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So the next mayor, regardless of who it is, has to shore that relationship up to keep buckhead from becoming its own -- >> definitely. greg, interesting point because we're talking about crime. the former atlanta mayor, who is back in the fight, has made crime one of his key elements on the campaign trail. he's running an eric adams esque kind of campaign, focusing on crime. he comes across as a bit of a moderate. interestingly enough, the gop is also making crime a huge issue in georgia as well. kind of explain and talk to us about that a bit. we're way over time, but i want to get that quest...

Pandemic, which exposed really this gross inequity that has long existed in atlanta. anybody that is a fan of donald glover's series, named after our city, robbing city was the name of that. >> that's right. >> affordable housing is on the ballot with this mayoral race. yes, the alarming rise in crime. and the killing of rayshard brooks by atlanta police at the wendy's that sent off a real conversation about police reform in the city, as well as, you know, we saw some violence happen there last summer. so, you know, to greg's point about buckhead, buckhead is responsible for something like 60%...

Atlanta. >> not just buckhead, because it is a wealthy area of atlanta for those familiar, but part of the reason is the crime. erin, what in the world is happening in atlanta? i mean, i looked at some of the crime. just this year, atlanta has reported 125 homicides. i read in the "journal" about the woman who is walking her dog, who was stabbed. i believe that was by midtown park. residents have reported an uptick in rapes, assaults, and carjackings. we also had the viral video of those kids robbing the security guard atlantic square mall. honestly, this is just kind of tragic to watch the ci...

Greg, what are you looking for in this, and what impact has the voter bill had on turnout? >> yeah, as erin noted, this is a dry run for next year's election. this will be an important test to see how the restrictive voting laws are enacted. one of the things that got overlooked in the passage of the sweeping, new rewrite of election laws is it allows the republican-controlled legislature to take control in some cases of the local election system. republican lawmakers here are already trying to do that with fulton county, which has a history of mismanaged elections and, yet, still fulton count...