• Georgia gave voters a chance to say "yes" or "no" region-by-region on a plan to impose a 1% sales tax on themselves for road and transit improvements in their areas.
• Three of 12 regions approved the arrangement, which are estimated to bring in about $1.8 billion for work in those areas.
• The governor and the mayor of Atlanta, both proponents, were opposed by odd-bedfellow opponents that included the Tea Party, the Sierra Club and the NAACP.

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Georgia voters on July 31 widely rejected the state’s pitch for a penny sales tax increase that could have delivered as much as $18.7 billion in funding for transportation. ...