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Last December this was presented to Augusta officials a Justice Department objection to a state law changing Augusta’s city elections from November to July.
The Justice Department called it an effort to dilute minority voting participation.
Sims authored the bill and disagreed with the objection.
What we wanted to know does the Supreme Court ruling open the door to July city elections?
“We’ll have to wait and see I wish I knew the answer to that,” said Sims “but I don’t.”
Does it need to be in July?”
“I think it should everybody else who’s consolidated is in July except Augusta,” said Sims saying her bill was designed to clarify when the consolidated governments in Georgia hold their municipal elections.
“Why should you suppress an opportunity for an individual to exercise the most precious fundamental right you can have the right to vote,” argued Smith.
Bailey knows how the Supreme Court voted but she doesn’t know the impact on the bill moving Augusta’s elections to July.
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