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She is an outstanding choice to work with the State Election Board.</p><div class="MP02 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="RP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><p class="story-text " data-index="5">Ms. Delmas served as a career investigator for the Department of Defense in the United States and overseas. After her Defense Department service, she has worked in a number of roles to promote election integrity in Fulton County — poll manager, assistant manager, poll clerk, poll watcher and, most recently, as Republican team leader of Fulton’s ballot duplication panel.</p></div><div class="story-paygate_placeholder"><div class="c-contentElements" data-start-index="5"><p class="story-text " data-index="6">Under the Georgia Election Code, each county using electronic voting equipment impanels a duplication panel to review ballots that are illegible or otherwise not readable by the tabulator. The panel is composed of bipartisan teams, one Democrat and one Republican, who jointly examine each questioned ballot and adjudicate voter intent.</p><p class="story-text " data-index="7">This arrangement requiring side-by-side bipartisan collaboration is one of the best features of Georgia’s Election Code. Democrats and Republicans work in an atmosphere of collegiality and teamwork to ensure that all ballots cast are counted. Ms. Delmas and her Democrat team leader counterpart are widely respected by Democrats, Republicans and the election staff with whom they work.</p><p class="story-text " data-index="8">Georgia’s voters would be well served by improvements to the election law extending this bipartisan structure to other critical election functions. Poll clerks, vote tabulators, voter registration managers and post-election canvassers are good places to start.</p><p class="story-subscription__placeholder subscription-promo b-margin-bottom-d40-m20"></p><p class="story-text " data-index="10">Let’s make Georgia elections a transparent, bipartisan undertaking. If we do, the 2020 election, whatever the truth, will become a story of interest only to historians.</p><div class="story-nativo_placeholder--moap b-clear-both "></div><p class="story-text " data-index="12"><b>MICHAEL HEEKIN</b></p><p class="story-text " data-index="13">MEMBER, FULTON COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATIONS AND ELECTIONS</p><p class="story-text " data-index="14"><b>Speak up for democracy</b></p><p class="story-text " data-index="15">As I daily skim the front pages of the AJC, the perception is that the turmoil in D.C. is politics as usual. But it is NOT usual.</p><p class="story-text " data-index="16">Elon Musk, a wealthy citizen with no government experience who was not elected and personally benefits from his government interventions, has been given the keys to the castle. He is wreaking havoc with all the reasonable decisions our elected officials have made since our independence. This is a coup.</p><div class="MP03 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="RP09 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><p class="story-text " data-index="19">Please acknowledge the seriousness of the crisis of the U.S. government. We need to know the whole situation and realize that all of us will be impacted negatively. We all need to find our backbones and be willing to speak up for our democracy, including the AJC.</p><p class="story-text " data-index="20">If not us, then who?</p><p class="story-text " data-index="21"><b>JEAN MILLKEY</b>, ATLANTA</p></div></div></div></span><span class="post-article-body" data-pagezone="post-article-body"><div class="c-section full-width b-clear-both"></div><div class="c-section full-width b-clear-both"><div class="more-stories">More Stories</div><div class="line"></div><div class="b-flexRow b-flexColumn -mobile"><div class="endOfStory"><div class="c-top-img-no-img b-margin-bottom-d30-m20" data-sectiontitle="Keep Reading"><p class="column-title">Keep Reading</p><div class="column-content"><div class=" c-story-tease bold-text hide-description "><a href="/politics/fulton-county-refuses-to-provide-all-2020-ballots-despite-new-georgia-law/MGUAISQTAFDPXCUB7XSS33Z47A/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><picture class="" style="display:none"><source srcSet="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/IQU3BQTDO32SQRDYKZGHJ2IPBE.JPG?auth=816d679ec3e0220a1107a6eb453f7cc33f37ddf5e07a6640699f67d3712603c4&width=600&height=400&smart=true" media="(min-width: 1200px)"/><source srcSet="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/IQU3BQTDO32SQRDYKZGHJ2IPBE.JPG?auth=816d679ec3e0220a1107a6eb453f7cc33f37ddf5e07a6640699f67d3712603c4&width=600&height=400&smart=true" media="(min-width: 768px)"/><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/IQU3BQTDO32SQRDYKZGHJ2IPBE.JPG?auth=816d679ec3e0220a1107a6eb453f7cc33f37ddf5e07a6640699f67d3712603c4&width=500&height=500&smart=true" alt="November 14, 2020 Atlanta - Recount teams work on an audit that recounted ballots in Fulton County at the Georgia World Congress Center on Saturday, November 14, 2020. 