2018 Election
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Early Voting at UGA’s Tate Center Begins Tuesday
Students can vote at the Tate Student Center this week ahead of Election Day, Nov. 6. Students who are registered in Athens Clarke-County can vote at the University of Georgia location on October 30 and 31. Voting will be open from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. See an Athens Clarke County…
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Economic Improvements an Underlying Theme During Georgia Gubernatorial Debate
Just two weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm elections, the candidates for Georgia’s next governor—Rep. Stacey Abrams (D), Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) and Ted Metz (L)—took to the podiums during the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Gubernatorial Debate in Atlanta. The debate, hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PBS and…
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Provisional Voting: No ID on Election Day is not a Problem
Provisional ballots gained more notoriety after the Georgia gubernatorial debate between Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams on Oct. 23 in which the issue of voter purges was raised. Provisional voting ensures that all eligible voters can cast a ballot, even if their eligibility cannot be…
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Citing Unlawful Tactics, Governor Candidates Attack Each Other on Voting Issues
Questions of voter suppression in Georgia, mentioned in such national media as The NY Times and Fox News recently, came to a head Tuesday night when Stacey Abrams (D), current Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) and Libertarian Ted Metz squared off for the first time in the Georgia gubernatorial candidate…
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Georgia Gubernatorial Debate Highlights Issue of Job Creation
With only two weeks until elections, the Georgia gubernatorial debate on Oct. 23 addressed a key issue on the minds of Georgia voters: jobs. The three candidates debated a range of issues related to their visions for creating and keeping jobs in Georgia. Topics included health care reform, criminal justice…
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Exact Match Requirement, Cell Phone Incident Cause Controversy for Perdue
A student group at Georgia Tech says Sen. David Perdue (R-Georgia) grabbed a student’s phone when the student tried to ask about Perdue’s support for Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor. In a now-viral video, Perdue is seen grabbing the phone from the student who is trying to ask…
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Georgia’s Gubernatorial Race Tightens: A Look Inside Candidate’s Campaigns
Georgia’s gubernatorial race is closing in with less than one month until election day. Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams will face off on Nov. 6 after a long and hard-fought battle that has gained national attention. I spoke with Thomas Moore, a former Abrams intern, Parker Marlow,…
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Mayor-Elect Kelly Girtz on Six Ways Athens Could See Change
A majority of Athens-Clarke County voters took their hopes for radical change to the polls when they elected a new mayor who will take charge next January. Kelly Girtz, a progressive democrat who was elected in a three-man mayoral contest in the May 22 elections, will be accompanied by a…
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Pizza and Politics: UGA Republicans, Democrats Discuss Key Issues
Audience members chowed down on pizza, snacks and sodas during Pizza and Politics, a peaceful political discussion, hosted by Young Democrats of UGA, UGA College Republicans and moderated by Georgia Political Review. Panelists discussed current issues facing Georgia and the nation, such as clean energy, small business growth and K-12…
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Parents vs. Social Media and How Students Choose to Vote
Students adapt to life without their parents during the four years they’re away at college. But leaving home doesn’t mean leaving everything behind, including how students vote. University of Georgia Political Psychology Professor Alexa Bankert explains what the parental transmission hypothesis is and how it could impact students and…