A person walks past a downtown Sparta pharmacy. A sign in its window urges residents to buy locally.
Credit:	Austin Steele/CNN

A person walks past a downtown Sparta pharmacy. A sign in its window urges residents to buy locally.
Credit: Austin Steele/CNN

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In majority-Black Georgia county, voting in Senate runoffs is more about fight to vote than right to vote

Johnny Thornton stood on his sprawling catfish farm, once a symbol of empowerment in this majority Black county, and explained how the local election board once tried to strip him of his right to vote.