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Georgia decides: 2026 advanced voting updates
Regular updates from ACPC about the Nov. 3, 2026, general election throughout the advanced voting period in Georgia
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Voting in Georgia? What you need to know for the Nov. 3 election
A step-by-step walkthrough of voting in the Nov. 3, 2026, General Election in Georgia, including who is on your ballot.
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Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2w agoToday's agenda includes a resolution by Council member Wayne Martin to take steps to establish a drug-free commercial zone along Campbellton Road. Georgia law provides greater criminal penalties for possession or sale of drugs in these zones.
Atlanta City Council regular meeting, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, live thread.
Atlanta City Council Public Safety Committee work session on the potential sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, Sept. 23, 2026, live thread.
In this thread we incorrectly posted that Council member Kelsea Bond would be introducing Community Control Over Police Surveillance legislation. Council member Jason Dozier took his previously introduced ALPR legislation and amended that Monday to align more closely with ACLU’s CCOPS.
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 4w agoAtlanta City Council meeting Sept. 21, 2026, live thread.
Y'all ready to do some good this week? How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors. As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know. unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains multitudes. Every September, we do a big fundraiser to abolish medical debt. From 2023-2025, we raised more than […]
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Atlanta City Council meeting Sept. 21, 2026, live thread.
The Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to hold the jail sale resolution.
Breaking: The Atlanta City Council Public Safety Committee is considering legislation authorizing the mayor to enter negations to sell the Atlanta City Detention Center to Fulton County for $68 million. Council member Michael Julian Bond, speaking first, voiced his disagreement with the sale.
1/ Today, Atlanta City Council adopted legislation urging the Atlanta Department of Transportation to preserve the protected multi-use path on Centennial Olympic Park Drive. The goal is to not to just make it permanent part of our Downtown bike network, but make it better. 🧵
Last week, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted to offer $68 million to the city of Atlanta for the purchase of the Atlanta City Detention Center. Today, Mayor Andre Dickens sent a letter to county accepting the county's offer.
Atlanta City Council regular meeting, Sept. 8, 2026, live thread.
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Atlanta City Council Zoning Committee Meeting, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, live thread.
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Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo ago
If you want to follow what happened to my data center task force legislation today ⬇️👇
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo agoCouncil member Kelsea Bond says they hope that this paper is not held longer than one cycle. They believe a public-facing task force is essential, while the mayor's working group is more intended to align city offices. Bond wants these conversations to be public and documented.
1. A really remarkable number of regular ass citizens showing up to Atlanta City Council to say they oppose data centers, many with receipts. 2. This is pure service journalism -- thorough, engaging live posts from the Atlanta City Council meeting. Ty @atlpresscollective.com!
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo agoAtlanta City Council regular meeting, August. 17, 2026, live thread.
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Atlanta City Council regular meeting, August. 17, 2026, live thread.
Developers get all their brownfield remediation expenses credited against the project's property taxes. A State office OKs the amount. So Schools, County & City pay the remediation cost. The project pays no property tax until the remediation cost has been offset.
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo agoMardis says brownfields represent redlining and generational harm. The proposed data center site is a brownfield. Mardis says there are tax rebates for developers rehabilitating brownfields
A map on the event’s website shows more than 400 events planned by groups and individuals in nearly every U.S. state, as of Aug. 13. Twenty of those events are in Georgia. About 22,000 people across the country have registered with the event, according to organizers. by @onofftherecord.bsky.social
Organizers launch week of action against Flock and other ALPRs
Organizers, both new and experienced, are holding events across the country from Aug. 16-22 for the National Week of Action Against ALPRs.
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Breaking: The DNC is suing ICE for documents revealing the agency's plans to deploy agents at polling places in November. Last week, ICE turned over 576 pages of press clippings — a ploy that "circumvented the court's orders," the DNC charges. (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Anger as ICE dances around judge's demand to reveal polling place plans
Nearly 10 months after Democrats demanded records of ICE’s plans for deploying agents to polling places, the agency has turned over 576 pages of press clippings.The batch of useless — and already easi...
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never a dull moment at ATL city hall!
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo agoDavid Serrano, posing as "Jeffry B. Gringoballs" of "Shepherd AI," says the company's ultimate goal is safety, and to do so it will track all elected and non-elected government officials through hackable AI cameras, license plate readers and facial recognition.
