It’s Election Day and Georgia voters are casting ballots to select Democratic and Republican candidates for scores of races — including governor, the U.S. Senate, state legislators and members of Congress.
Follow The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for unparalleled coverage all day. When polls close at 7 p.m. the AJC is your source for results. Our team of experienced journalists will be with the leading candidates around the state, and will help you make sense of what happened and what comes next.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is also running for the GOP nomination for governor, kicked off Election Day by reassuring Georgians that “election integrity will be upheld.”
During a news conference Tuesday morning, Raffensperger said his office sent inspectors to 600 polling locations throughout the state to monitor processes and ensure things go smoothly.
“Despite what you have heard online, votes are received, inspected, counted and tabulated at the county level,” Raffensperger said.
Responding to some Republican candidates who have raised transparency concerns about the vote count, Raffensperger encouraged officials to visit tabulation centers to observe the process.
“If you’re concerned with the integrity of elections, you should visit one or several of 149 county tabulation centers today, instead of trying to confuse voters,” he said.
Raffensperger will spend the morning and afternoon visiting election hubs in Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Cobb counties to meet with election directors.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson has an early reason to celebrate – but it has nothing to do with his political prospects.
The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a decision this morning related to one of Jackson’s companies. It reverses a lower-court ruling that had forced him to pay nearly $3.8 million in damages to a former associate from a real estate development joint venture.
The case, argued before the justices late last year, is dense. It has to do with arbitration agreements and when an entity that’s not a signatory can be compelled to arbitrate their claims through one.
If you’re looking for a little light reading, you can check out the justices’ decision.
That fact that it comes today of all days is probably a coincidence, but a good reminder to us political junkies that the world doesn’t stop just because it’s Election Day.
If you're voting today in Fulton and DeKalb counties, you can check the wait before heading to your polling location.
In Fulton County, all locations have waits under 30 minutes, according to their map. The longest wait this morning in DeKalb County was 10 minutes at the Austin Drive precinct.
A reminder: You must vote at your assigned polling place today. Not sure where that is? Check your voter registration with the Secretary of State’s My Voter Page tool.
Fulton: Click here to view.
DeKalb: Click here to view.
Wondering what your fellow Georgians think about their primary options? The AJC has exclusive polling of likely Republican and Democratic primary voters.
Check out the results of those polls for:
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Voting in the party primaries can make you dizzy.
Maybe you've got an idea about the topline races, but farther down the ballot, things get a little murky. Who are these candidates? What do these questions mean?
Check out this video from the AJC and get grounded on what to expect.
The AJC’s senior political reporter Greg Bluestein sets the scene for today's party primaries.
Will President Donald Trump’s endorsement be enough to carry Lt. Gov. Burt Jones over the top in the Republican gubernatorial primary, or will upstart Rick Jackson and his deep pockets win the day?
On the Democratic side, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is trying to avoid a runoff, but challengers like former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. Jason Esteves and former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond are jockeying to make it into a runoff.
Read more about the primaries here.
If you encounter unusually long lines, intimidation or other problems while voting today we want to hear about it.
Please email us at politics@ajc.com.
You can also contact your county registrar's office.
Check out the AJC’s Voter Guide for a breakdown of where candidates stand on key issues – plus access voting information, including absentee ballots and polling place resources.
Go here: Voter Guide
Polling places throughout Georgia have opened for the state’s midterm primary elections.
Questions about voting? Here is what you need to know.
Still making up your mind?
Check out the AJC’s Voter Guide for a breakdown of the candidates and where they stand on key issues as well as other voting resources.
Voting lasts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter spent Monday in a small plane touching down in Georgia's largest cities to chat with the media about his campaign for the U.S. Senate.
After stops in Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Albany and Columbus he landed in Atlanta where he again criticized incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and explained why he believes he is the best person to face him in November. Carter is running against Mike Collins and Derek Dooley for the GOP nod.
"This is going to be a tough enough race without giving the Democrats a gift, and if either one of those is our candidates, then it's a gift to them," Carter, R-St. Simons Island, said. "Because the only one who can go toe-to-toe with Jon Ossoff and compare records without any distractions is me."
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