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General
Special Election Countdown September 16, 2008 11 days
General Election Countdown November 4, 2008 60 days
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Georgia Election News
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Palin may bring more Georgia evangelicals to McCain camp (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, with her conservative Christian credentials, appears to have turned grudging support from Georgia evangelicals into an excited buzz that may translate into votes for John McCain.
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Voter Registration Is Up For General Election (WTVM 9 Columbus)
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) -- It doesn't matter who wins the election in November history will be made on either the Republican or Democratic side. Election officials say the upcoming presidential election is getting so much attention voter registration is rising rapidly.
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Georgia GOP congressman calls Obamas 'uppity' (Tucson Citizen)
WASHINGTON - Democrats are calling on a Republican congressman from Georgia to apologize for referring to Barack and Michelle Obama as "uppity," but the lawmaker stood by his comments and said he meant no offense.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-05 13:44 Macedonia warns of Georgia fallout from blocked bids (Interactive Investor)
BRUSSELS , Sept 5 (Reuters) - Macedonia's deputy prime minister warned on Friday that Russian military intervention in Georgia could encourage fringe elements in his country if its bids to join the EU and NATO were not unblocked quickly.
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Confessions of a Money Manager: Which party is better for the stock market? (The Capital Times)
Well, investors, we're in the soup again. The presidential election has officially started, and we haven't a clue -- currently it's a statistical dead heat -- who will occupy the Oval Office next January. Nor do we know what will happen with the economy, interest rates, taxes, gasoline prices, or where the next hurricane will make a landfall. With the Russians invading Georgia, we're just not ...
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Special election to fill Andrews' school board seat (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
DeKalb County will hold a special election at the same time as the Nov. 4 general election for the seat of longtime school board member Elizabeth Andrews, who died last week. The District 9 seat held by Andrews represents a large swath of neighborhoods in middle and south DeKalb and is one of two "at-large" seats on the nine-member board. Qualifying for the seat starts at 9 a.m. Monday at the ...
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Stage set for 'pivotal' realignment in '08 (USA Today)
Sweeping demographic changes in the American electorate are undercutting old assumptions about swing voters and battleground states and making the 60-day general-election campaign that starts this morning even less predictable than usual.
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WEB EXTRA: Election notes (Delaware Coast Press)
It started with a punchy piece of campaign news: ?Baker Receives Farmer Support,? announced the headline on the press release from Sussex County Council candidate Mark Baker.
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The GOP plan for the home stretch (Politico via Yahoo! News)
ST. PAUL, Minn. ? John McCain intends to return to his maverick roots in the suddenly-here home stretch of the general election, portraying himself and his unconventional running mate as the real reformers and trying to steal the mantle of change from Barack Obama.
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Voter registration open for November election (The Red and Black)
The 2008 Presidential election is one of the first opportunities to vote for many University students. All eligible voters must register by Oct. 6 to be able to cast a ballot in November. Athens-Clarke County Elections Assistant Cora Wright said first-time registrants should be mindful of the county in which they choose to register.
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Secretary of State
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Secretary of State Handel Joins NASS in Declaring September 2008 National Voter Registration Month (The Weekly)
Atlanta (August 29, 2009) ? Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel today joined fellow members of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) in declaring September 2008 National Voter Registration Month.
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Handel to address Optimists Sept. 11 event raises funds for club's youth programs (Forsyth County News Front Page)
Secretary of State Karen Handel will make the Forsyth-Cumming Optimist Club's Sept. 11 meeting its biggest of the year. The event is one of only two club fundraisers, said president Mark Sosnik.
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Change in law allows voting 45 days out (The Moultrie Observer)
MOULTRIE ? Voters will get an extra 45 days prior to the Nov. 4 to cast ballots due to a change in state law. The Georgia Secretary of State?s office hopes that 25 percent of voters take advantage of early voting in a year that could see record numbers show up at the polls.
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Secretary of State's Office Announces Partnership with Atlanta Falcons (The Weekly)
Atlanta (August 27, 2008) ? Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel today announced a partnership between the Secretary of State's Office and the Atlanta Falcons to remind Georgia voters about the state's photo ID requirement for in-person voting; voter registration deadlines and early voting prior to the November 4, 2008 General Election.
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Local & State Headlines (The Albany Herald)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. ? Touring the 4.2 million-square-foot Mall of America during a break from GOP convention activities, Rep. Ed Rynders, R-Albany, said the convention atmosphere Wednesday was one of ?anticipation, of how Sarah Palin is going to do.?
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Rynders discusses convention (The Albany Herald)
Georgia delegate and state Rep. Ed Rynders weighs in on the 2008 Republican Convention.
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Secret mailers cause concern for candidates (Rome News-Tribune)
Local lawmakers and their election-year challengers are distancing themselves from a recent change to state law that opens the door for anonymous political mailings. Click here to view the legislation. ?I will be identifying the source on all my campaign material, and I will be supporting legislation to reinstate the requirement next year,? said state Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome.Her Democratic ...
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Falcons to boost photo ID (Macon Telegraph)
Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel has enlisted the Atlanta Falcons to remind voters about the photo ID requirement in the November election.
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Georgia Secretary of State appeals PSC residency ruling (Macon Telegraph)
Georgia's Secretary of State isn't giving up on her effort to keep Democratic Public Service Commission hopeful Jim Powell off the ballot in November.
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Election officials urge voters to get prepared (The Augusta Chronicle)
With two months left before the Nov. 4 Election Day, state and local officials say they are working to ensure voters are ready.
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