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She is an outstanding choice to work with the State Election Board.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7QRQ2YPHVJFRRDGWUDFGENQR4M","additional_properties":{"_id":1739226760734,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[{"comment":",","pos":288}]},"content":"Ms. Delmas served as a career investigator for the Department of Defense in the United States and overseas. After her Defense Department service, she has worked in a number of roles to promote election integrity in Fulton County — poll manager, assistant manager, poll clerk, poll watcher and, most recently, as Republican team leader of Fulton’s ballot duplication panel.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4ZXMN64FFD7PHTH3DEYATTA7Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1739226760735,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Under the Georgia Election Code, each county using electronic voting equipment impanels a duplication panel to review ballots that are illegible or otherwise not readable by the tabulator. 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But it is NOT usual.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PZZUUMGIYJG25IKJZEOPIWS5OM","additional_properties":{"_id":1739226760743,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Elon Musk, a wealthy citizen with no government experience who was not elected and personally benefits from his government interventions, has been given the keys to the castle. He is wreaking havoc with all the reasonable decisions our elected officials have made since our independence. This is a coup.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AXLDBJJTK5AXFBZPWXPDEB2WT4","additional_properties":{"_id":1739226760744,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Please acknowledge the seriousness of the crisis of the U.S. government. We need to know the whole situation and realize that all of us will be impacted negatively. We all need to find our backbones and be willing to speak up for our democracy, including the AJC.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WG7IVPUHKRAMBKLBYGOM24HJHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739226760745,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"If not us, then who?","type":"text"},{"_id":"UTVOT4WKMBBNJJTRSFPV6IRWU4","additional_properties":{"_id":1739226760746,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"<b>JEAN MILLKEY</b>, ATLANTA","type":"text"},{"_id":"QTJ5LM3FF5DD3M5UZI5PRMN3SY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739226760747,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"<br/>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[]},"display_date":"2025-02-12T11:00:00Z","distributor":{"subcategory":"","name":"ajc"},"first_publish_date":"2025-02-16T18:02:26.729Z","headlines":{"basic":"Readers write","meta_title":"","web":""},"publish_date":"2025-02-16T18:02:26.729Z","subtype":"Article","taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/opinion","_website":"ajc","type":"section","version":"0.6.0","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","path":"/opinion","parent_id":"/","parent":{"default":"/"},"additional_properties":{"original":{"_id":"/opinion","site":{"section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion","site_url":"/opinion/"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"sponsor":{"sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":"","sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false"},"_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","order":{"default":1083,"ComposerNav":1012,"SectionMap":1095,"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"MainMenu2024":1009},"parent":{"default":"/","ComposerNav":"/","TopNav":null,"BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null,"TopicsBar":null,"AmpNav":"/","TopicsBar2023":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"subnav_opinion":null},"ancestors":{"TopNav":[],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopicsBar":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[],"subnav_opinion":[],"ComposerNav":["/"]},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section"}}},"tags":[{"description":"readers write","slug":"readers-write","text":"readers write"}],"sections":[{"_id":"/opinion","_website":"ajc","type":"section","version":"0.6.0","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","path":"/opinion","parent_id":"/","parent":{"default":"/"},"additional_properties":{"original":{"_id":"/opinion","site":{"section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion","site_url":"/opinion/"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"sponsor":{"sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":"","sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false"},"_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","order":{"default":1083,"ComposerNav":1012,"SectionMap":1095,"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"MainMenu2024":1009},"parent":{"default":"/","ComposerNav":"/","TopNav":null,"BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null,"TopicsBar":null,"AmpNav":"/","TopicsBar2023":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"subnav_opinion":null},"ancestors":{"TopNav":[],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopicsBar":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[],"subnav_opinion":[],"ComposerNav":["/"]},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section"}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion"}]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/okv8fJX8f5CIQsy8WD47oafu45I=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg","galleries":[],"ingestionMethod":"manual","iptc_job_identifier":"799268","iptc_source":"AJC","iptc_title":"AJC