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Scenes from Election Day around Athens, Georgia, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. This gallery will be updated throughout the day. People walk to and from the Athens-Clarke County Library, the polling place for Precincts 7A and 7B, in Athens, Georgia, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Precinct 7A moved to the library, joining Precinct 7B. (Photo/Benjamin Jacobstein, @ben.jacobstein.photo) Benjamin Jacobstein A sign outside the Athens-Clarke County Library marks the no-campaigning zone around the polling place in Athens, Georgia, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Georgia law bars campaigning within 150 feet of the outer edge of any building where a polling place is established and within 25 feet of any voter waiting in line.

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