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Georgia GOP leaders who stood up to Trump back voting bills

by Ben NadlerBill Barrow
| March 4, 2021 9:27 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won wide praise last fall for firmly rejecting then-President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. But now that those claims have spawned an effort to tighten voting laws — one that could affect their political fortunes — the two Republicans are taking a softer approach.

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