Tapate50
Well-known member
Wow
Georgia Senate Runoff
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sturg33
I
I'm sure he has great reasons outside of the R next to their names
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Depends on what assurances he gets.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
the crowd has to be bigger than obama's
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
what?
striker42
Well-known member
Good Lord. Anyone who thinks Georgia is voter suppressed either has no idea what they're talking about or else wants to set up a political machine. Voting in Georgia is easier than buying cold medicine.
striker42
Well-known member
Explain your reasoning. I hear this line of voter suppression a lot but it's usually similar to accusations of voter fraud, little substance.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
They could win, but Georgia is pretty danged good at suppressing black voters.
I expect both to go to the Republicans. I hope I'm wrong, but I think they get both seats.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
For some. Georgia isn't as bad as some other states which is why it's a purple southern state.
Georgia has lots of laws saying who cannot vote
First off Voter ID laws. Historically disenfranchise the very poor, people who don't have the means to go to a county office or DMV to get an ID.
A felon on Parole or Probation cannot vote. Personally I'm OK (though I think they should be allowed to vote from Jail) with felons not voting from jail, but once they're out their votes should count. Probation and Parole shouldn't matter.
ANd of course their law allowing them to purge voter rolls.
Now is Georgia as bad as other states like say Texas.
And keep in mind I lived in NJ and live in NH. NH has pretty similar voting laws to GA. Though their voter ID isn't as strict, and they have same day voter registration. They counter that with no early voting and a restricted absentee ballot.
Though of course given the shenanigans pulled by the GOP with absentee ballots this year, I probably would never vote via absentee ballot. NJ was much easier. IIRC i could register to vote with the DMV or Online, I don't remember but it was easy. When I showed up to the polls I stated my full name, birth date and address as I am registered. I voted and left.It took probably about 15 minutes. You can vote early in NJ. You have free absentee ballot access, etc.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Yes. Georgia went blue with all eyes on it.
Keep in mind since 2000 a Republican presidential candidate for Georgia has gotten 50%+ of the votes. The Abrams/Kemp race shone a light on how republicans used certain laws on their books to set themselves up. Imagine, you're a poor old black person who hasn't voted in years because of whatever reason. You've been living at the same address for 40 years. You go to vote on election day, and you can't because you've been purged from the roll. That happened with an estimated 300K voters in 2016. 300K people who didn't move, die, go to jail, whatever but just hadn't voted in Georgia's preferred time slot were removed from the roll and without same day voter registration, they're screwed.
And you accuse others of racism. You say that Georgia suppresses the black vote and you show evidence that it discourages poor voters and felons. So you equate black people as poor people and felons. You didn’t say anything about suppressing the black vote at all. You need to quit saying racist comments and then accuse people who have never made a racist comment racist.
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
Georgia allowed you to order an absentee ballot online in a process that took less than a minute. The SoS office ran ads for a couple of months leading up to the election to tell people how to do it and not to believe any information that didn't come from the SoS office. There were ballot drop boxes for those who didn't want to risk the mail or buy a stamp. I'm not sure how they could have made it easier while maintaining even a facade of integrity. There are already stories of third party canvassing in Atlanta as it is.
