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From the BG Group studio. This is your

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News Minute on the Marietta Daily Journal podcast

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presented by Credit Union of Georgia. Today

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is Monday, March 25th, and I'm Keith

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Ippolito. Alicia Adams, a former

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Republican candidate for Cobb Board of Commissioners

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district two, has taken legal action

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to contest her disqualification from

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the upcoming May 21st primary

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election. Adams petitioned to the Cobb

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Superior Court, seeks to overturn her candidacy,

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disqualifications and request a postponement

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of the primary election, centering

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on a contentious debate over the district map

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used for candidate qualification. The

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core of the dispute lies in the Cobb Board of

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Elections decision to use a home rule

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map adopted by the commissioners Democratic

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majority, rather than the map approved by

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the Georgia General Assembly. This controversy

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was further ignited when a lawsuit challenged

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Adams candidacy based on residency

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criteria under the Home Rule map, leading

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to her disqualification. Cobb Superior

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Court previously ruled the Democrats home rule

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resolution unconstitutional, with

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an appeal pending before the Supreme Court

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of Georgia. In response to the lawsuit,

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the Cobb Board of Elections attorney has withheld

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comments pending a court hearing. Adams

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and her legal team are advocating for an expedited

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review and hearing, aiming to resolve the dispute

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over which map should govern the candidate

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qualifications and potentially affect

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the scheduling of the May 21st primary.

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