior Court judge is expected to decide before Election Day whether two of the state’s controversial new election rules should be allowed to stand ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — a case that has major implications for Black voters in Georgia, according to voting […]
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Forgot to Register to Vote? Today Is the Deadline in Georgia.
Today is the final day Georgia residents can register to vote in this year’s Nov. 5 presidential election. The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office says eligible residents have until close of business on Oct. 7 to submit their voter registration application online or via U.S. mail. Folks who don’t have internet access can register to […]
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Why a Black Men’s Super PAC That Once Endorsed Kemp Is Now Backing Harris
An Atlanta-based Black men’s economic advocacy group with a track record of endorsing both Republican and Democratic candidates for public office is throwing its support behind Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid to become the nation’s next president. Atlanta business leader Omar Ali, a previously registered Democrat-turned independent, is co-founder and president of Justice […]