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    Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Marjorie Taylor Greene, center, stands for the Pledge of Allegiance during a second amendment rally at the Northwest Georgia Amphitheatre on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 in Ringgold, Ga.
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    Supporter with extremist ties ejected from Greene, Loeffler rally
    A screenshot of U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler's "Attila" ad.
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    Michael Hanson votes in May at the DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Office near Decatur. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    Absentee ballot requests backlogged in DeKalb and Gwinnett
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    University of Georgia undergraduate students move into Brumby Hall one week before the start of the fall semester during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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    The Jolt: With winter coming, Athens mayor wants governor to tighten...
    In his new role as a U.S. Senate candidate, the Rev. Raphael Warnock will have to steer clear of overt politicking from the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he is the senior pastor. Otherwise, it could threaten the church’s tax-exempt status. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    Warnock rises in polls as allies urge other Democrats to quit Senate...
    Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, about the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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    Joe Biden’s new Georgia ad volley courts Black men
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    Coronavirus and schools: How to get public records
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    Some schools withhold COVID-19 infection information from parents,...
    Jim Beard, the city of Atlanta's former CFO, leaves the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, jogging to the car of one of his attorneys, Brittany Cambre, on Thursday, Sept 17, 2020. Beard had just entered a plea of not guilty to multiple federal charges. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    OPINION: Atlanta ex-CFO shot down by his hubris, not his machine guns
    Annette Davis Jackson running for the U.S. Senate, talks to the crowd at the Wild Honey Acres Farm during the Republican United Faces of America Rally in Lawrenceville Sunday, September 20, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    Bitter confirmation fight in Georgia sure to follow Ginsburg’s death
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    Mail-in paper ballots wait to be scanned by Fulton County employees at the Georgia World Congress Center during the Georgia primary on June 9. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    How to vote by mail in Georgia’s general election
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    Where 5th District special election candidates stand on the issues
    In his bid for re-election, Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, faces Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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    Georgia’s Ossoff-Perdue race for Senate presents a striking contrast
    A voter casts his ballot in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election at a polling site in Sandy Springs, Ga., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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    PHOTOS: U.S. Attorney General Barr, Ivanka Trump visit Atlanta, grants...
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    PHOTOS: Eric Trump campaigns in Georgia
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    PHOTOS: Georgia voters head to polls for runoff elections
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    PHOTOS: President Trump visits Atlanta
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    PHOTOS: Gov. Kemp signs hate-crimes bill on last day of legislative...
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    PHOTOS: Georgia legislature passes hate-crimes bill
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    PHOTOS: Thousands march at Georgia Capitol as lawmakers return
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    PHOTOS: Georgia lawmakers return to Capitol after coronavirus
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    PHOTOS: Georgia voters struggle with long lines, new equipment, social...
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    PHOTOS: Georgians head to polls for early voting
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    Iris Mae Welch, left, Barbara Pace Hunt, center, and Myra Elliott, right, are largely unrecognized for the role they played in integrating Georgia's public universities. The author of a book about their sacrifices urges the state to honor the women by creating a statue of them or naming a building for them.
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    OPINION: Honor ‘hidden figures’ of Georgia’s college desegregation ...
    The 19 states which are having high school football seasons proceed as usual gave Donald Trump a mean of 54.73% of the vote, compared to 51.43% in the 14 states that are delaying football season for COVID-19, and just 40.93% for those cancelling fall football, a statistically significant difference
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    Jim Beard, the city of Atlanta's former CFO, leaves the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, jogging to the car of one of his attorneys, Brittany Cambre, on Thursday, Sept 17, 2020. Beard had just entered a plea of not guilty to multiple federal charges. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
    AJC Columnists
    OPINION: Atlanta ex-CFO shot down by his hubris, not his machine guns
    Fulton County Schools teachers and children protest the district's plan of returning to face-to-face instruction with a walkout during lunch on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
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    Some Fulton teachers urge: Push back timeline for face-to-face classes
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    Michael Hanson votes in May at the DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Office near Decatur. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    Absentee ballot requests backlogged in DeKalb and Gwinnett
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    Some schools withhold COVID-19 infection information from parents,...
    Turner Beeson (right) sneaks in the background as his mother, Sarah Beeson, Democratic candidate for State Senate District 56, prepares for a virtual campaign event at their residence in Roswell on Sept. 10, 2020. Turner usually spends time in the basement with his father and his little brother while Sarah is participating in virtual campaign events at night. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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    Political campaigns of Ga. moms: a blur of juggling kids and Zoom calls
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    Where are absentee ballot drop boxes in metro Atlanta?
    In this file photo, voters cast ballots during the early voting period at C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center on October 18, 2018 in Atlanta, GA. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images/TNS)
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    Georgia election officials say ex-felons can vote while paying debts
    Mail-in paper ballots wait to be scanned by Fulton County employees at the Georgia World Congress Center during the Georgia primary on June 9. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    How to vote by mail in Georgia’s general election
    Voters waited three to five hours, at times in the rain, to cast ballots at New Beginnings Full Gospel Church during the Georgia primary. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    1.1 million absentee ballots mailed to Georgia voters
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    Michael Hanson votes in May at the DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Office near Decatur. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    Absentee ballot requests backlogged in DeKalb and Gwinnett
    In this image from video, former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, seen in a photo as they speak on audio only, during the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
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    Former President Jimmy Carter reacts to death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    John Lewis was the star speaker at the opening ceremony of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington in 2016. Lewis worked for 15 years to get funding from Congress for the museum. During his speech, he said, "This museum is a testament to the dignity of the dispossessed in every corner of the globe who yearn for freedom. It is a song to the scholars and scribes, scientists and teachers, to the revolutionaries and voices of protest, to the ministers and the authors of peace." (Manuel Balce Ceneta /AP)
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    Election 2020: Complete guide to the special election for John Lewis’...
    Lucy McBath (left) unseated Karen Handel in 2018, but the two are facing off again in a 2020 rematch in Georgia's 6th Congressional District. AJC file photos.
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    McBath, Handel rematch will hinge on turnout in suburban Atlanta...
    Turner Beeson (right) sneaks in the background as his mother, Sarah Beeson, Democratic candidate for State Senate District 56, prepares for a virtual campaign event at their residence in Roswell on Sept. 10, 2020. Turner usually spends time in the basement with his father and his little brother while Sarah is participating in virtual campaign events at night. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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    Political campaigns of Ga. moms: a blur of juggling kids and Zoom calls
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    Where are absentee ballot drop boxes in metro Atlanta?
    In this file photo, voters cast ballots during the early voting period at C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center on October 18, 2018 in Atlanta, GA. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images/TNS)
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    Georgia election officials say ex-felons can vote while paying debts
    In his bid for re-election, Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, faces Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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    The Jolt: Two U.S. Senate races, not the presidential contest, will TV...
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    FILE - This Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau has spent much of the past year defending itself against allegations that its duties have been overtaken by politics. With a failed attempt by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question, the hiring of three political appointees with limited experience to top positions, a sped-up schedule and a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude undocumented residents from the process of redrawing congressional districts, the 2020 census has descended into a high-stakes partisan battle. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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    2020 Census: What’s at stake in Georgia as U.S. population counted
    Gwinnett County residents cast their votes during the Georgia primary elections at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Duluth on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    FILE - In this July 17, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp returns to his office after giving a coronavirus briefing at the Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp says he's withdrawing a request for an emergency order that would block Atlanta from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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    FILE - In this July 17, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp returns to his office after giving a coronavirus briefing at the Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp says he's withdrawing a request for an emergency order that would block Atlanta from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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