Black coalition urge 3 Republicans to resign Ga. election board

Key leaders of two of Georgia's strongest black organizations are calling for the resignations of three members of the State Election Board for mailing letters to voters that suggested photo ID would be required to cast a ballot Nov. 7.

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 Fort Valley Officials Open Fountain City Football Classic Office

COLUMBUS, Ga. - State Rep. Calvin Smyre, Columbus Mayor Robert Poydasheff, other city officials and representatives of both Albany State and Fort Valley State universities gathered here Thursday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of the Fountain City Classic Office at 1151 Britt Avenue.

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   GSW president leaves Americus

Hanes joins the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Pennsylvania

AMERICUS--After more than a decade of service to Georgia Southwestern State University, President Michael L. Hanes, Ph.D., today announced that he has accepted a new position as president and chief executive officer of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, Penn. The appointment begins Jan. 16, 2007.

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Civil Rights coalition sues GA Republicans of the Election Board, challenging illegal voter registration restrictions

A coalition of Georgia and national civil rights groups filed a lawsuit, against Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox and the State Election Board (SEB), seeking to block Georgia's latest attempt to constrain third-party voter registration activity by private groups. The plaintiffs include the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Project Vote, the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, the Georgia State Conference of NAACP Branches, and Deacon Dana Williams, the chairman of ACORN in Georgia.

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