STAFF","keywords":["public art provocateur","randy osborne works on his \"letter a day\" project"],"mime_type":"image/jpeg","originalName":"letters iconic art.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg","owner":"andre.jackson@coxinc.com","proxyUrl":"/resizer/okv8fJX8f5CIQsy8WD47oafu45I=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/okv8fJX8f5CIQsy8WD47oafu45I=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg","restricted":false,"takenOn":"2013-03-01T00:00:00Z","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/chYPLbMagFRcts4nDL5lrlJrlhw=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg","version":0,"template_id":594},"address":{"locality":"Atlanta","region":"GA"},"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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It was a point of contention in the CEO runoff debate in June, with Cochran-Johnson honestly admitting that infrastructure changes were critical and would require rate increases and federal support. The Trump administration and whatever “DOGE” has become is beyond unlikely to support sewer and water infrastructure in DeKalb."},{"_id":"QQJXMHVVUNFEXBIF3QWC7XFC2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739807566335},"type":"text","content":"But time and time again, we are reminded of what is beneath our feet."},{"_id":"7MXWYTDBO5F53MYW5474OYT62Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":11,"comment":"-"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959047},"type":"text","content":"With a weeklong water main break in Brookhaven in January and the memorable fiasco last summer in Atlanta when a 108-year-old pipe ruptured on Peachtree, the problem is becoming increasingly apparent. People often don’t consider water infrastructure until they can’t take a shower, they are under a boil water advisory or their neighborhood reeks of human feces because of a sewer overflow."},{"_id":"4UAVCI4IFJBWRFICZLBOWCSMMY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739807566336},"type":"text","content":"DeKalb County is considering a plan to raise water rates by 8 to 10% each year over the next 10 years. Admittedly, that doesn’t sound great. But the best decisions aren’t easy, and if there is one thing that everyone in DeKalb truly has in common, it’s drinking and bathing in the same water."},{"_id":"WLIX7P3S2NGVLI4AQG2TLVO7SM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":60,"comment":"C"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959049},"type":"text","content":"We all drink from the same well. If that isn’t enough, the county is still at risk of legal liability for sewer overflows."},{"_id":"KCIX4F2MVZHKRHCNE3XXLKMBTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739807566337},"type":"text","content":"This is also an environmental justice issue."},{"_id":"WK7WBI2MXRAVFGRDC35SBEFNDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959051},"type":"text","content":"With the Candler Water plant being in North DeKalb, development in South DeKalb has historically been stifled because of less water infrastructure. Today, the Snapfinger Wastewater Treatment Plant in South DeKalb is undergoing improvements to increase its capacity. However, the county is going to have to do and spend more in South DeKalb to stop sewage overflows."},{"_id":"YYUTCQUYLBANVPMIRASWJTHANE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959052},"type":"text","content":"Imagine that your neighborhood permeates the smell of raw sewage for weeks. Maybe then you will admit, it’s a good investment."},{"_id":"TXJXML27SBGDPCVFSJVKYTCWII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959053},"type":"text","content":"Considerate of the fact that higher bills will impact the most disadvantaged residents, Commissioner Ted Terry has thoughtfully pursued the establishment of a Customer Advocacy Office to protect DeKalb residents."},{"_id":"BG7ZGGBMXFCJROUOI53OVHF3RY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739808652944},"type":"text","content":"Atlanta’s former mayor, Shirley Franklin, has proved to be a leader with great foresight. If you ever get to hear her speak, you might hear her reflect on how she ran for mayor with a vision of being the “public art mayor” but ended up as “the sewer mayor.”"