Gov. Kemp called a June special session to redraw Georgia's voting maps after the Supreme Court banned race-based redistricting. Fani Willis vowed to sue over the new law making metro Atlanta elections nonpartisan. Atlanta City Council advanced a contested Kirkwood senior housing complex, John Lewis Memorial Park got $2 million in federal funding, the Jazz Festival returns this weekend for its 49th year, and the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour arrives at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Kemp Calls Special Session to Redraw Georgia's Congressional Maps and Overhaul Voting Process
Gov. Brian Kemp has called state legislators back to the Capitol for a June 17 special session to redraw voting district boundaries and change election administration rules following the Supreme Court's April ruling that race cannot be used in redistricting. Civil rights leaders are angry, calling the timing and scope an attack on Black voting power.
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