Election 2018
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2018 Election
Knocking for Votes: Campaigning for Wiedower for District 119
Emily Graven is a senior majoring in Journalism at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
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2018 Election
Canvassing in a Year Off: Locals Meet Neighbors While Partnering with Athens for Everyone
Whitley Carpenter is a senior majoring in Journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
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2018 Election
Political Climate Between Oconee, Clarke Counties Often Differs
Situated right next to each other, Clarke County and Oconee County are polar opposites when it comes to voting. Typically, Oconee votes Republican, while Clarke votes Democrat. Athens Mayor Nancy Denson compares Clarke County to a breakfast treat. “Athens is like the blue donut, or the blue donut hole surrounded…
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2018 Election
Governor’s Race Leading to Increase in Voting in Barrow County
The Georgia governor’s race has been heating up counties all across the state of Georgia. Many Georgia residents have registered to vote, and the Barrow County Board of Elections is seeing that effect in their office and at the polls. The county is historically red with 47,000 registered voters, but…
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2018 Election
Vice President Pence Campaigns Across Georgia for Brian Kemp
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp greeted a rally crowd at the Columbia County Exhibition Center in Grovetown, Ga., on Nov. 1, 2018. Pence traveled to Dalton, Grovetown and Savannah to campaign for the Republican candidate before the Nov. 6 election. [flickr_set id=”72157701551061861″] Vira Halim…
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2018 Election
Abrams Weighs In On Housing Concerns, Kemp Remains Quiet
Housing policy affects the places people live, the schools they attend, the jobs they can access and many other aspects of day-to-day life. But will it affect the outcome of the upcoming election for Georgia’s governor? On Nov. 6, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp and former Georgia House of…
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2018 Election
Georgians to Vote on Marsy’s Law as One of Several State Amendments
Georgia voters should expect to decide on five amendments to the state constitution in this year’s election. One of those amendments is known as Marsy’s Law. This is how it will appear on the ballot: If the amendment passes, crime victims will have the right to be notified of any proceedings…
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Athens-Clarke County
ANNOTATED: Mayor-Elect Kelly Girtz on Six Ways Athens Could See Change
ANNOTATION INSTRUCTIONS: When you see a light red highlight, click on the small comment box to the right to read the reporter’s annotation. 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.…
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2018 Election
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…