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Election Day 2024 across the CSRA and beyond

7:54 a.m.: Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here’s what he’s proposed

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.

The former president and now president-elect often skipped over details but through more than a year of policy pronouncements and written statements outlined a wide-ranging agenda that blends traditional conservative approaches to taxes, regulation and cultural issues with a more populist bent on trade and a shift in America’s international role.

Trump’s agenda also would scale back federal government efforts on civil rights and expand presidential powers.

A look at what Trump has proposed.

7:29 a.m.: Congressman Rick W. Allen issues statement on Trump’s re-election

Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) issued the following statement upon President Donald J. Trump’s re-election to serve as President of the United States:”Over the last four years, our nation has faced crisis after crisis under the Biden-Harris Administration. From historic inflation and the rising cost of living to an unprecedented border crisis and chaos on the world stage, the American people have made it clear without a shadow of a doubt that they are ready for a new direction.”Under President Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance’s leadership, we will tackle each of these self-inflicted crises head on. We will reclaim American energy dominance to lower costs for families, we will rein in runaway government spending, we will secure our border, we will stop the flow of deadly narcotics into our country, and we will restore peace through strength. I look forward to working alongside President Trump to make America great once again and return to the prosperity we experienced just four years ago. It’s time to get to work!”

5:39 a.m. The Associated Press announced Trump is elected the 47th president

Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.

With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.

The victory validates his bare-knuckle approach to politics. He attacked his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal — often misogynistic and racist — terms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants.

The coarse rhetoric, paired with an image of hypermasculinity, resonated with angry voters — particularly men — in a deeply polarized nation. As president, he’s vowed to pursue an agenda centered on dramatically reshaping the federal government and retribution against his perceived enemies.

5:33 a.m.: CBS News and CNN project Trump to win 2024 presidential election

CBS News projects former President Donald Trump will win the presidency, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of the United States.
A CBS News projection for Trump in Wisconsin put him over the finish line early Wednesday morning, after earlier projections for Trump winning the battleground states of  North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania. CBS News estimates Trump will surpass the winning electoral vote threshold of 270 by 6 votes, for a total of 276 so far. Votes were still being counted in several other states.

Donald Trump will return to the White House, CNN projects, in a moment of historic consequence for American democracy.

2:32 a.m.: Trump wins Pennsylvania, leaving from 3 electoral votes away from claiming the White House

Donald Trump won Pennsylvania early Wednesday, putting him just four electoral votes shy of defeating Kamala Harris to win the White House.

A win in Alaska or any of the outstanding battleground states — Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona or Nevada — would send the Republican former president back to the Oval Office.

Pennsylvania, a part of the once-reliable Democratic stronghold known as the “blue wall” with Michigan and Wisconsin, was carried by Trump when he first won the White House in 2016 and then flipped back to Democrats in 2020. Trump also flipped Georgia, which had voted for Democrats four years ago, and retained the closely contested state of North Carolina.

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1:02 a.m.: Harris watch party breaks up for the night

The crowd at Kamala Harris’ watch party at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington, began to file out after midnight Wednesday.

Harris did not speak at the party.

Cedric Richmond, co-chair of the Harris campaign, spoke instead, telling the crowd there were still votes to count and states to be called.

“We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted. That every voice has spoken,” he said. “So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow. She will be back here tomorrow.”

Donald Trump was expected to speak early Wednesday from an event in Florida.

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12:38 a.m.: Trump wins Georgia vote

CBS News early Wednesday called the Georgia vote in favor of Donald Trump.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger earlier had said Trump had an “insurmountable lead” against Vice President Kamala Harris in the Peach State, and it was up to his office to crunch the numbers.

12:20 a.m.: Winner unknown so far in Burke County sheriff’s race

Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams was on the ballot Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether he won reelection.

That’s because the Democrat is in a race against Republican write-in candidate Brad Capitosti.

Counting ballots in a write-in campaign is a labor-intensive process done by hand.

