There’s a lot being voted on across the country today. These are a few of the things that will have my attention: President: That’s the big one of course. I wrote a bit about it yesterday. TL;DR version: Watching Florida, as age demographics say “Trump”, but I’m told 1/3 of Hispanic voters there are new

By: Dr. Monica Henson  It seems so long ago that I was a stay-at-home mom in Lawrenceville, Georgia, in the late 1980s, pondering what seemed very far in the future my plans to resume my career in teaching when my children got into elementary school. I had already been bitten by the alternative education bug and

Hey, is something happening today? Here are your (entirely nonpolitical) morning reads! Atlanta the TV show is a good way to explain Atlanta the city to non-Atlantans. Here’s why incompetent people think they are awesome even though they are, in fact, incompetent. Many Fold Farm in Chattahoochee Hills is closing. Farming is hard – really, really

Wait. What? That can’t be right. For those of you who are new here, I’ve long since given up my “pundit” title. I have no crystal ball. I don’t claim to have one. I avoid predictions on elections whenever possible. And yet, here we are, on election eve, and the Real Clear Politics map with

Andy Miller at Georgia Health News shared some tips about how to reduce the stress levels over the election. The tips include: Limiting exposure to the news Restricting the time worrying about the election Limiting social media presence Talking about things other than politics Volunteering to help the less fortunate and other good causes Keep

Tucked inside an article about a record voter turnout in Bulloch County (almost 40%!) in Saturday’s Statesboro Herald was a voter registration issue caught by Patricia Lanier Jones, Bulloch County Election Supervisor, and her staff. Apparently, 170 new registrations were filled out with assistance by an unknown organization using two different and incorrect addresses on

First and foremost, Georgia will cast its electoral votes for Donald Trump. Every election we see talking-heads waste our time on guessing when Georgia’s electoral votes will be cast for the Democratic nominee for president. I’ve heard my fair share of it earlier this election cycle and, quite frankly, I’m glad we’re through with it. The presidential

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it will place poll monitors in 67 jurisdictions in 28 states for tomorrow’s election. Here in Georgia, the department will have personnel in Fulton, Gwinnett and Hancock counties. The department’s monitors will be fluent in Spanish and Asian languages, and will look for cases of racial or

This week’s Courier Herald column: This week I opened a letter from State Farm that I thought was junk mail. Instead, I learned that my agent and friend Mickey Littlefield died a couple of weeks ago. The letter was one of transition. I first met Mickey when I moved back to Fayette County and became

A statewide poll of 1,200 likely Georgia voters shows Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Hillary Clinton, 49-46%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson getting 3.1% of the vote. 2.2% remain undecided. The same poll predicts Republican Johnny Isakson will win without a runoff in his race, with 52% of the vote. Democrat Jim Barksdale would get 41%,