A judge has agreed to extend the deadline to return absentee ballots for voters in a suburban Atlanta county who didn’t receive their ballots because election officials failed to mail them,
Georgia candidates are making last-day appeals in races for governor and senator. Tuesday's election comes after 2.5 million people cast early ballots and campaigns spent hundreds of millions. But there were still voters to persuade on Monday with total turnout that could exceed 4.5 million by the end of Tuesday’s election.
Monday onPolitical Rewind: It's finally Election Week in Georgia. Herschel Walker campaigned at UGA's home game Saturday, but he may not attend a Kemp campaign rally tonight with the GOP ticket. Sen. Warnock is rallying a hometown audience in Savannah as Stacey Abrams campaigns in metro Atlanta. Plus, David Ralston steps down as Speaker of the House.
Both Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker feature faith as part of their public identities. But they do it in distinct ways, jousting in moral terms on matters from abortion, race and criminal justice to each other's personal lives and behavior.
Friday onPolitical Rewind: Today is the last day of early voting. And as the midterm elections reach a crucial phase @GabrielSterling joins us to talk about Georgia's electoral process. He'll discuss record early voting, potential challenges, and how quickly results will come down on election night.
Thursday onPolitical Rewind: Over 2 million Georgians have already voted. Our panel weighs in on who has access to the polls. Plus, Georgia's U.S. Senate race could determine who has the majority. Meanwhile: Emails show Trump lawyers hoped Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas would assist in a voter fraud case in Georgia.
Georgia's top candidates are campaigning in communities dominated by their own supporters as they seek to boost turnout amid heavy early voting statewide. Both sides are trying to pry votes out of every cranny, knowing that even as more than 4 million people are likely to vote by Nov. 8, the outcome could be decided by mere thousands of ballots.
Thursday onPolitical Rewind: A second woman has alleged that Herschel Walker tried to convince her to have an abortion. How will it affect his campaign?
Plus, election officials brace for disruptions at polling places motivated by the "big lie" conspiracy.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: 1 million Georgians already made their voices heard during the first eight days of early voting. Plus, Hyundai broke ground for a new electric vehicle plant near Savannah. Gov. Brian Kemp touted it as a win for his economic strategy. Meanwhile, Herschel Walker teams up with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Herschel Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate as a champion of free enterprise and advocate for the mentally ill, felons and others. Yet Walker, through a major chicken processor that he touts as a principal partner to one of his primary businesses, has benefited from years of unpaid labor by drug offenders routed to the facility by Oklahoma state courts. A pending federal lawsuit alleges that participants are denied their required treatments like those Walker touts.
Friday on Political Rewind: Candidates receive new celebrity endorsements; Walker has the support of his former coach, Vince Dooley; Oprah Winfrey and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda campaign for Warnock and Abrams. Plus, new records are set for early voting — maybe. Our panel looks at who's coming to the polls.
Thursday onPolitical Rewind: Emails in a California federal court show that Donald Trump knew that there was no fraud in Georgia's 2020 election count when he filed challenges. Meanwhile, Herschel Walker is accusing Sen. Raphael Warnock of evicting tenants of an apartment with ties to his church.
