The likely winner of the US election remains uncertain ahead of the election date. The first signals come from Georgia. But nothing is certain.
WASHINGTON, DC – The first votes have been cast in the crucial US election state of Georgia. On the first day of early voting, the previous record was many times higher. The latest numbers could be an encouraging signal for both candidates. A recent court ruling that addresses the concerns of voting rights groups and legal experts could have an impact on the outcome of the election.
According to polls, the election results in Georgia are wide open. FiveThirtyEight’s tracker shows former President Donald Trump leading Democrat Kamala Harris by one point, while RealClearPolitics shows Trump with an even smaller lead, half a point ahead of Harris. Nevertheless, both predictions are within the margin of error.
It will also be a close contest in the swing state of Harris – Georgia – against Trump in the US election
On Tuesday (October 15), Georgia broke the record for first-day voting. According to the US portal, voters had cast 415,688 votes by the end of the day, according to the State Department’s Election Data Center. Newsweek reported. The previous record for the first day of early voting in 2020 was 136,000 votes. The tracker will be updated at the end of each day after polling closes at 5pm.
Audrey Haynes, an associate professor of political science at the University of Georgia, suggested the record numbers indicate that Republicans support early voting. They would have mobilized their electorate to vote either by postal ballot or by ballot.
Big turnout for Democrats in Georgia – but Harris still hasn’t won a US election
At the same time, according to the report, high turnout in some districts that went to Joe Biden in 2020 suggests that Harris could defy the odds and win Georgia. But experts caution against jumping to conclusions. “Early voting is encouraging, but Democrats shouldn’t pop the champagne corks just yet,” said Democratic campaign strategist Doug Gordon. “There are so many unknowns at this early stage. Comparing the numbers to 2020, when we held an election in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, may prove unwise once the dust settles and we have the full results of that election,” Gordon continued.
The campaign strategist also pointed out that the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, has pledged his full support for Trump. He pioneered Georgia’s election infrastructure and access to early voting. “It’s understandable that everyone wants to analyze early voting every day because the poll numbers are so close, but the reality is that we still don’t know much about what it means. And that’s going to be the case for a while,” Gordon warned once again.
Judges strike down controversial law ahead of US election – Trump may challenge decision in Georgia
According to several US media reports, the local judge Georgia on Wednesday rejected several new rules for elections. The detailed judgment described these as “illegal, unconstitutional and void”. They said that most of the provisions struck down by the courts were largely in line with the priorities of right-wing actors. The New York Times. These were only approved by the Georgia State Board of Elections in the last few months. These include hand-counting of votes, expanded monitoring of ballot boxes, requiring new identification documents to issue postal ballots, and expanding access to poll observers.
He writes that the rulings were a victory for Democrats, liberal voting rights groups and some legal experts. AP News. They worried that Trump’s allies might refuse to certify the results if he loses to former President Harris next month. They also would have argued that new rules promulgated by a Trump-backed majority on the state Board of Elections could be used to halt or delay certification — thereby undermining public confidence in the results. (DPN)
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