georgia voter suppression
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Tennessee Football Coach Fired for Calling Stacey Abrams ‘Fat Albert’ and ‘Big Girl’ Over Georgia Runoff Results
Much like their cult leader, Trump supporters are a special kind of stupid. We saw that stupidity manifest itself in the form of angry white chaos at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, but, honestly, that event was just a culmination of all the idiocracy that has plagued the last four years of American…
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Georgia Republicans Vow to Suppress the Vote After Twice Confirming Trump’s L in the State
Despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud, Georgia Republicans are vowing to craft legislation that will make voting harder in the state. According to NBC News, Republican officials in the state announced plans on Tuesday to limit access to mail-in voting and to dismantle election laws that contributed to the state’s record turnout.…
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Efforts to Make Voting Harder in Georgia’s Senate Runoff Surprisingly Rejected by State Leaders
The fate of the Senate is in the hands of Georgia voters, and state Republicans were hoping to bust out their tried-and-true tactics of just straight up not letting people vote. Surprisingly, Georgia’s Republican governor and noted election thief has pushed back against those attempts. AJC reports that Gov. Brian Kemp released a joint statement…
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Stacey Abrams To Feature In Upcoming Documentary From Amazon Studios on Voter Suppression
Former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who lost to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in an election rife with evidence of voter suppression, will feature in a new documentary about that same pervasive issue in America’s democracy premiering in September. All In: The Fight for Democracy will open in select theaters on September 9 and go on…
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Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Organization to Monitor Absentee Ballot Issues in Georgia
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia has had to drastically alter the way they carry out their elections. These changes have been poorly implemented in the lead-up to its June 9 primary election, an election that has already been postponed twice. CBS News reports that Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight PAC is launching a…
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White City Council in Majority Black City Quietly Moves Only Voting Location to Police Station
The rapidly gentrifying Atlanta suburb known for banning sagging pants has outraged black residents while likely delighting the state’s vote-suppressing governor by announcing a decision to move the city’s only polling location to the local police department. On September 3, the City Council of Jonesboro, Ga. voted to move the city’s sole polling place to…
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Congress Takes a Field Trip to Investigate Voter Suppression in Georgia
ATLANTA—When members of Congress heard stories about Georgia’s historic vote-stealing, the details sounded so absurdly evil, apparently an entire congressional subcommittee said, “I’ve got to see this for myself!” Chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the Committee on House Administration is, among other things, tasked with the administration, oversight and legislation involving federal elections. Elections…
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Exclusive: Thousands of Black Votes in Georgia Disappeared and No One Can Explain It
Voter suppression in Georgia was one of the most discussed issues during the 2018 midterm elections. Front and center in the debate stood Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a longtime voting-rights activist who had dedicated much of her career to fighting for every citizen’s right to vote. Abrams was also running to become the state’s…
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Stacey Abrams Just Revealed That Voter Suppression Almost Blocked Her From Voting
On Tuesday morning, Stacey Abrams revealed that she was told she wasn’t eligible to vote when she went to the polls to cast an in-person ballot in Georgia’s midterm election, providing her own example of how voter suppression tactics prevent thousands of people from voting. First, let’s get one narrative out of the way. Conservative…
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Why It’s Taking Florida and Georgia So Long To #CountAllTheVotes, Explained
Well hello again, Racist Baby! I’m afraid it’s a little more complicated than that. No one is trying to steal the election, people are just trying to make sure all the votes are counted. Well actually, that’s not true. Because we have a white nationalist president, those seem to be the only places he wants…