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October 29, 2004

If it were up to students across the state, President George W. Bush would go back to the oval office.

The distance learning mock elections took place all week across the state.

It was a close race, Georgia students finished with 51 percent of the votes for President Bush and 46 percent for John Kerry.

The online voting was done after students learned about each candidate and important issues.

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