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DEL.ICIO.USIn early voting, African-American ballots still lag
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After three days of early voting in Georgia, African-American turnout continues to show signs of lagging behind the pace set in the general election.
Clearly, that has implications for the U.S. Senate runoff.
The number of total ballots nearly doubled — about 33,000 were cast Monday and Tuesday. Many counties delayed the start of early voting until Wednesday.
At the end of three days, 63,934 ballots had been cast, according to Secretary of State Karen Handel’s web site. Of those, 23 percent — 14,482 — were cast by African-Americans. In the general election, black voters delivered 34.5 percent of early votes.
That’s down from 24 percent after Tuesday.
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By RaceCop
November 21, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
It is racist to make blacks vote twice.
By Copyleft
November 22, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this
I’d be surprised if early voting numbers across the board were as high as they were in the previous process. Runoffs aren’t as urgent and don’t generally have long lines to worry about on election day.