Former President Trump rallied in Georgia on Tuesday, the first day of early voting in the state, urging supporters to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day in the crucial battleground state. “Early mail-in voting in your state is now underway,

Georgia’s election office reported 587,210 ballots were accepted as of Wednesday. Out of the 35,741 mail-in ballots that have returned, all but 265 were accepted. Gabriel Sterling, Chief Operations Officer of Georgia’s office of Secretary of State expressed his awe at the turnout so far.

Fully 33% of Georgia’s registered voters are black—more than in any other swing state. Polls put Ms Harris’s support ten points lower among black voters in Georgia than Mr. Biden’s share in 2020. Sources: Catalist; YouGov; The Economist

The counties with the highest early voting turnout all voted for the same candidate in 2020. What does this mean for 2024?

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The pews were filling up inside Mount Zion Baptist Church, where former President Bill Clinton was set to launch his rural campaign swing for Vice President Kamala Harris in this Democratic stronghold bordering a sea of rural red Georgia.

A judge on Wednesday stopped a controversial election board in Georgia from rolling out new rules for how ballots should be counted and handled, the latest courtroom setback for allies of former President Donald Trump.

The measures had been promoted by the State Election Board. The judge called them “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”

A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state.

A Georgia judge determined that seven new rules passed by the GOP-controlled state election board were "unlawful and void."