Former US President Barack Obama said that democracy is at stake during the mid-term elections to be held on November 8 in the United States.
During a campaign rally in Georgia, urged voters to vote to prevent proponents of conspiracy theories from coming to power.
“We must elect people of quality to all positions on the ballot. All over the country, people who have tried to undermine our democracy” are running for office. “positions to supervise the next elections”launched to a crowd gathered in a suburb of Atlanta.
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“And if they win, we don’t know what could happen,” he warned.
in Georgia, Two particularly close duels, fueled by tens of millions of dollars, captivate the United States.
Democrat Raphael Warnock, the state’s first elected black senator who was once segregated, is seeking re-election against Herschel Walker, a former American football champion endorsed by former President Donald Trump, also being African-American.
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This election could tip the balance of power in the US Senate for the next two years.
While another dispute for the governorship Republican Brian Kemp faces influential Democrat Stacey Abrams.
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During mid-term elections, generally unfavorable to the party in power, Americans vote to elect representatives to both houses of Congress, as well as county and state authorities.