Battle looms over Georgian elections as president rejects results
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has rejected the results of Saturday's parliamentary elections due to what she said was large-scale fraud, and called for street protests on Monday in defiance of the country's governing party, Georgian Dream. According to a preliminary count by the election commission, the conservative nationalist Georgian Dream, led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, won the election with nearly 54% of the vote. The opposition is split into several blocs, with the most popular, the Coalition for Change, winning 11%, according to the commission. The poll could see the country continue to pivot away from its previous orientation towards the Europan Union,...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia voters are once again expected to play a pivotal role in the presidential election on Nov. 5, even as many are focusing on recovering and rebuilding from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene.
Georgia's early voter turnout has shattered records. View the turnout in your county
Voting in the Peach State is in full swing, with fewer than 3 weeks left until election day. Over 300,000 Georgia residents cast their ballot on Tuesday, the first day of early voting, a record-shattering turnout. During the 2020 presidential election, roughly 136,000 Georgia residents participated in the first day of early voting, according to the Secretary of State’s Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling. This year, that number has more than doubled, and election officials are predicting that...
More than 600K ballots cast in Georgia early voting
Georgia residents are casting early voting ballots in record numbers with more than 600,000 votes recorded as of Wednesday, according to the office of Georgia’s secretary of state. “As of 3:30pm we have broken past 200k today with 209,224 votes cast. So with the rest of today and absentees we could get close to 600,000…