},{"_id":"GZL3NTFMX5HJTJISO5PUCZSGTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959055},"type":"text","content":"Franklin invested $2 billion to fix sewage overflow issues and $1 billion in drinking water infrastructure. 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Franklin boasts about being the sewer mayor, and I do not think anyone would ridicule Candler’s efforts as foolish today."},{"_id":"JP4FTIRFONDCBJQEOMTKKZCIGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739808652946},"type":"text","content":"Ahead of proposed rate hikes, CEO Cochran-Johnson has been holding town halls across DeKalb to listen to residents’ concerns and offer a solution to DeKalb’s’ unfortunate reality."},{"_id":"5JRZWUVHCBGPDPBQ5YQOL25MPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":128,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959060},"type":"text","content":"During her town hall in my hometown of Dunwoody, Cochran-Johnson noted that in DeKalb County we have three water breaks each day and more than a thousand each year."},{"_id":"JWDKMDNMWFGAHOOJ3P5WEE27PQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739814959061},"type":"text","content":"It’s better to bite the bullet now than to find yourself drinking dirty water later. 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There are many examples in nature, including gemstones and paint pigments. Even the color of blood comes from the <a href=\"https://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/hemoglobin-and-functions-of-iron\">protein hemoglobin</a>, which contains iron."},{"_id":"DTDID3IZR5HWDHSCMSLHUHLCKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119766},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Investigating the colors of compounds containing transition metals leads you into some really amazing science — that’s part of what drew me to study this field."},{"_id":"WZGNCCXGLVA7ZNKDE6L2OFYTIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119767},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/ruby\">Rubies</a> and <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/emerald-gemstone\">emeralds</a> are great examples of how a small amount of a transition metal — in this case, <a href=\"https://inl.gov/periodic-table/\">chromium</a> — can create a beautiful color in what would otherwise be a fairly boring-looking mineral."},{"level":5,"_id":"PJ2UHT4G6RD5LLXHNQKGOWD6EA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119768},"alignment":"left","type":"header","content":"Minerals and crystals"},{"_id":"OZ75HDAKWJBQHE5KKBSPVYAYAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119769},"type":"text","content":"Both rubies and emeralds are <a href=\"https://shop.elsevier.com/books/introduction-to-mineralogy-and-petrology/haldar/978-0-12-820585-3\">minerals, which is a type of rock</a> with a consistent chemical composition and a highly ordered structure at the atomic level."},{"_id":"OW3QT6XWUBBTJN4B2RN72JTVY4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119770},"type":"text","content":"When this highly ordered structure extends in all three dimensions, <a href=\"https://theconversation.com/how-do-crystals-form-213202\">the mineral becomes a crystal</a>."},{"_id":"4EKF2Q2EBJGZRC7DUHPM4OUILY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119771},"type":"text","content":"With <a href=\"https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Inorganic_Chemistry_(LibreTexts)/10%3A_Coordination_Chemistry_II_-_Bonding/10.02%3A_Bonding_Theories/10.2.01%3A_Crystal_Field_Theory\">a theory developed by physicists in the 1920s</a> called crystal field theory, scientists can explain why rubies and emeralds have the colors they do. 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Beryl’s crystal structure is more complicated than corundum’s because of the additional elements in the formula, but each aluminum ion is again surrounded by six oxygen ions."},{"_id":"AO3SXZCM55ABTP4V5PZE76SVEU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119774},"type":"text","content":"Pure corundum and beryl are colorless. The brilliant colors of rubies and emeralds come from the presence of very small amounts of <a href=\"https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/24/chromium\">chromium</a>. The chromium replaces about 1% of the aluminum in the corundum or beryl crystal when a ruby or emerald forms underground at a high temperature and pressure."},{"_id":"Z73DZ5DEEZFU5IJRL4MV523BY4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119775},"type":"text","content":"But how can one element — chromium — create the red color of a ruby and green color of an emerald?"},{"level":5,"_id":"6KRQJWH7OREDDCHFWDGNOCSJSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119776},"type":"header","content":"Color science"},{"_id":"VTR7FNIFMFDTXCL6JRMHNUZIEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119777},"type":"text","content":"Rubies and emeralds have the colors they do because, like many substances, they absorb some colors of light. Most visible light, like sunlight, is composed of all the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. These colors make up the <a href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/ems/09_visiblelight/\">visible light spectrum</a>, which is easy to remember as ROY G BIV."