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    Enrique Torrio, chairman of the Proud Boys, speaks at a rally in Delta Park in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. (Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi/The New York Times)
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    A sign is displayed at Grady High School in Atlanta during the primary runoff election on July 26, 2016. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL
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    Georgia 5th District special election results
    Voters cast ballots Tuesday in a special election in the 5th Congressional District to fill the remainder of the term of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Atlanta, who died in July. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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    FILE- In this June 23, 2020, file photo, Rev. Raphael G. Warnock delivers the eulogy for Rayshard Brooks' funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. A pair of new high-profile endorsements are adding fuel to an already contentious special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. Former Gov. Nathan Deal has endorsed Republican Rep. Doug Collins in his bid to unseat Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a fellow Republican. Former president Jimmy Carter endorsed Democrat Raphael Warnock in the race. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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    Poll: Warnock tops Collins, Loeffler in crowded Senate race
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    Today is final day to vote in special election for Congressman John...
    Stephanie Herrera crouches in line as she and other voters lined up in the rain to vote at Garden Hills Elementary School in Buckhead during the June 6 primary. Malfunctioning Poll Pads, used for checking in voters, contributed to the hours-long delays some voters faced that day. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    Judge orders emergency paper backups of voter records in Georgia
    Pre-election testing of voting equipment last week in Douglas and Richmond counties found a second column of candidates in Georgia's special election for the U.S. Senate didn’t always appear on touchscreens because of a technical problem. Among the candidates who were listed in that column were Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Democrats Matt Lieberman, Ed Tarver and Raphael Warnock. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Fix coming to Georgia touchscreens to restore missing Senate candidates
    Georgia charges $1 for every new tire sold, and the money is supposed to be used to clean up dumps like this one in Atlanta. But much of the money is used for other purposes. Voters will decide whether to approve an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that would allow the General Assembly to dedicate such revenue to its intended purpose. PHIL SKINNER
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    President Donald Trump arrives with Judge Amy Coney Barrett to introduce her as his Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)
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    Battle lines quickly drawn in Georgia over Barrett’s nomination
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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
    A website where Georgia voters can request an absentee ballot launched Friday. The website is available at ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov.
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    Georgia launches absentee ballot request website
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    PHOTOS: U.S. Attorney General Barr, Ivanka Trump visit Atlanta, grants...
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    PHOTOS: Georgia voters head to polls for runoff elections
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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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    Former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Feb. 11, 2020, in Atlanta during the dedication of the new judicial center named for him in honor of his contributions to criminal justice reform in Georgia. (credit: Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    Nathan Deal backs Doug Collins bid for Senate in Georgia
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    Battle lines quickly drawn in Georgia over Barrett’s nomination
    President Donald Trump talks with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty, right, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga.,, center, and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., as he arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base for a campaign event at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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    Stay in! Get out! Dizzying messages in Georgia U.S. Senate race
    11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Churchspeaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Obama backs Ossoff, Warnock U.S. Senate bids in Georgia
    U.S. House
    Voters cast ballots Tuesday in a special election in the 5th Congressional District to fill the remainder of the term of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Atlanta, who died in July. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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    Hall, Franklin to face each other in runoff to succeed U.S. Rep. John...
    AJC file photo.
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    Today is final day to vote in special election for Congressman John...
    Seven candidates are running Tuesday in a special election to fill the term of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. The Democrat from Atlanta, an icon of the civil rights movement, died in July. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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    Seven compete to fill John Lewis’ seat - briefly
    Republican Rich McCormick and Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux are vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall in Georgia's 7th Congressional District.
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    Election 2020: Bourdeaux, McCormick hit the airwaves in 7th District...