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11:30 p.m.: Trump wins North Carolina, narrowing Harris’ path to victory

Donald Trump won the battleground state of North Carolina on Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Kamala Harris, who was looking to flip the state and expand her pathways to 270 electoral votes.

The former Republican president had made stops to the state in each of the last three days of the campaign to deprive Harris of the pickup, as a divided America made its decision in a stark choice for the nation’s future Tuesday.

The Democratic vice president’s campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon told staff in a memo that the “blue wall” of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was now the Democrat’s “clearest path” to victory, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press.

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11:09 p.m.: Columbia County voters select a new coroner

Voters on Tuesday decided on a new coroner for Columbia County.

After Vernon Collins retired in 2023, Keith Cox was appointed interim coroner. He’s not running for election, though.

Republican Terry Norman won the job Tuesday with 65.6% of the votes vs. Democrat Helene Bratton’s 34.4%.

11:06 p.m.: Marijuana legalization fails in Florida

A costly campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida failed Tuesday as voters in dozens of states weighed more than 140 measures appearing on the ballot alongside races for president and top state offices.

Florida was one of several states deciding high-profile marijuana measures and was among 10 states considering amendments related to abortion or reproductive rights. About two dozen measures are focused on future elections, including several specifically barring noncitizens from voting. Other state measures affect wages, taxes, housing and education, including a school choice measure that was defeated in Kentucky.

Many of the ballot measures were initiated by citizen petitions that sidestep state legislatures, though others were placed before voters by lawmakers.

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11:03 p.m.: Columbia County voters agree to extend school sales tax

Columbia County voters on Tuesday approved continuing a 1% sales tax that goes toward schools.

The county has had the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or ESPLOST, for 25 years. Passage will continue the tax, not raise taxes.

Approval will extend the tax until 2032.

The tax helps pay for construction projects like new schools and classrooms. It also pays for school buses, maintenance, technology and more.

The extension of E-SPLOST, coupled with general obligation bonds, will fund renovations and new classrooms, as well as provide additional technology improvements, according to the Columbia County School District.

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10:27 p.m.: Augusta U.S. Rep, Rick Allen reacts to reelection

Rick Allen, Elizabeth Johnson(WRDW)

U.S. Rep. Rick Allen won reelection in the race for Georgia’s 12th Congressional District.

Allen, R-Augusta, defeated Democrat Liz Johnson for the third consecutive time she has tried to unseat him.

He won a sixth term representing the Augusta area and counties running south to Vidalia.

“I am eternally grateful that the 12th District has placed their trust in me to continue serving as their voice in Washington. It has been the honor of a lifetime to represent our district and state, and I will continue fighting for the issues that matter most to Georgia families,” Allen said Tuesday night.

“We have our work cut out for us during the 119th Congress to reverse the many crises created under the Biden-Harris administration. I will be laser-focused over the next two years on working with my House Republican colleagues to reduce inflation and lower costs, secure our border, unleash American energy dominance, support Georgia farmers and producers, ensure our veterans receive the quality care they deserve, and rebuild a booming economy that works for all Americans.”

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10:15 p.m.: ‘We’ll have everything buttoned up tonight’ in Georgia

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said 4 million of Georgia’s 5.2 million votes have already been reported.

Raffensperger said the counties that were affected by bomb threats still reported on time.

Georgia is “basically done voting” and the state is waiting on absentee and military ballots, the secretary of state said, adding: “We’ll have everything buttoned up tonight.”

10:06 p.m.: Trump and Harris await results with battleground polls closing

This combination of file photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald...
This combination of file photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking a campaign rally in Warren, Mich., on Nov. 1, 2024, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking at a campaign rally in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo)(AP)

Polls have closed in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Nevada, the seven closely fought battlegrounds expected to decide the presidential election.

But the results there are too early to call, as balloting continues in other parts of the West.

Donald Trump won Florida, a one-time battleground that has shifted heavily to Republicans in recent elections. He also notched early wins in reliably Republican states such as Texas, South Carolina and Indiana, while Kamala Harris took Democratic strongholds like New York, Massachusetts and Illinois.