},{"_id":"FK7W5YTCIVBJDJCWEGAGVU37RU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119778},"type":"text","content":"One of the main reasons <a href=\"https://theconversation.com/why-is-the-sky-blue-246393\">objects have a color</a> is because they absorb one or more of these visible colors of light. If a substance absorbs, for instance, red light, it means that the red light gets trapped in the substance and the other colors reflect back to your eyes. The color you see is the sum of the remaining light, which will be in the green-to-blue range. 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They cause the emerald to absorb blue and red light, leaving the green for you to see."},{"_id":"DWWWBRIL65ACTHZQCWZG5NPYMA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465119781},"type":"text","content":"The ability to tune the properties of transition metals like chromium through changing what is surrounding it is a core strategy in my field of inorganic chemistry. 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A <a href=\"https://sos.ga.gov/ballot-image\" target=\"_blank\">ballot image website</a> by the secretary of state’s office went online last year with images from seven elections in 2024.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGYUXHJQAZAKDEQINXZAOR7SNA","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764888,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"“The superintendent is only required to produce higher resolution ballot images if said ballot images are available on the secretary of state’s platform,” according to Fulton’s statement. “As the secretary of state has no digital postings of the 2020 ballot images, the superintendent is not required to produce the ensuing scanned ballot images.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GYBROWDN3ZFIRFFRPENS27GWXQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764890,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Other counties were willing to make copies of ballots from elections in 2023. New ballot images from the 2020 election aren’t available outside Fulton because laws only require election records to be retained for two years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBSNNYXQGBAPVLVZPLANO63SOE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Court orders have forced Fulton to save its 2020 ballots while cases remain pending, including litigation by Favorito. The original ballots are kept sealed by the superior court clerk.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZFIG2ZXM6VGAVNPYAIMWU3PWRY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764891,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Cherokee County said it would rescan its 3,845 ballots from local elections in November 2023 for $1,252, according to a response to a records request by the AJC. DeKalb County said it would provide new scans of nearly 70,000 ballots cast in November 2023 for $6,476.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XTGVO2BMDRAHHAQKGQV3SZ5IHY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764892,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Fulton County’s elections office and its attorney declined requests for additional comment.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V3Z5PPRGDJB7XNTQ4JNKTL3QNE","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764889,"comments":[],"nofollow":false,"openInNewTab":true,"selectedStory":false,"sponsored":false},"content":"Ballot images made public in Georgia after heated election","type":"interstitial_link","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/ballot-images-made-public-in-georgia-after-heated-election/EXDCNODM4RCOXB4ANZGWW7D6DA/"},{"_id":"5GB3QM6MJBHORJPDG5QEWT6GF4","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764893,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"None of the members of Fulton’s election board — including two Democrats and two Republicans — responded to an email seeking comment.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HHF4E7T2LVEK5OANMFGEL5NWXI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739831023069,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Last year, investigations by the secretary of state’s office into Fulton’s handing of the 2020 election<b> </b>found <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-scrutinizes-double-voting-allegation-in-fulton/FIT6OKELVZGJ7LAROV36AUKR24/\" target=\"_blank\">over 3,000 double-scanned ballots</a> during a recount as well as <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-investigation-finds-errors-in-fulton-audit-of-2020-election/BZ7D5JXOMRBPZIU4PNVYIHQZR4/\" target=\"_blank\">miscounts</a> during an audit. Investigators blamed human errors, poor record-keeping and improper procedures. The inaccuracies didn’t change the outcome, and an election monitor said there wasn’t any <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ga-state-wire-georgia-elections-government-and-politics-87bb23d4d9b2ec80a1db715e6bf1c633\" target=\"_blank\">intentional misconduct</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XF6XFWC5FRE25BYPADHT4JK5RU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764884,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Fulton also failed to save ballot scans that could substantiate election results. Of about 528,000 votes cast in Fulton, nearly 377,000 ballot images are missing from the original count and almost 18,000 ballot images are missing from the recount, according to court records.