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Legislature Approves City of Stonecrest Referendum, Declines on Greenhaven

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With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor   (APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia Legislature has approved a November 2016 voter referendum on a new City of Stonecrest in Dekalb County, while it did not approve a proposed referendum on a new City of Greenhaven, that also would have occurred in DeKalb County.   CITY OF STONECREST   SB […]

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Municipal Early Voting Reduction Bill Amended, Passes House

  (APN) ATLANTA — On February 26, 2014, the full House of Representatives passed and adopted, as amended, HB 891, which allows over 500 municipalities of different sizes, across the State of Georgia, to decide whether to reduce their early voting period from seventeen days to six.     The bill passed 146 to 25.   As previously reported by […]

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