Nearly all House Democrats walked out Wednesday during debate on a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in Georgia’s prisons.

Packed crowd at the Eastern in Atlanta for Sen. Jon Ossoff’s “rally for our republic” event. Sen. Warnock is also set to speak to the fired up crowd.

Update: Franklin filed his bill that would protect IVF access today with more than 70 co-signers, including lawmakers from all over the political spectrum.

Speaker Jon Burns was reelected speaker today with a 153-21 vote in the House as the first day of the session gets underway.

A tribute to former President Jimmy Carter has been set up inside the state Capitol, where he served as Georgia’s governor and a state senator. Side note: as senator, the highest role he held was vice chairman of a committee.

Incoming DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran Johnson tries to lift the spirits of Democrats: “Let’s join hands in victory. Let’s not be dismayed. Let’s not leave early. Continue to watch because I know that tonight we are going to be victorious.”

I’m at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta tonight for the Democratic Party of Georgia’s election night party. Not much happening here just yet.

More details on the extended precinct hours in Fulton County

VP Harris’ sister Maya is in Jonesboro today campaigning with second gentleman Doug Emhoff. “I’m just here to say keep going,” she said after record-setting early voter turnout.

Long lines here at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to see Vice President Kamala Harris speak as part of a series of souls to the polls events today in metro Atlanta.

Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz brought homemade ginger snaps with her to an event today in Cobb County. She says the cookie recipe was her great grandmother’s and that it’s the same cookie she gives out to visitors at the governor’s residence back home.

Former President Bill Clinton is in Columbus today trying to fire up Georgia Democrats ahead of the first day of early voting tomorrow. “You’ve just got to decide how bad you want this.”

Some conservative state senators want Georgia to become the latest state to pull out of the American Library Association, a nonprofit organization that supports libraries and accredits the schools that train them. tinyurl.com/4z6su9e9

Advocates are rallying behind a bipartisan proposal to create a new commission focused on Georgians with disabilities in hopes of replicating the success of a group that was behind a landmark mental health bill that passed in 2022. tinyurl.com/3byna2ee