First Slice 11-4-14: Today is Election Day! Head out to the polls and get yourself a Georgia peach voter sticker!
Emory rape reported, John Kessler announces AJC departure, and more
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It’s Election Day! Get out to the polls, cast a ballot, perform your civic duty, and get yourself a Georgia peach voter sticker. Polls are open until 7 p.m. today. Not sure who to vote for? We’ve got you covered. Not sure where to vote or what to bring? Head on over to the Secretary of State’s office website for more information.
Both Democratic and Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate are feeling confident about winning the election outright without a runoff.
Early voting in Georgia this year spiked by more than 20 percent compared to the 2010 midterm elections.
Emory University police are looking into the reported rape of a woman at the school’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on Halloween night. It’s the latest alleged incident at a school that between 2012 and 2013 had more reported sexual assaults than both Georgia Tech and University of Georgia combined.
Longtime AJC restaurant critic John Kessler will be leaving the newspaper in early 2015.
A hostess at Fox Bros. BBQ was fired for using a racial slur while seating several Asian-American customers. A statement from management says that they took quick action to dismiss the employee upon hearing about what happened.
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