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Georgia's Super Booze-day

Forget the Republican presidential primary. Tuesday's elections also lifted blue laws across a large swath of the Peach State.
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Much of the nation's attention on Tuesday was focused on some sort of political race. But in a number of cities and unincorporated areas in Georgia, there was an arguably bigger issue facing voters: booze.

Voters throughout Georgia yesterday ditched their so-called "blue laws" that had prohibited sales of alcohol on Sundays for more than 100 years.