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Low voter turnout during Georgia’s presidential primary

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March 12, 2024

Low voter turnout during Georgia’s presidential primary

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – Poll workers at a precinct in Savannah say just a few people are turning out for the presidential preference primary on Tuesday.

Across the state of Georgia, there was about a 65 percent decrease in early voter turnout compared to the presidential primary election in 2020.

Only about 8,000 of the more than 230,000 registered voters in Chatham County voted early or cast an absentee ballot. That’s only about 3 percent.

When WTOC spoke with election officials leading up to primary day in Georgia, they were hopeful for a higher turnout at the polls on Tuesday. That was before republican candidate Nikki Hayley dropped out.

A poll manager at the Jewish Educational Alliance said this might be the lowest number of voters she’s ever seen.

“Some mornings we’ll have a line before we open the door and at lunch time, we’ll have a rush and then we have a break, and then after that, then we have a rush,” poll manager Jeanette Cooper said. “But this is the slowest because when I came in the morning time to set up, I said, ‘where’s my people.’ I didn’t see none today.”

An assistant political science professor at Georgia Southern University said there’s a few reasons behind that drop.

First, she says in 2020, we didn’t know who the democratic candidate would be driving more people to the polls.

She also says in 2020, a lot of people were voting through an absentee ballot, which is something we saw less of this year.

Because voters already know who the likely front runners are in this race, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, she says that’s leading to lower turnout.

However, she said it’s still important to cast your vote, especially because Georgia is viewed as a swing state.

“What the primaries do, is it sort of gives the campaigns some indication of how they’ll do in the state, or where they will do well. And so, one of the reasons why it’s important to go out and vote and so that then the candidates will have some idea of how they’re going to do and what they need to do to fix any weaknesses in their campaign moving forward,” Kimberly Martin said.

Martin says each candidate will be viewing the state of Georgia as a huge prize this presidential election, and based on results Tuesday night, it will give them a clearer view of who might be able to win the Peach State.

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Republicans win Georgia race — but Democrats post largest swing yet in special House elections

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April 8, 2026

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Republicans win Georgia race — but Democrats post largest swing yet in special House elections

Republicans padded their slim House majority with a special election win in Georgia on Tuesday night. But the race also marked the biggest swing against the GOP compared with the 2024 presidential results out of seven House special elections in President Donald Trump’s second term.

It’s the latest sign of an encouraging political environment for Democrats, though the results in lower-turnout special elections never translate exactly to November. Democrats hope to mobilize voter frustration with Trump and his party to break the Republicans’ unified control of Washington this year.

Republican attorney Clay Fuller, Trump’s pick to fill the seat vacated by GOP former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation this year, is projected to defeat Democrat Shawn Harris and hold Georgia’s 14th Congressional District for Republicans. But the results Tuesday look nothing like in 2024, when Trump won the district by almost 37 points and Greene won by about 29 points.

Fuller led Harris by 55.9% to 44.1% with 99% of the expected vote in, according to NBC News’ Decision Desk. That’s a 12-point margin — and a 25-point swing from Trump’s margin.

The previous biggest swing in a House special election during Trump’s second term came about a year ago, in Florida’s 1st District. There, Democrat Gay Valimont lost by about 15 points, a 23-point improvement on Trump’s 37-point victory margin, even as Republican Jimmy Patronis won the seat. In another special House election the same day, in the state’s 6th District, Democrats improved on Harris’ 2024 margin by 16 points.

And in a December special House election in Tennessee, the Democratic candidate lost by 9 points about a year after Trump won the district by 22 points.

The trend across those House special elections has also extended to other special elections, helping Democrats flip 11 state legislative seats in special elections since the start of last year. And there are signs the party isn’t doing that just by turning out more Democrats while Republicans stay home: An NBC News Decision Desk analysis found that Democrats’ most recent state legislative wins in Florida came despite the fact that more registered Republicans voted in those races than registered Democrats.

