Q: Isn’t Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter’s grandson who is running for Georgia’s governor, the person who secretly recorded a video of Mitt Romney’s infamous “47 percent” comments? I read that Jason Carter was pretending to be a waiter/server.
—Caroline Russu, Snellville
A: Scott Prouty, a bartender working for a catering company, filmed Romney during a fundraiser that was closed to the press in Boca Raton, Fla., in May 2012. Prouty took his camera to the event in case Romney, who was a Republican presidential candidate in 2012, took pictures with the staff. Instead, Prouty filmed Romney making the speech, but said he waited two weeks before anonymously posting the video. James Carter IV, a grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and cousin of state Sen. Jason Carter, D-Decatur, found the video online and alerted a national magazine writer to it. Prouty didn't publicly identify himself until March 2013, when he came forward in interviews with the Huffington Post and "The Ed Show" on MSNBC. "I felt it was a civic duty. I couldn't sleep after I watched it," Prouty said on "The Ed Show." "I felt like I had a duty to expose it." Jason Carter is a Democratic gubernatorial candidate this year.
Q: Mega Millions tickets in South Carolina are sold for $1, but they’re $2 in Georgia. What gives Georgia the right to do this? Also, where does the extra $1 per ticket go?
—Shelly Powell, Lawrenceville
A: Mega Millions tickets cost $1 in Georgia, a Georgia Lottery spokeswoman told Q&A on the News in an email. For more information on Mega Millions, go to www.galottery.com/games/draw-games/mega-millions and click "How to Play."
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