Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye has begun in south Georgia where the 39th U.S. president’s life began more than 100 years ago.

The 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, James Earl Carter Jr., died Sunday at the age of 100.

ATLANTA – Voting precincts in Georgia closed Tuesday at 7 p.m. in what’s been the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history. After the polls closed, the state began counting vote-by-mail ballots in addition to the votes cast Tuesday. More than 3 million Georgians had voted early, either by mail or during in-person voting in December. If Democrats win both seats, they will have control of the Senate, as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will become the tiebreaking vote. The early turnout was expected to benefit Democrats, as it helped Biden in November become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Georgia since 1992.

ATLANTA – Polls will open Tuesday for a rare Georgia runoff election because no candidate for either Senate seat had 50% of the vote in November. Election Day. That would give Democrats a Senate majority to go along with their control of the House and executive branch. A recorded phone call with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, has sparked debate from both Republicans and Democrats. “You just can’t let them steal the U.S. Senate, you can’t let it happen.”More than 3 million Georgians already have voted.