The fate of democracy appeared to be a primary driver for Harris’ supporters, a sign that the Democratic nominee’s persistent messaging in her campaign’s closing days accusing Trump of being a fascist may have broken through, according to AP VoteCast.

The expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide also found a country mired in negativity and desperate for change. Trump’s supporters were largely focused on immigration and inflation — two issues that the former Republican president has been hammering since the start of his campaign.

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10:01 p.m.: How is Georgia handling the national election spotlight?

Election workers stayed busy tabulating results Tuesday night after polling locations closed. And there’s a lot of focus on the Peach State.

Election workers stayed busy tabulating results Tuesday night after polling locations closed.

And there’s a lot of focus on the Peach State.

“Georgia in the past was not considered a battleground state, so now that we have an unfortunate label, I think it makes a big difference in how things are perceived in the state of Georgia,” Richmond County Board of Elections Executive Director Travis Doss told News 12. “Prior to 2020, it was a foregone conclusion of how Georgia would go. Now that we know it’s not determined that both candidates are seen as a high percentage, I think that’s what’s caused such a heightened attention on it.”

9:49 p.m.: Mood is energetic at S.C. Republican watch party

When South Carolina was called for former President Donald Trump – a big cheer went up inside Tin Roof in Columbia.

When South Carolina was called for former President Donald Trump – a big cheer went up inside Tin Roof in Columbia – where many of the state’s Republican leaders and supporters were gathering.

With that expected result – a lot of the focus is turning to races at the State House.

Of course, there are no statewide races in South Carolina this year.

But every seat at the State House is on the ballots – and Republicans are focusing on a number of them to try to flip them from Democrats’ control.

Republicans have held a supermajority in the House of Representatives since 20-22 – and they are just one seat shy of a supermajority in the Senate right now.

South Carolina Republican Chairman Drew McKissick told me he expects Republicans could flip at least four seats in the House of Representatives – and three in the Senate.

Here’s what he said gaining that Senate supermajority would mean for Republicans.

“That’ll be a great achievement, and it’ll let Republicans be able to overcome Democrats’ filibuster and when it comes to moving legislation in the future, that’s a big achievement,” he said. “And we’ve got a lot of local races around the state that it’ll probably take us around midday tomorrow to figure out who won tonight.”

9:17 p.m.: Florida rejects abortion measure, further limiting access in the South

Florida voters rejected an abortion rights amendment and kept in place Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 6-week ban as the initiative failed to reach the required 60% threshold.

The measure faced an uphill battle in the deeply red state where Trump, a Florida resident, said during the campaign that he would vote against it.

The future legality and availability of abortion hinges not only on ballot measures, as policies could shift depending on who controls Congress and the presidency.

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9:11 p.m.: Wilson wins as other incumbents battle to keep S.C. congressional seats

Rep. Joe Wilson
Rep. Joe Wilson(Contributed)

Republican Rep. Joe Wilson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Carolina on Tuesday.

Wilson has represented the state’s 2nd District, which includes suburban areas around Columbia west and south toward Aiken, since 2001.

He is a member of the House Republican Policy Committee and received national attention for shouting “You lie” at then-President Barack Obama during a joint address to Congress in his first term.

Wilson defeated Democrat David Robinson.

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9 p.m.: Update on bomb threats at Georgia polling sites

Of the 177 polling places in Fulton County, 32 received bomb threats Tuesday, county Police Chief W. Wade Yates said. Some of the threats were called directly into the locations where voting was happening, while others were called into 911 or received by email, he said.

As a result, voting hours were extended at five polling places in Georgia’s Fulton County that were briefly closed because of bomb threats that were determined to be non-credible. Each voting location’s hours have were extended for as long as they were closed. The extensions ranged from 10 minutes at one location to 45 minutes at two locations.

Officials, including the FBI, blamed Russi for the threats.

