Morning Reads – Thursday, November 5, 2020

Good morning! Or…is it?

It is National Donut Day and that’s definitely worth celebrating. And before we go any further, this is a must mention because it is the luckiest town in the nation. No real explanation needed.

Peaches

• Georgia voters pass three ballot questions by wide margins
• Could the WNBA’s activism help turn a Senate seat blue?
• Voters in Georgia may seek to ‘cure’ their ballots if initially rejected
• See inside ballot-counting process in Georgia
• Georgia election official: Machine glitch caused by last-minute vendor upload
• Georgia man drove nearly 1,000 miles to secure his vote
• And…This guy drove 2,000 miles roundtrip from Boston to Georgia to vote after his absentee ballot didn’t arrive
• Georgia cop loses job for doing ‘right thing’ the ‘wrong way‘

Jimmy Carter

• The Real Winner Of The Election? Drugs.
• Polling — at all levels — takes a beating
• Our elections weren’t hacked and apparently people are surprised.
• Not even everyone who voted wanted to know the results.
• Watching Election Workers Process Ballots Is The New Comfort-Food Television
• The Dow is on pace for its strongest post–Election Day rally in 120 years
• Zuckerberg, Bezos Gain Most on Day One of Post-Election Limbo
• Democrats raised more than $315 million to decisively lose 6 Senate races
• New Jersey bans…most everything you can carry things in.
• Affirmative action push in Proposition 16 fails to win over California voters

Sweet Tea

• 2020: Earth Keeps Pulsating Every 26 Seconds. No One Knows Why.
• Caffiene has healing properties.