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  • US Poll: Voting suspended at five locations in Georgia’s DeKalb County

    US Poll: Voting suspended at five locations in Georgia’s DeKalb County

    “Every asset that we have will be deployed to ensure that every citizen who wants to vote will be given that opportunity and every vote cast will be counted,” DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond said in the release.

    DeKalb County’s Office of Voter Registration and Elections said that voting has been suspended at the polling places.

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    “Out of an abundance of caution, we are suspending voting at these polling locations until we have clearance from DeKalb Police to reopen the facilities,” said DeKalb Voter Registration and Elections Executive Director Keisha Smith in the release, which also said the county is going to court for an emergency order to extend voting hours at the affected polling places.

    The locations include a church, two libraries, a community center, and a senior center.

  • US poll: Alawieh affirms vote for Harris

    US poll: Alawieh affirms vote for Harris

    The co-founder of the Uncommitted National Movement, Abbas Alawieh, affirmed on Tuesday that he will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris, the group was fondly known for their stern warnings against former President Donald Trump.

    “This is a moment where we have to look very clearly at what Donald Trump has planned for our communities and for Arab and Muslim Americans in particular,” Abbas Alawieh told MSNBC, adding that as a former congressional staffer who was at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, he is “no stranger the kind of violence and policy violence that Donald Trump intends to champion in our country.”

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    In a video shared on the group’s X page, Alawieh stated that while he plans to vote for Harris, he hopes a “coalition” of voters, including those who support Harris, will pressure “the next administration to move away from the policy of sending unconditional weapons and funding to the Israeli military.”

    He continued: “The Arab American, Muslim American community for months have been oscillating between dealing with our grief, dealing with the fact that so many of our family members are there living under the bombs that our US government is sending Benjamin Netanhyahu, while also trying to do the politically savvy thing.”