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1.) The Electoral College is poised Monday to officially certify Joe Biden as President-elect and Kamala Harris as Vice President-elect of the United States, closing one of the last chapters of the Trump presidency.
Voters pass through security at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Monday on their way to vote early for the state’s U.S. Senate runoff elections. (Courthouse News photo/Kayla Goggin)
(CN) Campaign season is finally drawing to a close in Georgia, as polling precincts opened Monday morning for early voters casting ballots to determine the state’s senators in Washington and the balance of power during the Biden administration.
While Georgians receive political mailers and Christmas cards in their mailboxes and set up holiday lights and yard signs, all eyes are on the Peach State and the races that will decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.