Georgia’s GOP senators falsely claim election fraud just to stay in power
From today’s NBC News Online: We are a conservative and a centrist who — at various times in our careers — have served in significant federal government roles. From the…
Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote
From today’s New Yorker Magazine: mong the many issues currently polarizing American politics—abortion, climate change, health care, immigration, gun control—one of the most consequential tends to be one of the…
Battle over Georgia voting rights escalates in federal court
From today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution: A lawsuit alleging widespread voting problems in Georgia is pursuing an ambitious solution: restoration of the Voting Rights Act and federal oversight of elections. After…
Abrams: We Cannot Resign Ourselves to Dismay and Disenfranchisement
From today’s New York Times: In the mid-1960s, when my father was a teenager, he was arrested. His crime? Registering black voters in Mississippi. He and my mother had joined…
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Georgia Set To Remain A Battleground For Voting Rights Ahead Of 2020
From today’s NPR News: When Democrat Stacey Abrams ended her bid last week to become governor of Georgia and the first black woman ever elected governor of any state, she…
Kemp Resigns as GA Secretary of State, With Governor’s Race Still Disputed
From today’s New York Times: Brian Kemp, the Republican who has claimed victory in the Georgia governor’s race, said on Thursday that he was resigning as secretary of state, removing…
GA’s Kemp Accuses Dems Of Hacking; Opponent Abrams Labels It A Stunt
From today’s National Public Radio News: Just two days before facing Democrat Stacey Abrams in a closely watched race to be Georgia’s next governor, the state’s sitting Secretary of State…
GA election fight shows that southern tradition of voter suppression flourishes
From today’s PBS Newshour: Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election…
In Georgia, claims of voter suppression as GOP candidate abuses Voter ID law
From today’s Washington Post: Stacey Abrams, the Democrat vying for the governorship of Georgia, is ratcheting up her assertion that Republican rival Brian Kemp is effectively suppressing minority and women…