No Saturday voting in Georgia runoff after Thanksgiving
A 2016 state law prohibits Saturday voting within two days of a holiday.
A 2016 state law prohibits Saturday voting within two days of a holiday.
The same number of voters participated as in 2018, despite another 500,000 registered voters.
Turnout in December is expected to be lower.
Democrats show early signs of hope, but Election Day could flip the script.
The Vermont Senator will headline a youth voter mobilization rally on Oct. 29.
Turnout so far is almost 60% higher than advance voting at this point in 2018.
The trend has been building since early voting opened one week ago.
Stacey Abrams, Georgia Democrats’ nominee for governor, is launching an intensive effort to get out the vote by urging potential supporters to cast in-person ballots the first week of early voting as she tries to navigate the state’s new election laws. The strategy, outlined to The Associated Press by Abrams’ top aides, is a shift…