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DXSH3WERHVDG3OLQQRRELV7QTM","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764894,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"State Sen. Max Burns, who was the chairman of the Senate committee that sought disclosure of ballot images in the new law, said it was “absolutely” meant to make all ballots public. Burns said he hoped counties complied with the law, Senate Bill 189, but it wasn’t clear whether they could be compelled to provide records from elections prior to the law’s passage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDY5Q66EIJEELHRIIVNS5MF2SA","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764895,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"“To not do it certainly raises questions,” said Burns, a Republican from Sylvania. “I’d like for all of our counties to follow Georgia law to provide the information to the public as SB 189 requires.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UYSRZPK7QZACNBX3JG6U73E7FQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764896,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Without the law, it will be up to the courts to decide whether to grant access to Fulton’s ballots.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LD7BKSI2MRHORH26QQ6GAPWVWQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739828764897,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"The Georgia Court of Appeals <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/appeals-court-resurrects-georgia-ballot-inspection-case-brought-by-election-skeptics/4E4B77WG3FEV5K4WZQIKBJDEGY/\" target=\"_blank\">revived </a>one of Favorito’s court cases in 2023, and he brought another lawsuit last year seeking high-resolution copies of ballots. 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But a lawyer for the government argued that dropping the case was necessary to ensure Adams could aid Trump's immigration crackdown — a highly unusual rationale that has reinforced concerns that the mayor is now beholden to the Republican administration.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MFVTSVNUZNG67DKC6WR2X5JPF4","content":"Here's a look at where things stand:","type":"text"},{"_id":"42VLT3GMZFBBHPBG2X3LQTE6SI","content":"What is the judge deciding?","level":2,"type":"header"},{"_id":"GM4R6EWCXNB7VKWQX3NPBWAH7Q","content":"<a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-dale-ho-judge-corruption-case-8963f4ddd264cb01377c6bf02ca894fd\">U.S. District Judge Dale E. 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Dropping the case, he said, is necessary to ensure Adams can assist in the Republican president's national security and immigration enforcement initiatives.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7IQHWJKZQZHSPAFW6R5MI2VCOA","content":"The Justice Department is seeking the option to revive the case at a later date, and Bove has said the new, permanent Manhattan U.S. attorney will review the matter after the November election.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LROS7XXFVDAVFFYXBTWPN26ZE","content":"Adams has pleaded not guilty and denies wrongdoing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AHBEZBWLBBHKFMG4CFMTJESS5M","content":"Is anyone objecting to the government's request?","level":2,"type":"header"},{"_id":"KTEXCMYSFVGDNDZ3J2COY4JD34","content":"Yes. Seven prosecutors have resigned in protest, including Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, who quit rather than follow Bove's directive to drop the case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OJSJ62K3RNC75M6XDRAUURPNY4","content":"Interim U.S. Attorney <a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25526481-sassoon-letter/\">Danielle Sassoon</a>, a Republican, accused Adams' lawyers of offering a \"quid pro quo\" on immigration and said it's \"a breathtaking and dangerous precedent\" to reward Adams for his \"opportunistic and shifting commitments on immigration and other policy matters.\"","type":"text"},{"_id":"4DZQYKQL5NEPFCKT776AWNZMR4","content":"Another prosecutor, Hagan Scotten, wrote in <a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25538561-hagan-scotten-resignation-letter/\">his resignation letter</a>: \"No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives.\"","type":"text"},{"_id":"XTWHYU2ILNEAVC2NVMNRDUOMNY","content":"Late Thursday, three former U.S. attorneys — from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey — <a href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916.135.0_1.pdf\">submitted a letter</a> urging Ho to \"hear from parties other than the government and the defendant in deciding about the appropriate next steps.