Metro officials call on GA’s governor to veto bill that would change many county offices

Metro Atlanta county commissioners are urging Gov. Brian Kemp to veto a bill that would turn most county offices into non-partisan seats.

They say that because the bill only targets the five metro Atlanta counties — Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, DeKalb, and Clayton — not all 159.

The counties are Democratic strongholds, so they say this violates the equal protection clause…

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