Harris’ overperformance in Georgia stands out from the other Democratic congressional candidates in Republican-held seats because he spent the least amount of campaign funds on ads, according to the tracking firm AdImpact.

Harris spent $1.1 million on ads in the race, including $298,000 since the first round of voting March 10. Fuller and Republican outside groups spent a combined $4 million, including $1.1 million since March 10.

Harris’ most recent campaign finance report, which detailed spending through March 18, showed that his campaign spent heavily on digital fundraising and building his donor list and on running a field program.

In both Florida special elections, the Democratic candidates, Josh Weil and Gay Valimont, outspent Republican groups and their respective GOP opponents, Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, on the airwaves. In Tennessee, Democrat Aftyn Behn spent $3.5 million on the airwaves. Republican Matt Van Epps and his GOP allies ultimately spent $7.5 million, thanks to a late spending push from Republican groups.

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Georgia House Special Runoff Election 2026 Live Results

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April 7, 2026

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Georgia House Special Runoff Election 2026 Live Results

The expected vote is the total number of votes that are expected in a given race once all votes are counted. This number is an estimate and is based on several different factors, including information on the number of votes cast early as well as information provided to our vote reporters on Election Day from county election officials. The figure can change as NBC News gathers new information.

Source: Vote data via the Associated Press. Projections by the NBC News Decision Desk.

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New Safe Haven Law: Georgia ‘baby box’ bill heads to Gov. Kemp

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April 7, 2026

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New Safe Haven Law: Georgia ‘baby box’ bill heads to Gov. Kemp

Georgia passes anonymous ‘baby box’ bill

Georgia lawmakers have approved House Bill 350, a life-saving measure allowing anonymous infant surrender through secure, monitored safety boxes at fire and police stations.

ATLANTA – A new bill headed to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk aims to provide Georgians with a safe way to surrender an infant through the installation of “baby safe haven boxes.” The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate last week, serves as an extension of Georgia’s current Safe Haven law.

What we know:

Under existing state law, a mother can surrender a child up to 30 days after birth at a fire department, police station, or hospital without facing prosecution. The new bill would expand these options by allowing for the installation of medical-grade safety boxes at these locations.

The boxes are designed to be installed on the exterior of hospitals, fire stations, or police stations. According to the legislation, these units will be equipped with security cameras to record anyone accessing the box. Once a child is placed inside, an automated system will trigger a 911 call to alert emergency responders. The infant is then transported to a hospital before being placed into the custody of the Department of Family and Children Services.

Local governments will not be responsible for the cost of the units. Instead, individual communities must fundraise if they wish to install a safety box in their area.

What they’re saying:

Advocates like Brittany Almon, who worked with legislators to support the bill, say the mission is deeply personal. Almon became an adoptive mother in 2022 to a boy who was surrendered under the state’s current Safe Haven Law.

“In 2022, I became an adoptive mom to a little boy who was surrendered under our current safe haven law. His biological mother did a face-to-face surrender,” Almon said. “He was a healthy baby boy and whatever her circumstances were, she knew that she couldn’t give him the life he deserved, and she knew there was somebody out there that could.”

Almon explained that the boxes provide a specialized environment for the infant while offering support to the parent.

“Inside the box, there’s a medical-grade bassinet that she will place her baby in. There’s actually also some resources that will fall out to her in an orange bag,” Almon said. “Once that door is shut, there’s a 30-second delay let her, the person, walk away. And from there, an alarm goes off, and that alarm will alert fire station or hospital staff that a newborn is in the box.”

Once the alarm sounds and the child is recovered, Almon noted that “then from there that baby is placed into the Department of Family and Children Services’ custody.”

While the use of surrender boxes has sparked debate, Almon argued that increasing available options is the priority.

“The more resources offer someone, the better it can be to help someone navigate the situation they’re in,” Almon said. “We can always judge people for what they do, and why do it, because we don’t know their circumstances.”

You can read more about Almon’s efforts here.

The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the text of the Georgia legislation, an interview with advocate Brittany Almon, and official records from the Georgia General Assembly.

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