Georgia Department of Transportation to Reject Ku Klux Klan's Offer to Adopt a Highway

A local chapter of the white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Georgia made headlines this week when it was revealed that the International Keystone Knights of the KKK filed an application to "adopt" a one-mile stretch of highway in Union County.

But now we learn from a state official who talked to CNN on condition of anonymity as the "official was not authorized to speak on the record", that KKK's application will not be accepted.

Under the "Adopt a Highway" program, private individuals or organizations volunteer to clean portions of a road for a specified period of time and in exchange, they are allowed to have their name posted on a sign.

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