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Amy-Strange's JournalGeorgia voters endure hours-long lines and broken voting machines in 'complete meltdown' at polls
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Georgia voters endure hours-long lines and broken voting machines in ‘complete meltdown’ at polls
Under the pall of the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia Democrats headed to the voting booth on Tuesday in a chaotic primary for president and to pick a candidate for what could be a marquee matchup in their push to retake the Senate.
Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the fall.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called the widespread problems “unacceptable” around lunchtime and launched an official investigation.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms slammed the major problems in-person polling places as voting got underway in the heavily Democratic city.
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With a single tweet Tuesday, President Donald Trump showed why his attempts to leverage liberal calls to "defund the police" to harm Democrat Joe Biden will likely fail but could further polarize America's national reckoning over race.
Trump effectively glorified police violence, questioning whether a video of a 75-year-old protester in Buffalo, New York, who was seriously injured after being shoved by police officers, was a "set up." Trump claimed that the man, Martin Gugino, "fell harder than he was pushed."
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The 'Black Lives Matter' mural near the White House has inspired street paintings across the US.
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The 'Black Lives Matter' mural near the White House has inspired street paintings across the US. Is it enough to bring change?
A massive 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' mural painted on the street leading to the White House captured the world's attention last week — an eye-opening visual that, remarkably, is large enough to show up on satellite images.
It also captured the imagination of artists, community activists and local officials across the nation seeking ways to express themselves in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned his knee to Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes.
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U.S. Army veteran stunned by negative reaction to Kaepernick kneeling
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U.S. Army veteran stunned by negative reaction to Kaepernick kneeling
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Why Republican senators have to stop hiding from Trump's tweets
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The protests in Minneapolis and across the country are resonating with people of all ages, leaving many wondering what they can do to help.
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