Russia was already known to be interfering with the election through a wave of propaganda and misinformation, apparently meant to swing the vote in favor of Donald Trump and otherwise sow distrust in the electoral process.

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8:27 p.m.: Fani Willis wins reelection as Fulton County district attorney

Caso contra Trump en Georgia sigue estancado al cumplirse un año de haber sido acusado
La fiscal del condado Fulton en Georgia, Fani Willis, en Atlanta, el 14 de agosto del 2023. (Foto AP/John Bazemore)(John Bazemore | AP)

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has won her bid for reelection.

Willis, a Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Courtney Kramer, who had interned in the White House counsel’s office during the Trump presidency and is active in GOP organizations.

She made headlines just a month into her tenure when she announced in February 2021 that she was investigating whether Trump and others broke any laws while trying to overturn his narrow loss in the state to Democrat Joe Biden.

Two and a half years later, after an investigation that included calling dozens of witnesses before a special grand jury, she obtained a sprawling racketeering indictment against Trump and 18 others in August 2023.

Four people have pleaded guilty after reaching deals with prosecutors. Trump and the others who remain have all pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.

The election interference prosecution has made Willis the target of Republican attacks and investigations. Trump has repeatedly railed against her during public appearances and on social media. And state and federal legislators have opened investigations into how she runs her office.

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8:20 p.m.: Marjorie Taylor Greene wins reelection to U.S. House

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., won reelection.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., won reelection. (J. Scott Applewhite | AP)

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Georgia on Tuesday.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she’ll call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Rep. Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is forcing her colleagues to choose sides after Democratic leaders announced they’d provide the votes to save the Republican speaker’s job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP)

Greene, 50, won her third term in Congress representing Georgia’s 14th District, which stretches from suburban Atlanta into the state’s heavily Republican northwest corner.

Greene largely ignored local issues in her campaign, focusing on her support for Donald Trump and opposition to Democratic President Joe Biden.

She defeated Shawn Harris, a retired Army general and first-time candidate who referred to Greene as “the most toxic member of Congress” and called for an approach that focused more on the district’s needs.

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8:01 p.m.: Donald Trump wins South Carolina

Former President Donald Trump won South Carolina on Tuesday, earning its nine electoral votes for the third straight election.

South Carolina has not voted for the Democratic nominee for president since 1976, when Democrat Jimmy Carter – the governor of the neighboring state of Georgia – defeated Republican President Gerald Ford throughout the South.

Four years ago, Trump won 55% of the vote, matching his performance from 2016.

Given the success Republicans have in the state, presidential candidates rarely spend time campaigning there.

The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:01 p.m.

6:30 p.m.: Bomb threats continue at Georgia polling sites

Even with time short before polls close, bomb threats blamed on Russia continue at Georgia polling locations.

DeKalb County election officials said Tuesday evening that bomb threats were reported at several locations, including five active polling places. Sweeps are being done, they said.

The threats were reported at:

  • New Bethel AME Church, 8350 Rockbridge Road, Lithonia
  • New Life Community Center, 3592 Flat Shoals Road, Decatur
  • North DeKalb Senior Center, 3393 Malone Drive, Chamblee
  • Reid H. Cofer Library, 5234 Lavista Road, Tucker
  • Wesley Chapel Library, 2861 Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur

Threats were also reported at Stonecrest, which is not an active polling location, and Salem Panola Library.

County officials said the sweeps are a “precautionary measure for the safety of voters and poll workers.” Once each location is cleared, voters can re-enter the facility and cast their ballots, according to election officials.

The threats have been happening all day, and officials from the FBI to state elections chief Brad Raffenspergert say Russia is to blame.

The nondemocratic country was already known to be interfering with the U.S. election through a wave of propaganda and misinformation, but the threats are a new twist.

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin apparently means to swing the vote in favor of Donald Trump and otherwise sow distrust in the electoral process.

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4:37 p.m.: Judge upholds weekend acceptance of Ga. absentee ballots

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld seven Georgia counties’ extension of election office hours over the weekend to accept hand-delivered absentee ballots.

