Some residents of Chatham County were already evacuating by Thursday, Oct. 6, five days before the deadline to register to vote in the November general election. By Oct. 7, many government offices had closed. That night, many area homes lost power; some homes remained without power for a week. Yes, many evacuees were in places
Former Savannah congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Jack Kingston has become one of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s most vocal surrogates. He regularly appears on cable TV news shows in support of Trump’s candidacy, including Friday night, when he appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, attempting to defend Trump’s remarks as locker room talk: https://youtu.be/UwyYWhU4RNk This
The presidential election is no doubt consuming all the oxygen in politics, but it’s worth noting Georgians will vote on four constitutional amendments next month. Brian Kemp’s office sent a list of the proposed constitutional amendments, which you can read here, or you can read the “too long; didn’t read” version below. If a GeorgiaPol
With early voting starting next week, and with great rumors of demographic change giving, in the eyes of some, their best chance to flip Georgia from Republican to Democratic, at least at the presidential level, it’s time to take a look at who is registered to vote, and what has changed about the electorate since
In the wake of reports that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made improper sexual advances towards as many as eight women, the candidate has amplified his concerns that the November election could be stolen, giving Democrat Hillary Clinton an undeserved victory. The possibility of voter fraud was first brought up by Trump in August, when
Landmark Communications just released new Georgia polling that shows Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Hillary Clinton by 5.5 percentage points, and Republican Johnny Isakson leading Democrat Jim Barksdale by 13.6 points. The poll was taken Tuesday and Wednesday using 1,400 likely Georgia voters. The margin of error is 2.7% IN the presidential race, Trump had
Everyone is familiar with the maps that attempt to show how each state will vote in the presidential race, typically color coded red and blue, with lighter shades indicating less confidence in the prediction. Over at ShareBlue, a Democratic-leaning media company, they’ve come up with state-level maps that project how each county will vote in
A front page story in today’s New York Times dives into the difficulties Republicans are facing following Donald Trump’s declaration that “the shackles have been taken off me,” and his willingness to go against the Republican Party. The story lists lists states and GOP candidates who are at risk of losing, but it also includes
Television ads are running throughout Georgia trying to scare voters into voting against the proposed Opportunity School District (“OSD”) Constitutional Amendment, an education reform proposal desperately needed in our state. These scare tactics by advocates of the status quo failed before in 2012 when Georgians overwhelmingly supported the State Charter School Amendment, and we need
The title says its all—today is the last day to register as a voter in the 2016 presidential election. It’s also the last day to update any voter information. Despite an unpredictable, unprecedented season of presidential campaigns , we can all agree that the ability to be heard by the leaders of our nation is
