On May 2, 1999, Nike’s “Chicks Dig The Long Ball” Commercial with Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux first aired.

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A federal plan to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug could increase access for medical marijuana patients in Georgia, allowing pharmacy sales, health research and greater acceptance by doctors. #gapol ajc.com/politics/georg…

Web site files for bankruptcy amid lawsuit by Fulton County election workers ajc.com/politics/web-s…

“‘The Magnificent Seven’ are warming up in the bullpen and will be with you as soon as Leonard hits into a 6-4-3. 6…4…3.” - Skip Caray

Mistakes happen-but public trust depends on accurate election results. Election officials need to build in redundancies and safeguards to ensure that every vote is counted.

Election workers in Fulton County initially failed to count 1,326 votes during the 2022 primary because they weren’t loaded from memory cards, according to an investigation report. The vote totals were corrected and the election recertified. #gapol ajc.com/politics/georg…

hello friends! today's ~free~ AM ATL newsletter includes the latest on...

🪧campus protests at UGA
✈️Kamala Harris' visit
🏡 a squatter in Cobb County
⚾️ a brutal Braves loss

and what the end of Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle saga means for your💵

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I voted! No line at the DeKalb elections office. I was the 27th voter of the day. Took me 12 minutes total. Early voting started today and lasts three weeks leading up to Election Day May 21. #gapol

Georgia gained about 13,500 more likely Democratic voters than Republican voters since the last presidential election, according to an analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of voter registration data from L2, a political data vendor. #gapol ajc.com/politics/more-…

Polls are open in Georgia! Three weeks of early voting began Monday in partisan primary elections for Congress, the General Assembly, judges and local officials. #gapol ajc.com/politics/polls…

What you need to know before voting in the state primary begins Monday. From Mark Niesse #gapol
Early voting set to begin for competitive primary races across Georgia ajc.com/politics/early…

The Georgia county where tech experts copied the state’s election software after the 2020 election was hit by a cyberattack this month. #gapol ajc.com/politics/coffe…

Early voting starts Monday in Georgia's primary, with contests including a challenge to Fulton County DA Fani Willis as she’s prosecuting Donald Trump, a packed primary for an open congressional seat, and a three-way showdown for DeKalb County CEO. #gapol ajc.com/politics/early…

For the first time anyone can remember, no invited incumbent has agreed to participate in the Atlanta Press Club debates this weekend. That’s a challenge to an informed democracy and speaks volumes about today’s politics, writes Patricia Murphy. #gapol

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“Hopefully it will not grow and get worse than it did in 2020, but I think there’s a chance it will.”
Election officials and police are preparing for the possibility of threats and disruptions in this year's elections. #gapol ajc.com/politics/georg…

If you aren't registered to vote yet in Georgia, today is the deadline for the upcoming general primary election. Get on that!
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Over the next seven months, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution will report from five pivotal Georgia counties to see what’s driving ordinary citizens to vote. Here’s the first installment in our series: #gapol
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Time of Game: 2022 v 2023 v 2024

2023 started at about 161 minutes, settled in at 168 minutes, for a seasonal average of 165 minutes

2024 is currently at 163 minutes, about 2 minutes longer than 2023 at this current time, but 2 minutes shorter than the 2023 seasonal average

More than 36,000 Georgians used a new “unborn dependents” deduction in 2022, lowering their taxable income by about $109 million.

The deduction allows expectant parents to claim an embryo or fetus as a dependent on their taxes. Maya T. Prabhu

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The legal battle over whether counties have the right to draw their own district lines went to the Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday. The case involves Cobb County #gapol #redistricting ajc.com/news/atlanta-n…