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    Default Georgia County Orders Elderly Black Voters Off Bus Taking Them To The Polls

    10/17/2018 05:19 pm ET


    .“We knew it was an intimidation tactic,” Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown said.

    .Dozens of black senior citizens in rural Georgia were ordered off a bus bound for the polls after county officials said the event constituted prohibited “political activity.”


    A Jefferson County clerk reportedly told staff members from the Leisure Center in Louisville on Monday ― the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia ― that roughly 40 black people couldn’t take part in the trip after receiving a complaint from an unnamed caller.


    The trip had been organized by the nonpartisan Black Voters Matter, which is embarking on a bus tour across several southern states with the goal of urging black people to vote. The caller said the bus, which was painted with the words “The South is Rising Tour,” should not be allowed to bring people to the polls, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


    Jefferson County Administrator Adam Brett said the trip, set to depart from a county-run senior center, was political and therefore violated guidelines imposed on county-sponsored events, the AJC reported. Although Black Voters Matter is a nonpartisan organization, Jefferson County Democratic Party Chairwoman Diane Evans helped organize the event.


    Officials “felt uncomfortable with allowing senior center patrons to leave the facility in a bus with an unknown third party,” Brett told the AJC. “No seniors at the Jefferson County senior center were denied their right to vote.”

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    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b055bc947ce32b

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    A representative for the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.


    But Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown pushed back on Brett’s reasoning for ending the trip.


    “We knew it was an intimidation tactic,” Brown told the AJC. “It was really unnecessary. These are grown people.”

    .The hopeful voters were initially told by the senior center’s staffers that they could ride in a county van to cast their ballots but were then instructed to go inside for lunch and vote another day, according to Brown.


    A video posted to Black Voters Matter’s Twitter page shows the senior citizens dancing and cheering before boarding the bus.


    “What happened was a real issue,” Brown says in the video. “But it ain’t going to stop us. Can’t stop, won’t stop.”

    .Georgia is home to one of the most contentious gubernatorial races in the country. Accusations of voter suppression have swirled as Democrat Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s first black female nominee for governor, faces off against the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brian Kemp.


    The Associated Press reported last week that over 53,000 voter applications ― nearly 70 percent of which were from black applicants ― were on hold with Kemp’s office.

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    don't violate rules....It doesn't sound like a single person‘ is going to be denied the right to cast their votes....

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    don't violate rules....It doesn't sound like a single person‘ is going to be denied the right to cast their votes....
    The bus was traveling around encouraging blacks to vote so yes this was a way to obstruct that.

    Lots of seniors need transportation to get to the polls expecially in places like rural Jefferson County.

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    Evince..............

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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    10/17/2018 05:19 pm ET


    .“We knew it was an intimidation tactic,” Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown said.

    .Dozens of black senior citizens in rural Georgia were ordered off a bus bound for the polls after county officials said the event constituted prohibited “political activity.”


    A Jefferson County clerk reportedly told staff members from the Leisure Center in Louisville on Monday ― the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia ― that roughly 40 black people couldn’t take part in the trip after receiving a complaint from an unnamed caller.


    The trip had been organized by the nonpartisan Black Voters Matter, which is embarking on a bus tour across several southern states with the goal of urging black people to vote. The caller said the bus, which was painted with the words “The South is Rising Tour,” should not be allowed to bring people to the polls, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


    Jefferson County Administrator Adam Brett said the trip, set to depart from a county-run senior center, was political and therefore violated guidelines imposed on county-sponsored events, the AJC reported. Although Black Voters Matter is a nonpartisan organization, Jefferson County Democratic Party Chairwoman Diane Evans helped organize the event.


    Officials “felt uncomfortable with allowing senior center patrons to leave the facility in a bus with an unknown third party,” Brett told the AJC. “No seniors at the Jefferson County senior center were denied their right to vote.”

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    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b055bc947ce32b
    I checked multiple sources, I really wanted this story to not be true but it is. They were stopped from voting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    don't violate rules....It doesn't sound like a single person‘ is going to be denied the right to cast their votes....
    Not denied their right. Just trying to make it as difficult as they can. That’s the right’s intent with voter suppression.

    Closing polling places
    Decreasing early voting days
    Purging rolls
    Strict ID requirements

    Different means to obtain the same ends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    I checked multiple sources, I really wanted this story to not be true but it is. They were stopped from voting.
    They justified what they did by claiming it was political... but getting the elderly to the polls is NOT political.. Its a service.

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    offering people a ride to the polls should be acceptable to both parties


    No one told them how to vote

    they offered a ride


    they were stopped because the GOP KNEW how all these black seniors would likely vote



    so they stopped them


    just the same reason they target black voters with voting laws of all kinds


    Just lie North Dakota did to their indigenous population was targeted to keep them from voting



    there is a LONG history recorded in our court records all the way to the SCOTUS that shows the evil shit the republican party does over and over again to KEEP AMERICANS FROM VOTING

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    I checked multiple sources, I really wanted this story to not be true but it is. They were stopped from voting.
    maybe you can stop being such a fucking racist


    Americans have been cheated out of their rights to vote by the republican party for decades


    cold hard proof is in the USAs court records all the way up to the SCOTUS

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    maybe you can stop being such a fucking racist
    Doubtful. That would require certain people to stop acting like fucking monkeys and I doubt that's ever going to happen.


    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    Americans have been cheated out of their rights to vote by the republican party for decades
    Go ahead and talk about Gerrymandering. Yeah that's solely on the GOP


    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    cold hard proof is in the USAs court records all the way up to the SCOTUS
    Once again, just the GOP eh? ok, whatever.

    As for Georgia, I don't know exactly what the fuck is going on down there right now but it's gotta stop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    The bus was traveling around encouraging blacks to vote so yes this was a way to obstruct that.

    Lots of seniors need transportation to get to the polls expecially in places like rural Jefferson County.
    Get permission first....that was easy...
    I'm sure they will get the transportation they need....

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    Why Republicans Are Suppressing Black Votes

    As Election Day draws near, it’s important to understand the full extent of the GOP’s voter suppression tactics around the country. Of course racism and white supremacy are the primary reasons—but they only tell us part of the story. As the US becomes more diverse and less white, the GOP should be concentrating on creating a message that is relatable to a wide swath of voters across demographic groups. But that would require decency and hard work—two traits completely lacking among modern-day Republicans. Instead, this party chose to double down on hatred and racism. And, as a result, they no longer have much, if anything, to offer non-white people. And since the American population is becoming more non-white, this leaves their party with voter suppression as the most reliable way to guarantee wins at the ballot box.

    Writer Jamil Smith recently explored this topic for Rolling Stone. He notes that after losing the presidency twice to Barack Obama, in 2013, the GOP had a moment of reflection during an autopsy report where they decided that “the Republican Party must be committed to building a lasting relationship within the African-American community year-round, based on mutual respect and with a spirit of caring.” So, for a split second, it seemed that the GOP understood that building relationships with black and brown people is a good strategy. But, as we know, that didn’t happen.

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...-votes-738059/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    As for Georgia, I don't know exactly what the fuck is going on down there right now but it's gotta stop.
    There was nothing to "stop" in this case.

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