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The ADVANCE, December 15, 2021/Page 4A
RTCA JR, BETA & K5 COLLECT TOYS — Robert Toombs Christian Academy's Jr. Beta Club and Kindergarten class col
lected toys for children in Shriners Hospitals. Jr. Beta and Kindergarten challenged the school to bring in donations
and together collected a lot of items for these children. The donations will be handed out from our local Shriners
organization to Shriners Hospitals and will help to brighten the spirits of children that are sick and in the Shriners Hos
pitals this Christmas season. Kindergarten Class, Front Row, L to R: Kennedy Goggins, Case Calhoun, Jagger White,
Kayson Kemp, Hadden Barnett, Parks Glenn, Brayson Castillo, Jameson Turner, Lane Thigpen, Lily Vendl, Savannah
Montfort, Sofia Paez, Thom Vendl, Cannon Absher, Kaisley Fish, Carter Tomberlin, Hattie Claire Sconyers, Ty Boyd,
Cason Absher, Chesney Monroe, Charli Monroe, Jr. Beta Club, Back Row, Lto R: Mekhia Bell, Mandy Johnson, Sean
Fitzgerald, Grayson Smesny, Josie Kight, Billie Parker Ford, Oakley Drew, Aubrey Jones, Autumn Moore, Saige White,
Maggie Bowers, Easton Drew, Anderson Moore, Isaac Holton, Hayden Meeks, Cayden Nance, Madaline Wolfe, Kylie
Whitney, Kailey Dismuke, Julia Yacovella, Lily Cauley, and Samantha Greenhouse.
MASTERING Xtra MATH — Breonna Jones, a third grade
student at Wheeler County Elementary School, is cele
brating mastering all of the addition, subtraction, mul
tiplication, and division facts in the Xtra Math online
program. Breonna is the first third grader in Mrs. Adams's
math class to achieve this honor, In order to graduate
from Xtra Math, students must correctly answer each
math fact within 6 seconds.
Judge denies bid to quash challenges
to Georgia election law changes
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
A federal judge has ruled a series
of lawsuits challenging the election
reform law the General Assembly
enacted last March may move for
ward.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee
Thursday denied motions to dismiss
suits filed by civil and voting rights
group opposed to Senate Bill 202.
The controversial measure,
which the Republican-controlled
legislature passed along party lines,
replaces the signature-match verifi
cation process for absentee ballots
with an ID requirement, restricts
the location of ballot drop boxes and
prohibits non-poll workers from
handing out food and drinks within
150 feet of voters standing in line.
Boulee ruled that the groups had
legal standing to sue because they
suffered harm from the election law
in that it forced them to divert funds
and other resources from other pri
orities to fight the measure.
The judge also declared the
groups have sufficient cause to make
a claim against the defendants, in
cluding Gov. Brian Kemp, Secretary
of State Brad Raffensperger and the
Republican National Committee.
Representatives of the plaintiffs
praised the judge’s ruling.
“The right to vote is one of the
most fundamental freedoms of a de
mocracy and one of the most impor
tant ways people can advocate for
themselves and their communities,”
said Poy Winichakul, staff attorney
for the Southern Poverty Law Cen
ter.
“As the litigation proceeds, we
believe it will become even clearer
how S.B. 202 was based on a false
and dangerous narrative about past
elections, erects unlawful barriers to
voting, and places undue burdens on
Georgians.”
“Georgia’s anti-voter law makes
it harder to vote for Georgia’s citi
zens of color and citizens with dis
abilities, and we look forward to
continue to fight this law in court,”
added Rahul Garabadu, voting rights
staff attorney for the American Civil
Liberties Union of Georgia.
Georgia Republican leaders say
the lawsuits are a politically moti
vated effort aimed at a legitimate at
tempt to restore election integrity in
Georgia and prevent voter fraud.
This story is available through a news
partnership with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the Georgia Press
Educational Foundation.
State to acquire
green space in
Treutlen County
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
The Georgia Board of
Natural Resources voted
Tuesday to accept the do
nation of more than 3,000
acres of pristine habitat in
Treutlen County.
The Rosemont Planta
tion was built in the early
1800s by brothers George
Michael and Robert Troup.
George Michael Troup
served as both a governor
and U.S. senator from Geor
gia.
The land fronts the
Oconee River downstream
from the Riverbend Wild
life Management Area and
is home to both longleaf
pines and a gopher tortoise
population.
The property was re
cently appraised at more
than $3.9 million.
The state Department
of Natural Resources has
been working with the
owner for the last couple of
years to acquire the prop
erty.
The proposed donation
still must go before the State
Properties Commission be
fore it can be finalized.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitoi Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
We will have a Meet & Greet for U.S.
Senate Candidate Latham Saddler at
Pineland Paper on Dec. 16th at 11am.
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