4 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on 2024 Election in Georgia

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With the 2024 election less than three weeks away, all eyes are on the swing states that are likely to decide the presidency, including Georgia. 

For reporters covering voting, state politics, and some of the top issues of this election in Georgia, the following experts are available to provide commentary and analysis. A full list of over a dozen experts in key swing states can be found here.

Georgia State University
Carey

Key topics: election administration

 

Carey is a comparative political scientist who has specialized in transitional elections in nascent democracies during the 1990s and more recently in hybrid regimes under democratic erosion. He has monitored elections as part of international NGOs and organizations, and in the past decade he has been a board member of Democracy Counts, an NGO focused on monitoring elections, primarily in the USA, but also abroad.

Emory University

Key topics: history of Georgia elections, election administration, poll working

 

Doner’s academic work focuses on variation in economic development, especially upgrading and innovation, as a function of institutions (such as business associations), and politics (cabinet changes, resource endowments, crises). Doner was extensively involved in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 presidential campaigns, including the creation of a "speakers bureau" to engage rural Georgia voters.

Emory University

Key topics: abortion politics and policy

 

Rice is the Director of the Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast, which conducts research to inform social, systems and policy change in the direction of greater reproductive equity in the US Southeast region, in partnership with reproductive health, rights and justice organizations.

Valdosta State University
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Key topics: electoral systems, election forecasting, gerrymandering, third parties

 

Tamas is the author of The Demise and Rebirth of American Third Parties and is an expert on elections, electoral history, third parties, and electoral systems. He is a frequent media commentator for national and international news outlets.