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This is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

Considering the recent November election, it should be no surprise that this term is the top word of 2024 across the country.

Black women in Atlanta, across America rethink their role as reliable political organizers after Trump win

Harris’s loss spurred a wave of Black women across social media resolving to prioritize themselves, before giving so much to a country that over and over has shown its indifference to their concerns.

When polls close in Georgia on Election Day

It will be a game of hopscotch to keep up with key times in each of the battleground states, which stretch across four different time zones.

Georgia election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories

The conspiracy theories that have surfaced in recent weeks are not new. There have long been claims of “vote flipping,” with the most recent ones surfacing in Georgia and Tennessee.

Georgia judge: County election officials must certify election results

A Fulton County judge ruled earlier this week that “no election superintendent (or member of a board of elections and registration) may refuse to certify or abstain from certifying election results under any circumstance.”

An Atlanta judge is considering whether to reopen voter registration in Georgia

An Atlanta federal judge will consider evidence that Georgia voters need extended time to register due to Hurricane Helene.

Fulton County judge considers clarifying 2 new Georgia election rules

The Fulton County judge said the “reasonable inquiry” rule “on its face, is vague and needs clarification.”

Ahead of Election Day, officials beef up security with panic buttons, bulletproof glass

In Cobb County and across the country, election officials are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5.

Local, national Democrats sue to block rules that they warn will delay Georgia election results

The lawsuit says the state election board rules invite post-election chaos and defy state law that givescounty officials authority to certify results.