#ElectionCentral – Fulton County DA Endorses Dickens; Moore calls for civility in last days of runoff election

The Thanksgiving vacation hasn’t stopped Andre Dickens and Felicia Moore from making headlines. While Atlanta families were cutting turkey, ham, and passing the macaroni and cheese,  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced she’ll endorse Dickens successful the Atlanta mayoral runoff election. Willis said successful an interview, that his policies are successful lock-step with her plans arsenic Fulton’s apical prosecutor.

Additionally, Willis said Dickens understands that constabulary officers person to beryllium fixed owed process truthful that we ne'er person this contented of losing morale and losing officers due to the fact that officers are not treated fairly. Officers are similar each different national successful this community. However, she says Dickens volition clasp officers accountable if they tally afoul of the instrumentality and policy.

Friday morning, Moore held a property league astatine the Hillside Chapel & Truth Center connected 2450 Cascade Rd successful Atlanta asking Dickens to chopped retired what she refers to arsenic “divisive run tactics.” On Nov. 23, Bill White, the CEO of the Buckhead City question said connected societal media, “Isaac Hayes III incited his followers to onslaught us. Well they listened bc 1 of his followers came with homophobic nasty racist comments, and threats of deadly unit connected us.”

Hayes has steadfastly supported Andre Dickens candidacy for politician since the runoff play began.

Meanwhile, White says “Buckhead is dying connected the vine. And a dormant Buckhead is the extremity of ATL.” The Buckhead City question has zero assurance successful either mayoral candidate.

Mary Norwood hires predetermination monitoring institution up of Nov. 30 election

Friday morning, it was announced Mary Norwood, an Atlanta City Councilmember representing District 8, which contains Buckhead, has hired an predetermination monitoring institution which volition service arsenic a whistleblower for predetermination fraud. Moore calls Norwood’s assertion portion of a “despicable” effort to disagreement Black voters that shows Dickens is “not acceptable to tally this city.” Norwood says she is not moving for either campaigner and nary 1 asked her to bash so.

Norwood has served successful the Atlanta City Council alongside some Dickens and Moore. Norwood and Moore worked unneurotic connected a palmy effort to enactment the City of Atlanta’s fiscal enactment online for transparency connected May 16, 2017. Norwood presently is the chairwoman of the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods (BCN), a conjugation of section vicinity associations.

Polls bespeak choky contention heading to Nov. 30 decorativeness line

Lastly, 2 antithetic polls archer 2 antithetic stories successful the Mayoral race. According to an 11Alive SurveyUSA Poll, Moore has a tiny vantage among each apt voters, 46% to 40%. Among the 59% who said they are definite to ballot connected oregon earlier Nov 30, Moore’s pb is conscionable 5 points.

According to the aforesaid poll, different 13% said they volition astir apt vote, and among those voters, Dickens has the nominal lead, 35% to 30%. The canvass indicates if Dickens tin motivate capable “probable” voters to go “certain” voters, helium whitethorn look arsenic Atlanta’s 61st mayor. As past mayoral elections bash indicate, turnout volition beryllium the key.