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The GOP Effort In Georgia To Curtail Voting

Started by Rod Kaufman, 02/24/2021 08:36AM
Posted 02/24/2021 08:36AM Opening Post
"Last week, Georgia Republicans also filed a sweeping 48-page election bill that would place further limitations on voting if passed, including a provision that would prohibit counties and municipalities from holding advance voting on Sundays, a day that Black churches in the state have previously used to increase voter participation among congregants with “Souls to the Polls” efforts."
"It was these very same Republicans who passed these laws a few years ago that provided for absentee ballot, that provided for early voting, that provided for ballot boxes,” Jackson said on Monday.
“These very same Republicans, when it worked for them, it was nothing wrong with them. But now that Blacks and people of color are using these processes to vote, that’s why now they say we’ve got to stop it,”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/540172-georgias-gop-led-senate-passes-bill-requiring-id-for-absentee-voting
Sound familiar? It should: https://www.vox.com/2021/2/21/22293921/florida-republicans-new-voting-restrictions-arizona-iowa-georgia