Black Voters Aim to Make Votes Matter in Georgia Runoffs
- Stacey Abrams spearheads massive GOTV effort across state
- Tuesday’s elections will decide control of U.S. Senate
Voters stand in line to cast their ballots during the first day of early voting in the U.S. Senate runoff in Atlanta, Georgia.
Photographer: Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
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If the Democratic challengers in Georgia’s two U.S. Senate races pull off victories on Tuesday, it will be in part because of people such as Bill Boles.
After standing in line for more than 30 minutes to vote in November’s general election, Boles, 62, a Black man and a chef at an assisted living facility, returned to his polling place in Atlanta’s suburban Gwinnett County on Dec. 15 -- a day after early voting started -- to cast his votes for the two Democratic candidates, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.