Results
#1. Which statewide ballot measures were passed in the 2024 general election?
It’s All of the Above.
Voters approved all three statewide measures on the Nov. 5 general election ballot in Georgia.
Georgia voters approved Amendment 1, which will cap property tax increases across the state unless local governments opt-out.
Voters also approved Amendment 2, which will establish a tax court in the judicial system instead of the current tax tribunal in the executive branch of the state. This also means the Georgia Court of Appeals will hear appeals to tax cases rather than the Fulton County Superior Court.
Finally, Georgians approved Referendum A, which raises the maximum threshold for tax exemptions on tangible personal property from property valued at $7,500 or less to property valued at $20,000 or less.
#2. Nearly how many registered Georgia voters cast their ballots in the 2024 general election?
It’s Nearly 5.3 million.
Georgians broke the record for the highest number of ballots cast in a single election, a record previously set in November 2020.
Around 63% of registered Georgia voters participated in the 2024 election, and roughly 2.65 million people cast a vote for President-elect Donald Trump.
#3. Candidates in which of the following races are headed to the December runoff election?
It’s All of the Above.
For the Atlanta City Council Post 3 At-Large seat, former educator Dr. Nicole “Nikki” Evans Jones and Atlanta Board of Education District 6 representative Eshé Collins will advance to the runoff.
Candidates for DeKalb County commissioners of District 3 and District 7 will go to a runoff. The Doraville City Council District 1 Post 2 seat candidates will also go to a runoff.
The East Point City Council Ward B seat candidates will go to a runoff, and finally, the candidates for the chair of the Soil and Water Conservation District in Gwinnett County will also go to a runoff.
#4. What is Georgia's ranking nationwide for electric vehicle sales?
It’s No. 22.
Georgia ranks 22nd nationally for electric vehicle sales despite leading the country in jobs making electric vehicles and parts, according to a new report by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
#5. What assets has former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani been ordered to turn over?
It’s Both of the Above.
Rudy Giuliani was ordered Thursday to turn over his assets during a hearing in Manhattan federal court. He called the order “political persecution.”
A jury awarded $148 million in damages to two Georgia election workers, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and Ruby Freeman, who had filed a defamation lawsuit against Giuliani for lying about their role in the 2020 election. Giuliani was ordered to turn over his $5 million apartment in New York’s Upper East Side, a 1980 Mercedes, luxury watches and other assets.
