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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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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.
evince (10-18-2018)
don't violate rules....It doesn't sound like a single person‘ is going to be denied the right to cast their votes....
Truth Detector (10-18-2018), USFREEDOM911 (10-18-2018)
blackascoal (10-18-2018), christiefan915 (10-18-2018), evince (10-18-2018)
Evince..............
evince (10-18-2018)
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christiefan915 (10-18-2018), evince (10-18-2018)
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
USFREEDOM911 (10-18-2018)
christiefan915 (10-18-2018)
the American people need to face that the republican party hates democracy
they don't believe the people should have choices
USFREEDOM911 (10-18-2018)
USFREEDOM911 (10-18-2018)
Doubtful. That would require certain people to stop acting like fucking monkeys and I doubt that's ever going to happen.
Go ahead and talk about Gerrymandering. Yeah that's solely on the GOP
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.
Truth Detector (10-18-2018)
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/
PoliTalker (10-18-2018)
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