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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Thanks to a new law, SB 189, it could be easier for third-party and independent presidential candidates to appear on Georgia ballots.
And since Georgia’s last presidential race was decided by less than 12,000 votes, the presence of those candidates could shape whether President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump win in November.
On this week’s episode of WABE’s “Plugged In,” politics reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali discuss SB 189 and some of the candidates that could be joining Biden and Trump on the Georgia ballot.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head coach Brent Key has brought Georgia Tech back to respectability. In 2023, the Yellow Jackets went 7-6 and won a bowl game for the first time since 2016, which was the last time that Georgia Tech defeated Georgia.
Key and Georgia Tech challenged Georgia in 2023. The Yellow Jackets lost 31-23 and were close to getting a chance to tie up the game.
“There’s nothing I hate more in the world,” said Key when asked about Georgia football at a recent alumni event. “It’s probably the only thing I actually hate. When I say hate, like, truly despise everything about it. I really do.”
Not only did Georgia Tech fall to Georgia on the field, but the Bulldogs also took a key member of Georgia Tech’s coaching staff this offseason. Key, who played college football for Georgia Tech, clearly has not gotten over Georgia’s eight-point win over the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta last year.
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“Three minutes and 31 seconds with three timeouts left, we’re down by eight. Muff the onside kick, get (UGA) to third-and-3, they run a toss sweep out of the bunch formation to the boundary,” said Key. “(Georgia Tech linebacker) Kyle Efford is about two inches away from making the tackle.”
“I think about it every day,” continued Key. “(Efford) thinks about it every day. We talk about it every day.”
There’s no doubt that Georgia Tech has Black Friday circled on its calendar. The Yellow Jackets always have the goal of beating Georgia. Georgia Tech’s improvement does not mean much if the Yellow Jackets can’t conquer their biggest rival.
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A 21-year-old woman in Georgia just broke a nearly half-century-old fishing record. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced the new saltwater fish record on June 5.
According to the department, St. Mary’s resident Lauren Harden caught a crevalle jack that weighed a whopping 33 pounds, 10.72 ounces. She caught the fish on May 24 on Cumberland Island, the largest and southernmost of the state’s barrier islands. According to Georgia Aquarium, crevalle jack are large, silvery fish that are often found in large schools in open water, usually over the continental shelf.
“It is an important food fish and is also popular with sport fishermen because of its strength, speed and fighting spirit,” the Georgia Aquarium says.
Lauren Harden, 21, broke a nearly 50-year-old fishing record in Georgia in May 2024 after she managed to catch a more than 33-pound crevalle jack.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
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The fish Harden captured, however, was not even half the weight the animals can grow to. The aquarium says that the fish, which are known for their steep foreheads and tendency to “grunt or croak when caught by fishermen,” can reach up to 70 pounds.
The previous record for catching the fish was set in 1981 by Ann Allen. Her fish weighed 30 pounds and 6 ounces. The current record for males is a 38-pound, 8-ounce crevalle jack that was caught by Lex Bazemore in August 2001.
“We are excited to congratulate Ms. Harden on this extraordinary achievement,” said Tyler Jones, the public information officer for the Department of Natural Resources’ Coastal Resources Division. “Records like this inspire other anglers and showcase the diverse and thriving marine life in Georgia’s coastal waters.”
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Li Cohen is a senior social media producer at CBS News. She previously wrote for amNewYork and The Seminole Tribune. She mainly covers climate, environmental and weather news.
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