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Timothy Pratt in Douglas, Georgia

‘Bring them to justice’: Georgia town residents demand answers in Trump election plot

The Georgia state capitol building in Atlanta.
The Georgia state capitol in Atlanta. Fulton county is the epicenter in the election subversion case against Donald Trump, but neighboring Coffee county is also involved. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

On Saturday afternoon, roughly 70 people gathered on folding chairs in a sweltering church meeting room in the small town of Douglas, about 200 miles (322km) south-east of Atlanta, Georgia. Less than a week earlier, Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted in Fulton county for efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including allegedly entering the Coffee county elections office less than a mile away and copying the state’s voter software and other data.

County residents at the town hall raised concerns about the lack of accountability for those who played a role in copying software and other data, and said they felt insecure about the safety and integrity of future elections.

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