Politics & Government

Do-Over for License Plate Contest

Confusion over "In God We Trust" stickers led to the restart of the contest.

Governor Nathan Deal was expected to announce the winner of the new Georgia license plate design contest today. Instead he's announced a do-over after some confusion regarding . 

More than 500 designs were submitted by the public. That field was then narrowed down to eight by a panel of Georgia college and university art professors. Those eight were then voted on in an online poll by the public to determine the top three. Some of the designs were shown with the optional "In God We Trust" sticker while others did not. All three of the final designs were displayed initially with that sticker.

According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, confused church groups, atheists and others took sides over the optional sticker. Religious organizations then encouraged followers to vote for the plates with the "In God We Trust" sticker.

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The optional sticker can be purchased for $1 at county tag offices in lieu of the county sticker.

Governor Deal said voting will re-open Monday and residents again will be able to chose from the eight semi-finalists.

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