    State offices
    Georgia charges $1 for every new tire sold, and the money is supposed to be used to clean up dumps like this one in Atlanta. But much of the money is used for other purposes. Voters will decide whether to approve an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that would allow the General Assembly to dedicate such revenue to its intended purpose. PHIL SKINNER
    Election 2020
    Voters to decide three statewide ballot measures
    August 11, 2020 Atlanta: Voters at the machines on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Magnolia Hall located at 1320 Monroe Drive NE in Atlanta. A heated race for Fulton County district attorney saw a light turnout at the polls on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Incumbent Paul Howard faces his former chief deputy, Fani Willis, in a closely watched contest to become the county’s top prosecutor. Election officials said they learned lessons from the June 9 primary to avoid the kind of extreme lines that some voters encountered last time. Poll workers have been retrained. Technicians were on hand at every voting location in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Voting machines were delivered well in advance of election day. Still, some voters experienced problems and long waits at the polls. Nearly 377,000 Georgians already voted in advance of election day, most of them casting absentee ballots. About 60% of early votes were absentee; the rest were cast in person during three weeks of early voting. With so many voters using absentee ballots, election results might be slow to come in Tuesday night. Absentee ballots will be counted if they’re received by county election officials before 7 p.m., but each ballot has to be fed through a scanner to be counted, a process that can take days. Election officials say it’s normal for absentee vote-counting to take some time. But that means close races might not be settled on election night. The winners of Tuesday’s runoffs will advance to the general election in November, when turnout is expected to break records and exceed 5 million voters. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    The Jolt: Election officials spot a software error that causes to Has...
    The Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
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    Georgia Republicans move to middle to win votes in tight districts
    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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    Enrique Torrio, chairman of the Proud Boys, speaks at a rally in Delta Park in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. (Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi/The New York Times)
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    In this combination image of two photos showing both President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. The first debate pitting Republican President Donald Trump against Democratic challenger Joe Biden was not a highlight of political oratory in the eyes of many overseas. Yet interest ran high for its potential impact on what may be the most consequential U.S. election in years, now just over a month away. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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    President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Tuesday in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
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    Trump and Biden clash in chaotic, bitter first presidential debate
    An employee vacuums a rug near the stage ahead of the first presidential debate between Republican candidate President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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    Stephanie Herrera crouches in line as she and other voters lined up in the rain to vote at Garden Hills Elementary School in Buckhead during the June 6 primary. Malfunctioning Poll Pads, used for checking in voters, contributed to the hours-long delays some voters faced that day. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    Judge orders emergency paper backups of voter records in Georgia
    Pre-election testing of voting equipment last week in Douglas and Richmond counties found a second column of candidates in Georgia's special election for the U.S. Senate didn’t always appear on touchscreens because of a technical problem. Among the candidates who were listed in that column were Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Democrats Matt Lieberman, Ed Tarver and Raphael Warnock. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Fix coming to Georgia touchscreens to restore missing Senate candidates
    Kenisha Fray hands out "Pledge to be a Voter" cards during the "Fuel the Vote" food distribution and voter registration drive at The Home Depot Backyard in Atlanta on Saturday, September 26, 2020. Sponsored by Michelle Obama's nonprofit organization When We All Vote, the event provided food and groceries to hundreds of people and helped them prepare to cast their ballots in November. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    ‘Fuel the Vote’ event helps residents, including a voice in election
    Georgia’s new voting machines by Dominion Voting Systems were demonstrated at the Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Voters will make their choices on touchscreens, which are connected to computers that will print out paper ballots for tabulation. Photo credit: Georgia Secretary of State
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    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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    March 29, 2020 Atlanta: Customers wait in line to enter the Home Depot store at Midtown Place while the store limits the number of occupants to maintain six feet of space between shoppers and help prevent the spread of coronavirus on Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
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    Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams (Democrat - 39 holds her son Carter Small after Williams gave her speech for the Democratic Party of Georgia Chair position at the 2019 Georgia Democratic Party State Convention in Atlanta GA January 26, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    07/07/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Bruce W. Griggs, right, holds onto a giant sympathy card for Secoriea Turner's family as a man signs it outside of the All American Package Store in Atlanta's Peoplestown community, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The card was provided by radio DJ Gregg Street and the OCS Atlanta Street Academy. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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