By April Hunt
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
North Fulton County News
June 2, 2010
Sandy Springs, the first Georgia city to try and bail out of of the Voting Rights Act, on Wednesday drew its first public rebuke, a Fulton County Commission resolution scolding its efforts.
The resolution opposing Sandy Springs' request carried no legal weight, but it sharply defined the differences between the county and a city that incorporated four years ago, with the latter claiming its residents are not receiving proper attention and service from the former and then seeking to be relieved from federal oversight of elections.
“Fairness is your concern about elections, not cost,” said Hasan Crockett, a Morehouse College political science professor, who urged the county commission to oppose the city. “Free and fair elections are not a city service like garbage pick-up. It is a right protected in every constitution, from the federal level down.”
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