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Cattledog

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Thu Aug 16, 2018, 03:54 PM Aug 2018

GA county wants to close 75% of Black polling locations. [View all]

https://www.apnews.com/amp/366440549dd049858fd296430361fb1c

ATLANTA (AP) — Civil rights advocates are objecting to a proposal to close about 75 percent of polling locations in a predominantly black south Georgia county.

The Randolph County elections board is scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss a proposal that would eliminate seven of nine polling locations in the county, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. Included in the proposed closures is Cuthbert Middle School where nearly 97 percent of voters are black.
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