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THREAD: 50 Reasons Why Georgia's New Voting Law Really Is That Bad.
Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: https://legis.ga.gov/legislation/59827
#gapol #SB202 1/13
2:25 PM · Apr 3, 2021
Esosa Osa
@Esosa_Osa
THREAD: 50 Reasons Why Georgia's New Voting Law Really Is That Bad.
Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: https://legis.ga.gov/legislation/59827
#gapol #SB202 1/13
2:25 PM · Apr 3, 2021
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Law Really Is That Bad.
Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: legis.ga.gov/legislation/59
#gapol #SB202 1/13
HYPERCRIMINALIZATION: Georgia's new law codifies mass disenfranchisement and further expands criminalization policy in the voting process. 2/13
POWER GRAB: Georgia's new law removes significant power from the Secretary of State and gives the GOP-led, gerrymandered state legislature majority control of the State Election Board 3/13
COUNTY ELECTION TAKEOVERS: GA's new law removes judicial oversight from the county intervention process & grants a GOP-controlled body the power to replace county BOEs & local elections officials w/ significant voter access & election certification responsibilities. 4/13
SANCTION POWER: Georgia's new voting law allows the State Election Board to sanction counties that don't accept unlimited challenges or fail to hold mass challenge hearings within 10/days. 5/13
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS: Georgia's new voting law bans most out-of-precinct provisional ballots. Over 20k provisional ballots were counted in the general & runoff elections and these were nearly 70% dem voters 6/13
DROP BOXES: Georgia's new law completely eliminates over 300 hours of drop box availability relative to 2020. The law also significantly reduces the total number of drop boxes, using "uniformity" as an excuse to race to the bottom in voter access. 7/13
VOTE-BY-MAIL: Georgia's new law adds several new VBM burdens including: restrictions to absentee ballot applications that would have impacted 75K voters in 2020/2021 elections and new ID requirements that could impact over 200K Georgians. 8/13
RUNOFFS: Georgia's new law cuts runoff elections by 5 weeks, reduces minimum early vote required for federal runoffs, & likely eliminates vbm options.
[Note: Reducing participation in already racist Jim Crow relic runoff elections is next level. See vox.com/21551855/georg ] 9/13
Why Georgia has runoff elections
Racist lawmakers built Georgias election system, and now its affecting the balance of the Senate.
https://www.vox.com/21551855/georgia-ossoff-perdue-loeffler-warnock-runoff-election-2020-results
MORE BAD: GA's new voting law also bans counties from accepting grant $$ to fund elections, limits voting resources, & more. While I'm sure there are provisions I missed, these 50 clearly show that SB202, at its core, is a bill meant to restrict access & criminalize voting. 10/13
why do some claim its not all bad? it allows early tabulation, ends signature match, +1 Sat early vote day (no diff 4 larger counties) & lets more ppl be poll workers (precinct splitting is complicated tf w/holding here).
So while the full text shows SB202s true IMPACT... 11/13
The actual INTENT of this bill is clear from its origins. The same lies that fueled an insurrection. The same policies first introduced at disinfo filled hearings held by the GA senate (12/3) & GA house (12/23) that led to death threats & doxxing of black election workers. 12/13
In Summary: Georgia's new voting law is bad. This is not hard. Fight back here: StopJimCrow2.com END/
- Stop Jim Crow 2
http://StopJimCrow2.com
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THREAD: 50 Reasons Why Georgia's New Voting Law Really Is That Bad. [View all]
Nevilledog
Apr 2021
OP
Law says it's challenger's burden to provide voter unqualified. Law has been on books for years,
Hoyt
Apr 2021
#8
Mass challenges works both ways, challenge every single republican vote, tit for tat, for every
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2021
#5
The basic law has been on the books for years. Never heard of a problem, but I suppose
Hoyt
Apr 2021
#9
The County can decide if it has merit. Doubt Fulton County registrars would find that. Now,
Hoyt
Apr 2021
#14
Don't like the law, but I think everyone should read it before accepting a few of the things in OP.
Hoyt
Apr 2021
#10
Overall GA kGQP didn't make it easier to vote in all aspects of voting, that makes this bad no
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#13
I agree. In fact, the worst thing is that is gave some credence to trump's lies about election fraud
Hoyt
Apr 2021
#16
We are, voter suppression works and is my central theory to why are polling in America
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#20
Sort of agree, but voter suppression during 1940s was pretty bad -- Poll taxes and literacy tests.
Hoyt
Apr 2021
#21
Fulton Co. has 1M people and runs 70 miles north to south. We get 10 dropoff boxes. TEN. Fuckers
CurtEastPoint
Apr 2021
#11
To be fair, when the Post Office is working right, every mailbox is a drop box. I bet more people
Hoyt
Apr 2021
#22
Georgia should be bankrupted: Each voter should challenge thousands of others.
Hermit-The-Prog
Apr 2021
#24