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2018 Legislative Session

Why are conservatives afraid of more voters?

Yesterday, the Georgia House of Representatives passed a bill that would carve out a new city, called Eagle’s Landing, from the existing city of Stockbridge, along racial lines. The bill was amended slightly from the Senate’s version, so now it’s headed back to the Senate for another vote. So far, it seems the vote has been split on party lines — it’s clear that Republicans in the state legislature are determined to carve out a

2018 Legislative Session

Ga. conservatives try to chip away at voting rights

Georgia conservatives have long displayed a dangerous pattern of chipping away at the rights of Georgians. They’ve worked to strip away LGBTQ rights through a number of measures and have continuously attacked women’s access to abortion. But they haven’t stopped there — they’re actively working to chip away our voting rights as well. They know that more voters means less power for conservatives. Conservatives have pushed strict voter I.D. laws, which disproportionately targets students, low-income

Brian Kemp

Kemp claims credit for ACLU victory

Local elections officials will now automatically update addresses for voters who move within the same county instead of marking them “inactive,” representing a major victory for voting rights in Georgia. The change comes after a lawsuit filed against Sec. of State Brian Kemp by the American Civil Liberties Union.  Last year, almost 169,000 registered voters were sent notices by the Secretary of State after moving within the county. They were told they had 30 days

Brian Kemp

Ga. House Minority Leader to fight law that silences voters

Ga. House Minority Leader Bob Trammell is fighting for our right to vote. As of last year 1.3 million Ga. voters have been declared “inactive” and thus have lost their right to vote under current Ga. law. But Trammell is fighting to remove this law and protect Georgians’ right to vote. The so-called “no-contact” provision allows Sec. of State Brian Kemp to strip voters of their right to vote by declaring them “inactive” and cancelling

Voting Rights

Voting rights’ win locally, but problems brew nationally

An ACLU lawsuit resolved, protecting three polling places in predominantly Black parts of Fulton County from closure. Meanwhile, reversals on voting rights issues within the Department of Justice are spurring democratic state legislators to improve Georgia’s voting laws. Last month, the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections gave only a few days notice before deciding to close three polling places in Fulton County. However, state law requires two weeks of notice to allow for

Education

A different kind of voter fraud — one to actually be worried about

Voter registration fraud takes on a whole new meaning at Kennesaw State University, following reports of “unauthorized individuals” wielding clipboards and targeting black students, potentially with fake voter registration forms. The school sent out an alert to students, warning them of these concerns. The scheme is to have students fill out forms and believe they’ve registered to vote — but all of those registration forms just end up in a dumpster somewhere. It turns out, the