midterm election
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2018 Election
Kemp Supporters Express Optimism at Election Watch Party in Athens
As polls closed on Tuesday, Georgia’s Republican Party members and Brian Kemp supporters flooded the ballroom of The Classic Center in the gubernatorial candidate’s hometown of Athens. Those assembled included Kemp’s family and friends, senators and congressmen, students, a man carrying a “Latino’s for Kemp sign” and a Santa Claus…
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2018 Election
Early Morning Voters Cast Their Ballots at Cedar Shoals
The bright red “Vote Here” signs with arrows directing voters to the polls were difficult to see in the light rainfall before sunrise. But outside the only lit building on Cedar Shoals High School’s campus about a dozen people lined up before voting began at 7 a.m. The line grew…
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2018 Election
Taking the Pulse of Election 2018: UGA Campus Marks Election Day
University of Georgia students cast their votes in the 2018 midterm election on Nov. 6 among posters, signage and the trappings of the midterm races. Around campus, students could be seen wearing the “I’m a Georgia Voter” stickers. One student, Lexi Wright, thought the voter turnout from this election was…
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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…