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Ga. youth and minority voting through the roof

Early voting has increased all over the United States, in just about every demographic within every state. In Georgia, over 2 million early ballots were cast, which is more than double the number of early ballots cast in 2014. Every demographic appears to be sending more voters to the polls. Around the U.S. the youth vote appears to have doubled, with 40 percent of people aged 18-25 saying they are definitely voting, compared with less

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Elections

Elections 2018 round up and info. guide

Early voting ends on Friday, Nov. 2 and Election Day is Tuesday, November 6. We’ve collected a boatload of resources to help you navigate Election Day. We have reviews of every statewide office up for grabs here and here, including the significance of these positions and what the elected official will be in charge of. These positions include: Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Public Service Commissioners, State School Superintendent, Agriculture Commissioner, Insurance

Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp

Brian Kemp’s horrible history of map rigging

Brian Kemp is a master architect of map rigging and voter suppression. He understands that low voter turnout is generally a good thing for the Republican Party in Georgia. But as a political strategy, low voter turnout is difficult to engineer and it can backfire. More ominously, Kemp understands that map rigging is the best political safeguard against demographic changes that increasingly tend to favor Democrats. He supported map rigging when he was in the

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Brian Kemp

Kemp might not be racist, but racists sure love him

Hateful, xenophobic rhetoric have become the norm amongst the Right. Trump has been fanning the flames of fear and vitriol since before he was elected. He treats women, especially female reporters, disrespectfully and encourages violence toward the free press. He’s denigrated Jews, Muslims, Hispanics, African Americans, the disabled and members of the LGBTQ community. In the past two weeks, we’ve seen horrific events unfold in the U.S. A Trump supporter mailed bombs to people and

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Elections

HAVE. YOU. VOTED?

If not, what’s your plan: Early voting? Saturday voting? Election Day voting? Are you bringing any friends, family or neighbors with you? Take a moment to map out the best voting plan for you and your family, and then put it on your calendar — yes right now — so you don’t forget. Early voting is happening now through November 2, and every single county will have at least one early voting location open this

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Brian Kemp

Kemp’s voter suppression isn’t working

Kemp and his conservative cronies are using every trick in the book to try to hold on to their power in Georgia. They’ve purged voters from the rolls at alarming rates, thrown out absentee ballots, and turned around a bus of elderly black voters. A longtime architect of voter suppression, Kemp should not have been allowed to oversee his own election when it’s clear that he’s using power to try to sway the outcome of