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David Cross presents evidence of double-counted ballots doing the 2020 presidential election Tuesday. Cross showed photos of what he believes are duplicate ballots that were scanned in Fulton County following the election. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
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A fan - wearing a Braves jersey and a Cubs hat - holds a sign thanking Major League Baseball for "supporting voting rights" during the fifth inning of a Braves-Cubs game Monday, April 26, 2021, at Truist Park in Atlanta. MLB moved the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta over Georgia's new voting law. The July 13 game will now be played in Denver. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
OPINION: The Major League blame game over voting rights in Georgia
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How Georgia’s voting law works
Georgia's 6th Congressional District (shown in green) covers east Cobb County, north Fulton County and North DeKalb County. But the boundaries of all 14 of Georgia's congressional districts may change during redistricting or reapportionment in time for the 2022 elections. (Georgia Legislative and Reapportionment Office Map)
Redistricting in Georgia: What is it and how will it affect you?
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Interactive: Poll of Georgia voters, May 2021
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See Fulton ballots with unclear markings and how officials ruled
county election maps years 2008-2020
Maps: Compare how Georgia counties voted for president in 2008-2020
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Special runoff elections were held Tuesday for two Georgia House seats. Photo taken inside the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Follow results of Tuesday’s runoff elections for Georgia House
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Republican Evans mounts 6th District bid as ‘conservative trailblazer’
Gov. Brian Kemp, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Commissioner Georgia DPH, and U.S. Army personnel along with members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), Fulton County Board of Health and Fulton County arrive for a press conference as operations get under way for Mercedes-Benz Stadium to become the largest Community Vaccination Center in the southeast serving an average of 42,000 citizens a week on March 23, 2021, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”
Fired lawyer opposed no-bid contract, released emails on Kemp’s handling of pandemic
Despite pandemic, Georgia ends fiscal year with a record $3.2 billion jump in revenue
Drop box use heavy in Democratic areas before Georgia voting law
The Jolt: The little election with big names behind it
Atlanta's mayoral candidates recently submitted their campaign finance reports for the June 30 disclosure deadline. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
Sharon Gay leads pack in fundraising for Atlanta mayor’s race
Warnock reports raising $7 million for 2022 Georgia Senate contest
The Jolt: Brian Kemp’s first ad focus: ‘Stacey Abrams and the liberal mob’
Capitol Recap: It’s time to check checks as Georgia fundraising reports roll in
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Kemp, Jones, Abrams group raise big money with an eye toward 2022
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A fan - wearing a Braves jersey and a Cubs hat - holds a sign thanking Major League Baseball for "supporting voting rights" during the fifth inning of a Braves-Cubs game Monday, April 26, 2021, at Truist Park in Atlanta. MLB moved the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta over Georgia's new voting law. The July 13 game will now be played in Denver. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
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David Cross presents evidence of double-counted ballots doing the 2020 presidential election Tuesday. Cross showed photos of what he believes are duplicate ballots that were scanned in Fulton County following the election. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
Some ballots initially double-counted in Fulton before recount
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Special runoff elections were held Tuesday for two Georgia House seats. Photo taken inside the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Follow results of Tuesday’s runoff elections for Georgia House
Gov. Brian Kemp, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Commissioner Georgia DPH, and U.S. Army personnel along with members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), Fulton County Board of Health and Fulton County arrive for a press conference as operations get under way for Mercedes-Benz Stadium to become the largest Community Vaccination Center in the southeast serving an average of 42,000 citizens a week on March 23, 2021, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference on August 10, 2020, in Atlanta. Kemp is asking for the emergency declaration for the COVID-19 crisis be lifted on July 1, worrying state officials. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/TNS)
Despite pandemic, Georgia ends fiscal year with a record $3.2 billion jump in revenue
The mostly Democratic counties in metro Atlanta saw heavy usage of ballot drop boxes in November's election, far more than in rural Republican areas of Georgia, election records show. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Drop box use heavy in Democratic areas before Georgia voting law
Jim Beck became the commissioner of the Georgia Insurance Department in January 2019. Four months later, he was indicted on charges that he swindled a former employer out of $2 million to, among other things, pump money into his 2018 campaign for office. (PHOTO by EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com)
Suspended Ga. Insurance Commissioner Beck to go on trial in theft case
By state law, Georgia Power can charge its customers for reimbursement of “prudent and reasonable” capital costs, such as from building Plant Vogtle or any new plant, and for profit set as a percentage of those expenses. The higher the allowed costs, the greater the profit. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Nuclear cost overrun could mean billions in extra Georgia Power profit
12/15/2020 — Atlanta, Georgia — Former Democratic Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a “Get Ready to Vote” rally for Georgia Democrat U.S. Senator candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff at Pratt-Pullman Yard in Atlanta’s Kirkwood neighborhood, Tuesday, December 15, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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David Cross presents evidence of double-counted ballots doing the 2020 presidential election Tuesday. Cross showed photos of what he believes are duplicate ballots that were scanned in Fulton County following the election. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
Some ballots initially double-counted in Fulton before recount
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Special runoff elections were held Tuesday for two Georgia House seats. Photo taken inside the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Follow results of Tuesday’s runoff elections for Georgia House
The mostly Democratic counties in metro Atlanta saw heavy usage of ballot drop boxes in November's election, far more than in rural Republican areas of Georgia, election records show. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Drop box use heavy in Democratic areas before Georgia voting law
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, left, waits to speak as Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, introduces him during the 50th annual Wild Hog Supper at the historic Railroad Depot in Atlanta on Jan. 8, 2012.
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State Rep. Meagan Hanson, R-Brookhaven. AJC file photo.
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Gov. Brian Kemp announces his bid for re-election at the Georgia National Fairgrounds surrounded by his family on Saturday, July 10, 2021 in Perry, Ga. (Clay Teague/The Macon Telegraph via AP)
Kemp kicks off reelection campaign with focus on future - and not Trump
Atlanta's mayoral candidates recently submitted their campaign finance reports for the June 30 disclosure deadline. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
Sharon Gay leads pack in fundraising for Atlanta mayor’s race
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock reported collecting $7 million in campaign donations from April through June. He now has $10.5 million on hand for his reelection bid next year. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Warnock reports raising $7 million for 2022 Georgia Senate contest
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Six months have passed since supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, and scars can still be detected from the riot. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire/TNS)
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Georgia's statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, who served as the vice president of the Confederacy, resides in Statuary Hall inside the U.S. Capitol.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., second from left, speaks accompanied by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., before a key test vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The bill failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Opinion: Did Democrats try to do too much in election overhaul bill?
August 21, 2020 Atlanta: Work continues on the Peachtree Creek Greenway in Atlanta. It is one of 38 Georgia transportation projects that would get funding in a $547 billion transportation bill before Congress. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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