\"","type":"text"},{"_id":"EO6SAD3CCRAVHJ2AHAOJM64MLQ","content":"Separately, a former Watergate prosecutor has <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-mayor-corruption-akerman-3de252fdf9be14a946dab28772a64e98\">filed papers</a> asking Ho to reject the dismissal request and consider appointing an independent special prosecutor to try the case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TFYX7WRUZZFP5FPZERRWEMO56E","content":"When will Ho decide?","level":2,"type":"header"},{"_id":"6ZT6EH7EORBFHH4LYEGOLG25RM","content":"The judge did not set a timetable but indicated he'll rule soon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MCSPW2ISNZAXDOPCRHRPMS43WI","content":"“It’s not in anyone’s interest here for this to drag on,” Ho said as he wrapped up the 80-minute hearing on Wednesday. “But to exercise my discretion properly, I’m not going to shoot from the hip right here on the bench.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2N42SRXRPNADBPQDVRTU5NZDU4","content":"Ho acknowledged his role is “quite narrow.\" Judges rarely reject dismissal motions in cases where the government and defense are in agreement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HHCYHYGZ2RABJGTH6E6SY7TB4U","content":"Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro, said no appeals court has ever sided with a judge who rejected an unopposed motion to dismiss a criminal case. Until about 80 years ago, such requests were granted automatically, without a judge weighing in.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PMJNTLZFBVEGBBRWWBBYHPQOYA","content":"Adams' trial is scheduled to begin April 21 and he faces multiple challengers in June's <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nyc-eric-adams-trump-charges-new-york-4c3358d31cb9527b173a2ae80e820bf4\">Democratic primary</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MIUS5FOVO5CU7MGNLOU67EY2F4","content":"Can Hochul throw Adams out of office?","level":2,"type":"header"},{"_id":"43Y77YDQ3BAVFHB44YT7R5HRCA","content":"Yes, though the process is untested and opaque — even to government wonks. For months, Hochul, an Adams ally and fellow Democrat, has acknowledged as much, firmly rejecting calls to exercise her removal powers against him.","type":"text"},{"_id":"35ATSVIBKZCYLDAUFURWVVPYUA","content":"Hochul appeared to soften this week after four of Adams' top deputies <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-mayor-new-york-city-corruption-case-e288bd86d5a89357733cd3feab895f1d\">announced their resignations</a>. She summoned key officials and power brokers on Tuesday to <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mayor-eric-adams-gov-kathy-hochul-db868e1685aefe9581fe26680f84ee58\">a series of one-on-one meetings</a> about \"the path forward.\"","type":"text"},{"_id":"PJPXC2LZDJA2BJDGTNU55H4HDM","content":"But by Thursday, the governor had <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nyc-mayor-new-york-trump-14be53dca175ef4bf8a3c4204ba7ff05\">resolved to not immediately remove</a> Adams from office. Instead, she said she will push for increased oversight. Among her proposals: a special inspector general for the city and allowing other elected city officials — the comptroller, public advocate and council speaker — to initiate lawsuits against the Trump administration.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LRDNI7FNURBXRDPZQZEKREAAUM","content":"What is the procedure for removing the mayor?","level":2,"type":"header"},{"_id":"HYFRHFIEQRHRPNKIK6OFHV7GE4","content":"It's a court-like process. Hochul would serve Adams with charges outlining the reasons for his removal and provide him with an opportunity to defend himself.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B3CX3K3P5JAMRI5ORFCUG4UP5I","content":"Experts say it’s far from clear how would play out. The closest it’s come to happening was nearly a century ago when Gov. Franklin D. 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In recent days, he has described calls for him to step down as “a modern-day ‘Mein Kampf,’\" likened himself to Lazarus and insisted that he would “never surrender.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"E4MS7CBBJZATRJVYTHO72TKZOA","content":"At Wednesday's hearing, Adams appeared almost buoyant — cracking jokes in the courtroom to the judge about failing his law classes and flashing a thumbs-up to cameras as he left the hearing. He said he wasn't worried about the Justice Department seeking the option to refile the case later on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3VZG52UWHFH5NBELV2OODMZF2I","content":"“I have not committed a crime and I don’t see them bringing it back,” Adams told Ho. “I’m not afraid of that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y3JIKXP3FBAFTLPW5NP4YKV4MM","content":"Adams is maintaining a busy schedule, with plans Thursday to speak at an Islamic cultural center and an Israeli fundraiser. 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