ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News has learned that there are new questions about the integrity of last year's Atlanta mayor's race.
Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant confirmed with Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp's office recently launched a new investigation into last December's runoff election between Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood.
Those sources told Diamant that the probe will focus on how absentee ballots were handled.
The secretary of state's office, which oversees Georgia’s elections, confirms its investigators will seek access to election records for a forensic review of the mayoral election's results.
“This simply casts another cloud over City Hall,” Georgia State University professor emeritus Harvey Newman said. “There are all kinds of questions raised, but very few answers at this point.”
Sources close to the investigation told Channel 2 Action News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the probe involves new allegations of irregularities in that election -- specifically the mishandling of absentee ballots.
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