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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

Podcast Ep. 38: Legislative Victories

Today on the podcast we’re talking about the 2017 legislative session in Georgia. Instead of focusing on the focusing on the mess that this session was, instead we’re focusing on the victories: the campus rape cover up bill and the map rigging bill. In this episode we’re also catching up with Mareshia Rucker, a political activist who started out at her local high school. You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on iTunes, and be sure

Rigged Maps on the Better Georgia Podcast
2017 Legislative Session

Map-rigging bill defeated!

The defeat of map-rigging bill, HB 515 is proof that organized action works. Thanks to everyone who made phone calls, signed the petition, shared information on social media, and took action at the Capitol racial map rigging was defeated for now. The decision to drop map-rigging from HB 515 comes after national attention from the National Democratic Redistricting Committee as well as pressure from a coalition of left-leaning organizations. But the issue is still alive

Rigged Maps on the Better Georgia Podcast
2017 Legislative Session

An accused sexual predator is trying to silence African American voters

Disgraced former judge and current lawmaker Johnnie Caldwell is pushing a bill that would silence thousands of African American voters. Better Georgia and a coalition of progressive groups fighting against Caldwell’s map rigging bill believe the legislation is likely illegal.  As egregious as it is for a lawmaker to try to stand in the way of Georgians’ voting rights, we’re not surprised, considering that the source is Johnnie Caldwell. Amongst other things, Caldwell is an accused sexual predator who

2017 Legislative Session

Eric Holder calls new Ga. bill “political map-rigging at its worst”

The map rigging bill that’s pending in the Georgia Senate is so flagrantly unethical that former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke out against it —  his first time weighing in on a state redistricting fight since founding National Development and Reform Commission. “Voters should choose their elected representatives, not the other way around,” Holder said recently. The proposed maps threaten to carve out African-American and minority voters from blue-trending districts. When these districts were