Greater than 850,000 Georgians solid a poll in individual or returned an absentee poll within the days and weeks earlier than final month’s major election. That was greater than double the quantity who voted early in Georgia’s major two years in the past and totaled about 44% of all of the votes solid.
Republicans thought-about that document early voting turnout vindication for modifications made to Georgia’s legal guidelines after the controversial 2020 election that President Joe Biden referred to as “Jim Crow 2.0.” Democrats, with elevated turnout over its 2018 gubernatorial major, argued that voters turned out regardless of Georgia’s new regulation.
With the marquee races of governor and U.S. Senate settled within the major, turnout will not be anticipated to be practically as excessive when voters return to the polls for a handful of runoff races this week. Plus, there are solely 5 days of early voting prematurely of the June 21 election.
This time round, Democrats will see extra on their poll since no candidate gained greater than 50% of the vote in statewide races and Coastal Georgia’s U.S. Home seat.
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Solely two Southeast Georgia legislative races will likely be on the GOP poll and since neither seat has a Democratic opponent, the winner of the runoff will likely be elected.
Just one native race went to a runoff – a Board of Schooling seat in Brantley County.
Early voting in Georgia is also referred to as absentee in-person voting. Regardless of your assigned precinct, all registered voters go to their county’s elections workplace. You’ll have to carry a legitimate photograph ID akin to a driver’s license, passport or voter identification card. You possibly can go to My Voter Web page on the Secretary of State’s web site to verify your voting standing, confirm your present handle, see a pattern poll and discover your particular polling place.
Right here’s what Georgias can vote on Monday via Friday at your county’s election workplace or at your precinct on Tuesday, June 21:
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Georgia Lieutenant Governor – Democrat
Kwanza Corridor
Charlie Bailey
Winner will face Republican major winner Burt Jones in November.
Georgia Secretary of State – Democrat
Bee Nguyen
Dee Dawkins-Haigler
Winner will face incumbent Republican Brad Raffensperger in November.
Winner will face Republican major winner John King, the incumbent, in November.
Georgia Labor Commissioner – Democrat
William Boddie
Nicole Horn
Winner will face Republican major winner Bruce Thompson in November.
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U.S. Home – District 1 – Democrat
Winner will face Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter in November.
Georgia State Senate – District 3 – Republican
Represents Brantley Camden, Charlton, Glynn and a part of Ware counties. One-term Republican state Sen. Sheila McNeill will not be looking for re-election. No Democratic candidates certified to run for this workplace.
Georgia State Home – District 179 – Republican
Consists of the town of Brunswick, St. Simons Island and different elements of jap Glynn County. Present state Rep. Don Hogan will not be looking for re-election and no Democrat entered the race for this seat.
Brantley County Board of Schooling – Submit 4
Brenda Sue Johns (incumbent)
Cliff Adams
This can be a non-partisan race, so the winner of the runoff will likely be elected.
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STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) – Just ten days prior to Georgia Southern’s matchup against Georgia State on Saturday, the Eagles picked up their first Sun Belt win in Atlanta against the Panthers. However, the script was flipped the second time around, as Georgia State pulled out an 88-83 win in triple overtime.
After trailing 22-11 after the first quarter, the Eagles came back to make it a 5-point game at the half. Georgia Southern led by three with under a minute left in regulation, but Georgia State hit a three-pointer to send it to the first overtime period.
In overtime, the Eagles trailed by four with 15 seconds left on the clock, but this time it was Southern with a clutch shot — Paris Gaines made a three-pointer to bring the Eagles within one. She followed it up by making one of two free throws to send it to double OT.
In double overtime, Shanti Simmons made a layup with 5 seconds remaining to tie the game at 76 and push it to triple OT. In that final period, Georgia Southern had possession trailing by one with under a minute to play, but the Panthers got a steal, extended their lead, and went on to get the win 88-83.
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Simmons led the way for the Eagles with 22 points. Mckenna Eddings followed not far behind with 20, while Gaines made some clutch baskets in extra time.
“This was a tough one,” said head coach Hana Haden. “I think that this will probably be a tough one for everyone to get over — you’re that close. I think for us, something that we’ve been talking about for a lot of the year is trying to play for 40 minutes, and now tonight, we had to play for 55 minutes, and I think if you clean up some things in the first 40 minutes, then maybe it doesn’t have to come to that. It’s really tough whenever you fight as hard as our group did.”
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Joseph Pinion scored 14 points as Arkansas State beat Georgia State 85-59 on Saturday.
Pinion shot 5 for 10, including 4 for 9 from beyond the arc for the Red Wolves (14-5, 5-2 Sun Belt Conference). Taryn Todd scored 12 points and added six rebounds and five assists. Izaiyah Nelson had eight points and finished 4 of 8 from the floor.
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The Panthers (7-12, 3-4) were led in scoring by Nicholas McMullen, who finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Cesare Edwards added 15 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks for Georgia State. Jelani Hamilton also recorded 13 points and two steals.
Both teams play again on Thursday. Arkansas State hosts Appalachian State and Georgia State hosts Marshall.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Bird flu was detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak started in 2022, officials announced on Friday.
The positive case of the H5N1 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was found in Elbert County. It was confirmed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
This marks the fifth detection of the virus in a flock in the state, but the first one in a commercial poultry operation. Last week, GDA officials announced that the virus was found in a flock of 13 chickens and ducks in Clayton County.
“This is a serious threat to Georgia’s number one industry and the livelihoods of thousands of Georgians who make their living in our state’s poultry industry,” said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper. “We are working around the clock to mitigate any further spread of the disease and ensure that normal poultry activities in Georgia can resume as quickly as possible.”
As a result of the detection, all in-state poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets and sales have been suspended until further notice.
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Earlier this year, a Louisiana resident died after being hospitalized with bird flu, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus.
Since 2003, the World Health Organization has counted more than 400 deaths from the virus.
Camille Knox
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Camille C. Knox is a senior editor at CBSNnews.com. She is a graduate of Michigan State University. Prior to joining CBS News, she served as a reporter and editor for publications that include Snopes, the Tampa Bay Times, The Clarion-Ledger and AOL’s Patch.