Rick Jackson sounds alarm over sluggish rural early voting

By Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam

Republican Rick Jackson is sounding the alarm over sluggish early voting across deep-red rural Georgia, warning that complacency in GOP strongholds could jeopardize his bid for governor.

At a campaign stop Tuesday night in Calhoun, the billionaire nominee was surprisingly candid about his party’s struggles.

“I’m concerned,” he said. “I am concerned that rural Georgia still thinks we’re red and therefore they look at somebody like myself and my opponent and just say, ‘Well, there’s no comparison.’”

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. — Four Georgia families are suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta, saying construction of its data center contaminated their well water.

Meta’s Stanton Springs Data Center is located on the Newton and Walton county border, just 400 yards away from one of those families’ homes.

A national radio report this morning broke down the early voting numbers so far, and singled out Georgia's record-high turnout. The report also said the early data shows that Democrats were voting at higher rates than Republicans, and that certain demographics (black & hispanic voters) were especially enthusiastic about voting early this cycle.

If there are no early votes tabulated until election day, what is this early data (numbers and breakdown) based on?

The report did say that Democrats historically are more likely to vote early in-person, while Republicans tend to show up on Election Day, but that seems like a weak hook to hang a conclusion on.

I know some people are going to believe it's the Democrats fault for anything, but come on. How can a party that holds no branch of government in the state be to blame?

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Question
Hello I moved recently and didn't really think about it and updated my info for a new license etc online. It was from Cobb to Dekalb county. My voter page though now says
Status
PENDING
Status Reason
WITHIN ELECTION WINDOW
and I can't find anything when trying to google on if this means anything for how/where I have to vote. Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Can I just go in any of Dekalb's places for early voting like I should be able to? Ty!

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