The offices in Democratic-leaning counties stayed open over the weekend to accept the ballots weekend after a judge rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block the practice.

A federal judge on Tuesday agreed with that decision, saying the GOP was attempting to “tip the scales of this election by discriminating against [counties] less likely to vote for their candidate.”

The judge – a Trump appointee – chastised the GOP lawyers for bringing the suit and urged them to read “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.”

The GOP did not challenge similar weekend ballot acceptance practices in Republican-leaning counties.

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3:55 p.m.: Police stop man who ‘smelled like fuel,’ had flare gun at U.S. Capitol

Police at the U.S. Capitol arrested a man on Tuesday as he tried to enter the visitor’s center with a flare gun and an apparent fire accelerant.

While inspecting his backpack, officers noticed what turned out to be a flare gun and two bottles of accelerant.

Police also said he smelled like gasoline.

The man told investigators he had papers in his backpack that he intended to deliver to Congress.

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3:02 p.m.: FBI agrees Russia is behind threats to voting sites

The FBI concurs with Georgia elections chief Brad Raffensperger that bomb threats to some U.S. polling sites are originating in Russia.

The FBI did not identify the states in question, but Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said earlier Tuesday that the state’s election process had snuffed out some bomb threats that he said came from Russia.

Officials in Fulton County said they received “multiple calls” and the threats forced a brief closure of two polling places. A precinct in Gwinnett County also had to be evacuated.

The FBI in Atlanta released this statement:

“The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, including Georgia, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far. Election integrity is among the FBI’s highest priorities. We will continue to work closely with our state and local law enforcement partners to respond to any threats to our elections and to protect our communities as Americans exercise their right to vote. As always, we urge the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity to state or local law enforcement or submit tips to the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or online at tips.fbi.gov.”

Russia was already known to be interfering with the election through a wave of propaganda and misinformation, apparently meant to swing the vote in favor of Donald Trump and otherwise sow distrust in the electoral process.

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2:45 p.m.: Overall voting going smoothly in Georgia

Georgia elections chief Brad Raffensperger said voting is going smoothly in Georgia despite a few hiccups.

He offered an update on voting at 2:30 p.m.

Some of the highlights:

  • More than 700,000 Georgians have voted so far out of 1.1 million expected today.
  • In Peach County, someone plugged in a space heater and accidentally fried out the county’s election management system. The problem was fixed and didn’t cause any delays, Raffensberger said.

2:31 p.m.: Bomb threat forces evacuation at another Ga. precinct

A bomb threat was reported at the Mountain Park Activity Center precinct in Gwinnett County, Ga., on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said they evacuated and swept the building and found nothing. Voting has since resumed.

Election supervisor Zach Manifold said he intends to file an extension with a judge to keep the precinct open an extra hour.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says Georgia is behind bomb threats at Georgia polling sites.

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12:50 p.m.: Harris appears on Atlanta radio show

“The first office I ever ran for was freshman class representative at Howard University,” Kamala Harris recalled in her Tuesday interview with the Big Tigger Morning Show on V-103 in Atlanta. “And to go back tonight to Howard University, my beloved alma mater, and be able to hopefully … recognize this day for what it is — really it’s full circle for me.”

Howard, located in the nation’s capital, is part of a network of historically Black colleges and universities founded before 1964 for African American students.

If she wins, Harris will be the first HBCU alum to serve as president.

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12:49 p.m.: Trumps cast their ballots in Palm Beach

Donald Trump has cast his ballot in Palm Beach, Fla., and says his latest presidential campaign was the best yet.

“I ran a great campaign. I think it was maybe the best of the three. We did great in the first one. We did much better in the second one but something happened. I would say this is the best campaign we’ve run,” he said, standing next to his wife, Melania Trump.

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12:05 p.m.: FBI warns about fake videos making the rounds online

The FBI is warning the public to be wary of two false videos circulating on social media with inaccurate election information.

