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Today is the LAST DAY to register to vote in the Nov. 7 special elections

Today, Tuesday, Oct. 10, is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 7 special elections, in which several Georgia legislative seats will be up for grabs. If you aren’t registered to vote, register right now. If you’ve changed addresses or moved recently, make sure you are registered to vote in your current district.   If you’re disgusted by Trump continually failing our country, this is your chance to fight back. These elections

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Bill carving minority voters out of district passes House

As two Republican seats have become more competitive, the GOP has decided to unfairly rig voting maps, rather than introduce more inclusive policies that will legitimately win them votes. The redrawing affects boundaries of nine districts total: eight Republicans and one Democrat. Rep. Sheila Jones (D-Atlanta), the one Democrat, is unhappy because she didn’t know about the bill until it was being presented to the Reapportionment Committee last Wednesday. House Bill 515 would move African American voters out

If you can’t win fairly, cheat

If you can’t win fairly, cheat. That seems to be the Georgia GOP’s approach to elections. After years enjoying a comfortable majority, Georgia’s GOP leadership is worried several key legislative seats are in peril. Despite Republican victories here and across the country in 2016, metro counties are beginning to trend away from conservatives. In response, Republicans are employing a tried and true tactic: redrawing legislative boundaries and shaping districts to favor their candidates. House Bill

Your tax dollars at work

Yesterday, we told you about Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s sloppy mistakes that have raised serious concerns about the integrity of Georgia’s electoral process. Kemp’s staff took issue with our comments, and spent much of their taxpayer-funded work day attacking us for it. https://twitter.com/candibroce/status/717427065969057793 https://twitter.com/G_Thomas23/status/717465545701003265  

Georgia: The next notch in Trump’s belt

Most of us have seen Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric on TV during his speeches in early primary states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. But as Georgia’s presidential primary approaches, Trump is becoming a bigger presence here, having made appearances already in Macon and — just this past weekend — in downtown Atlanta. The rhetoric was nothing new. There were the attacks on undocumented Latinos, and more crass comments on the press, saying that those in the