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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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    Lawsuit over Georgia’s participation in Crosscheck purge program settled
    Poll watchers discuss a ballot as auditors sort ballots during an audit at the Chatham County Board of Elections Annex building, Saturday in Savannah, Ga. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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    Review of Senate votes finds similar results in test of Georgia system
    Daniel Blackman, a Democratic candidate for Georgia's Public Service Commission, speaks during a rally earlier this month in Augusta. Blackman had alleged that voters in 38 counties reported they didn’t see the PSC race or his name listed on their ballots for this month's runoff elections. The secretary of state's office found that the ballots had not omitted the PSC race or his name. Republican Lauren "Bubba" McDonald was declared the winner. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)
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    Georgia election officials: Ballots didn’t omit PSC race
    State Rep. Bee Nguyen, D-Atlanta, speaks Tuesday at a press conference at the John Lewis mural on Auburn Avenue in downtown Atlanta. Democratic lawmakers announced the introduction of two bills that would restore the right to vote to felons in Georgia. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    Georgia Democratic lawmakers file bill that would reinstate voting rights to felons
    010521 SOCIAL CIRCLE: Voters socially distance while waiting in line to cast their votes in the runoff election inside the gymnasium at Social Circle Middle School on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Social Circle. Turnout was heavy at the site where more than 900 voted during the November general election with numbers in the runoff already above 800 with more than 90 minutes remaining before the polls closed.   Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”
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    Ban proposed on outside funding to run elections in Georgia
    President Donald Trump arrives at a rally in Dalton, Ga., while campaigning for Republican U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Trump, Perdue and Loeffler all suffered losses in Georgia's last election cycle, thrusting state into the middle of fighting within the Republican Party about its direction in the future. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
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    Trump leaves behind a Georgia GOP mired in conflict
    The Forsyth County election board voted Friday to reject six ballots from ineligible voters after over 5,000 voters had been challenged. From left: election board members Joel Natt, Carla Radzikinas, Barbara Luth, Matthew Blender and Randy Ingram. MARK NIESSE / mark.niesse@ajc.com
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    Georgia voter challenges fall short, with few ballots thrown out
    In his proposed budget, Gov. Brian Kemp calls for a $1.2 billion boost in spending for k-12 education in Georgia over the next 18 months. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    Capitol Recap: Big budget boost planned for Georgia schools
    Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal says he tested the absentee ballot verification process by signing his name on his ballot request form much more clearly than he did on his driver’s license. “For all intents and purposes, signature match doesn’t exist,” Dolezal said. “Regardless of what you think happened in the last election, we can acknowledge this isn’t the best way.” (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    Georgia lawmakers seek absentee ID requirement after signature test
    Voters line up to cast ballots Jan. 5 at the Park Tavern located at 500 10th St N.E. in Atlanta. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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    Judge considers suppression claims in broad Georgia voting rights suit
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