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Fulton County elections head Richard Barron speaks to the media days after the November presidential election. Questions about ballot scanning and audit tally sheet totals have raised the possibility of a performance review that could set in motion a move by the state to take over the county's election management. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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FORSYTH - Georgia’s medical marijuana law, authored by State Rep. Allen Peake, is known as Haleigh’s Hope Act and legalizes the possession of cannabis oil for people suffering from a limited number of illnesses. Janea Cox uses the oil to treat her daughter Haleigh, 7, at their home in Forsyth, Ga. The Coxes must still travel to Colorado to obtain the medical marijuana used to treat Haleigh. Feb. 17, 2017. (BITA HONARVAR/SPECIAL)
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia
Convention goers cheer and boo as Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution
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02/18/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia Rep. Shea Roberts, left, (D-Atlanta) and Georgia House Minority Leader James Beverly (D-Macon) speak amongst themselves in the House Chambers on day 19 of the Georgia Legislative Session at the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of registered voters shows about 51% of respondents either strongly approve or somewhat approve of President Joe Biden's job performance. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Congresswoman for the 14th District in Georgia, speaks during the Murray County town hall meeting at The Cloer Barn on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Chatsworth, Ga. Greene and a Los Angeles-based political action committee have reached a settlement that bars the Georgia Republican from blocking anyone from her public Twitter account or other social media while she's in office. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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Georgia’s political divide is stark. After the voting stopped for the 2020 election, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporters asked voters in “red” and “blue” counties to explain why they voted the way they did.
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03/25/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia —Rep. Barry Fleming, Chairman of the Special Committee on Election Integrity, speaks in defense of SB 202 during a debate in the House Chambers on day 38 of the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. SB 202 passed the House Chambers. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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In this July 7, 2021, photo Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp leaves his his campaign office after an interview in Atlanta. Kemp won the 2018 Republican primary for Georgia governor propelled by grassroots conservatives and a late endorsement from then-President Donald Trump. He went on to beat Democrat Stacey Abrams. Ahead of his Saturday reelection campaign launch, The Associated Press talked to Kemp about the race ahead, Abrams, Trump and the new Georgia political landscape. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Fulton County elections head Richard Barron speaks to the media days after the November presidential election. Questions about ballot scanning and audit tally sheet totals have raised the possibility of a performance review that could set in motion a move by the state to take over the county's election management. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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FORSYTH - Georgia’s medical marijuana law, authored by State Rep. Allen Peake, is known as Haleigh’s Hope Act and legalizes the possession of cannabis oil for people suffering from a limited number of illnesses. Janea Cox uses the oil to treat her daughter Haleigh, 7, at their home in Forsyth, Ga. The Coxes must still travel to Colorado to obtain the medical marijuana used to treat Haleigh. Feb. 17, 2017. (BITA HONARVAR/SPECIAL)
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia
03/25/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia —Rep. Barry Fleming, Chairman of the Special Committee on Election Integrity, speaks in defense of SB 202 during a debate in the House Chambers on day 38 of the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. SB 202 passed the House Chambers. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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02/18/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia Rep. Shea Roberts, left, (D-Atlanta) and Georgia House Minority Leader James Beverly (D-Macon) speak amongst themselves in the House Chambers on day 19 of the Georgia Legislative Session at the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Georgia’s Rev. Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, were sworn into the Senate along with Alex Padilla of California on Jan. 20, 2021. (Video image from C-SPAN)
Judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to overturn Georgia Senate elections
07/19/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, from right, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) listen as witnesses testify during a field hearing of the Senate Rules Committee centered on voting legislation at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Monday, July 19, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Senate Democrats target Georgia law to push voting bills in Congress
07/19/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia State Sen. Sally Harrell, former Morgan County Election Board Member Helen Butler and Georgia voter José Segarra are sworn in before testifying during a field hearing of the Senate Rules Committee centered on voting legislation at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Monday, July 19, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, second from right, and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, right, participate in a discussion with DeKalb County School District parents and members of the DeKalb County Board of Education during a visit to Kelley Lake Elementary School in Decatur, Friday, July 23, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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Although fully vaccinated, state Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods tested positive Thursday for COVID-19 in what is known as a breakthrough case. (KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM)
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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, chair of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, will join Stacey Abrams on Sunday in Smyrna to talk to voters about obstacles they have faced in casting ballots. The next day, Klobuchar's committee will hold a field hearing on voting rights. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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12/16/2020 — Atlanta, Georgia — Fulton County elections workers work with voters during early voting at Chastain Park Gymnasium in Atlanta’s Chastain Park neighborhood, Wednesday, December 16, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia legislators and state officials will consider their options about what to do with a surplus after state tax collections during the past fiscal year exceeded the previous year's take by $3.2 billion. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution
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U.S. House elections
03/25/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia —Rep. Barry Fleming, Chairman of the Special Committee on Election Integrity, speaks in defense of SB 202 during a debate in the House Chambers on day 38 of the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. SB 202 passed the House Chambers. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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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)
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Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams and Republican candidate Brian Kemp greet each other before a debate during the 2018 race for governor. Kemp reported raising about $12 million for his 2022 reelection campaign. Abrams is considered a likely candidate in a rematch next year, but she hasn't declared yet. A voting rights group she formed, however, reported raising $6 million, more than any Georgia candidate over the past five months. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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David Emadi, executive director of Georgia's ethics committee, said his agency is skeptical of the “lack of named donors” on a campaign finance report submitted by Manswell Peterson, a Democratic candidate for secretary of state.
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Atlanta elections
Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown (right) speaks to members of the press as Michelle Falconer (left) and Bishop John Lewis, chairman of the Vine City Civic Association, look during a press conference Inside Dome Atlanta across the street from the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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May 20, 2021 Atlanta - Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms leaves after she attended an unveiling event in Summerhill neighborhood on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Grocery chain Publix is slated to anchor the project's retail portion across Hank Aaron Drive from the former Turner Field. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Atlanta mayor returns $413,000 in campaign refunds
May 20, 2021 Atlanta - Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms leaves after she attended an unveiling event in Summerhill neighborhood on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Grocery chain Publix is slated to anchor the project's retail portion across Hank Aaron Drive from the former Turner Field. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Atlanta mayor returns $413,000 in campaign refunds
The candidates for Atlanta City Council president at a recent forum. From left, Natalyn Archibong, Courtney English, Mike Russell and Doug Shipman.
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