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A big voter registration backlog ahead of Georgia’s 6th District runoff

Voters brandish the stickers they are distributed after having voted in any election in the state of Georgia after casting their vote in the 6th district special election to replace Tom Price in Marietta, Georgia, on April 10, 2017. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)
Voters brandish the stickers they are distributed after having voted in any election in the state of Georgia after casting their vote in the 6th district special election to replace Tom Price in Marietta, Georgia, on April 10, 2017. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)
By Kristina Torres
May 10, 2017

A backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications is facing local elections officials ahead of next month's runoff in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.

The need to process them comes after a federal judge last week ordered registration reopened until May 21 ahead of the June 20 election.

And it has left the three counties in the 6th District scrambling.

To see just how many applications there are and how election officials expect to get the work done, click here to read our premium story only on myAJC.com.

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