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Hall jury pool expands with new system
Voters and drivers lists combined to select Ga. jurors
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Dodging jury duty in Hall County is much harder now — at least for those who have voted or have a driver’s license. Changes in state law have moved the jury selection away from a forced-balancing process that uses a small fraction of people to reflect the overall population to one that includes anyone with a driver’s license or on the voter registration list. “So the jury box, although it didn’t contain every eligible juror in the county, still mirrored the population in the county,” said Georgia Supreme Court Justice Hugh Thompson, who chaired a special state jury commission.