The governor’s race in Georgia last year saw Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams lose by an incredibly close margin to then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp, igniting a national conversation about voter suppression.

Georgia has long been a battleground for voting rights, from the infamous poll taxes of the Jim Crow era to the current under-resourcing of polling locations in districts with large non-white populations. Practices like voter roll purges and restrictive registration policies also contribute to the problem, and many have argued the November race may have turned out differently had Georgia not engaged in them.

MuckRock requested files on constituent complaints and internal communications surrounding the election in Cobb County, which saw around 312,000 ballots cast despite having almost 500,000 registered voters. The Board of Elections and Registration estimated the processing and reproduction fees to be a little over $77.

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