The first is a fake news clip telling viewers that the FBI recommends Americans “vote remotely” because of a high terror threat at the polls. The second shows a fake FBI press release saying that five prisons in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona rigged inmate voting in cooperation with a political party.

“Election integrity is among our highest priorities, and the FBI is working closely with state and local law enforcement partners to respond to election threats and protect our communities as Americans exercise their right to vote,” the FBI said.

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11 a.m.: Ga. elections chief blames Russia for bomb threats at polling sites

Two polling locations in Georgia were temporarily evacuated Tuesday morning after they received false bomb threats.

The threats, which were deemed to be non-credible, targeted five polls in total, according to Fulton County Director of Registration and Elections Nadine Williams.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said officials believe the bomb threats came from Russia, which authorities have already confirmed is meddling in the election process.

“They’re up to mischief, it seems. They don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election, and if they can get us to fight among ourselves, they can count that as a victory,” Raffensperger said. “That tells you a little bit about the Russians. They’re not our friends. Anyone that thinks they are hasn’t been reading the newspapers.”

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10:45 a.m.: Georgia voters waiting an average of 2 minutes

The average wait time is two minutes this Election Day at Georgia polling locations, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Gabriel Sterling with Raffensperger’s office said the check-in time was averaging 49 seconds.

Raffensperger offered a midmorning update on how the election is going in the hotly contested swing state.

“People are having a great voting experience,” Raffensperger said.

Raffensperger expects most results from Georgia will be tallied “by the end of the night.”

More than 1 million Georgians are expected to vote today, after a record-breaking early voting period that saw more than 4 million Georgians casting their ballots.

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10:36 a.m.: Why expert sees Georgia as critical to the outcome of presidential vote

National polls are still showing tight projections for each presidential candidate.

Political science professor Dr. Lance Hunter says the battle for 270 electoral votes and the keys to the White House will come down to the wire.

“Some of the swing states could be decided by one percentage point or fewer,” says Hunter. “So there could be a lot of extremely close elections when we’re thinking of statewide elections for the presidency there. And so, Georgia has 16 electoral votes. It is considered a swing state, and so it certainly will be critical to the outcome.”

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10:11 a.m.: Ga. high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day

Thousands of voters in Georgia’s third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will not get an extension to return them, the state’s highest court decided on Monday.

Cobb County didn’t mail out absentee ballots to some 3,400 voters who had requested them until late last week. Georgia law says absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls on Election Day.

The Georgia Supreme Court ruling means the affected Cobb County residents must vote in person today or bring their absentee ballots to the county elections office by 7 p.m. that day.

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9 a.m.: Attorneys general speak out against election violence

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and all the other attorneys general across the country issued a statement condemning political violence.

“Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s election, we expect that Americans will respond peacefully and we condemn any acts of violence related to the results,” the statement reads. “A peaceful transfer of power is the highest testament to the rule of law, a tradition that stands at the heart of our nation’s stability.”

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8:27 a.m.: Election machines go down briefly at Aiken County polling site

Voting machines were out for a few minutes Tuesday morning at one Aiken County voting site as South Carolinians cast ballots in a historic election.

The machines at Schofield Middle School had to be reset and were back up and running in a few minutes.

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6:31 a.m.: What you need to know as you head to the polls in the CSRA

polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

it’s against the rules to wear a campaign hat or candidate shirt when you go to vote.

You can not pull out your phone when you’re in front of the voting equipment.

Remember your ID. If you don’t have it, you’ll get a provisional ballot.

» More things you’ll need to know

6 a.m.: Before you vote, check out the ballot topics in the CSRA

Besides the presidential race, there are all kinds of things on the ballot for elections across the CSRA.

They include county candidates, local questions, state questions, legislative candidates and more.

Find out what’s on your ballot.

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5:30 a.m.: Learn about the three state questions on Georgia ballots

Besides playing a major role in electing the 47th president of the United States, Georgia voters are also being asked to decide on three statewide issues.

All three of them involve taxes in one way or another.

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