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Atlanta-area counties
Coverage of Atlanta-area counties in the Nexus archive.
- District attorney challenges new Georgia law that removes party labels in Atlanta-area elections
A district attorney has filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law that mandates nonpartisan elections for most local officials in five Atlanta-area counties, but not elsewhere in the state. The law removes party labels from ballots in these counties, creating a discrepancy with other parts of Georgia.