Republicans Sued For Voter Intimidation Tactics Against Black And Brown Voters In Georgia Runoffs

The appropriate-wing Republican supporting group True The Vote is being sued in Georgia over techniques they’re utilizing to intimidate black and brown voters.

Marc E. Elias tweeted:

There’s something becoming about ending the New Yr within the authorized foxhole with @staceyabrams and @gwlauren combating for democracy.

Proud to be representing @fairfightaction in a lawsuit in opposition to voter suppression for the January Georgia Senate run-offs.https://t.co/NJTLKaomTq

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 23, 2020

The grievance laid out the voter intimidation techniques getting used:

Crucially, the main focus of those efforts has been to intimidate and deter eligible and certified Georgians—notably Black and brown voters and first-time voters—from exercising their elementary proper to vote. Simply final week, for instance, True the Vote introduced that the group, in partnership with electors in every Georgia county, supposed to preemptively problem the eligibility of greater than 364,000 Georgians to vote on the grounds that these voters now not reside within the State of Georgia. To make sure, these challenges are meritless as a result of the “proof” they’ve offered—purported lists of names culled from the U.S. Postal Service. Nationwide Change of Deal with (“NCOA”) registry—is notoriously unreliable as a method of figuring out voter eligibility.

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To enrich these mass voter challenges, Defendants are additionally recruiting volunteers to observe voters as they return their ballots and are encouraging “citizen watchdogs” to report suspected situations of unlawful voting to their 24/7 “voter integrity” hotline.

As a closing contact, Defendants additionally established a $1 million reward fund to “incentivize” people to report situations of “election malfeasance.” The plain impact of this million-dollar bounty will likely be to encourage Defendants’ supporters to generate much more baseless accusations of voter fraud.

So far, African-American turnout is on a record-setting pace in the Senate runoffs.

There’s a systemic and widespread voter intimidation marketing campaign happening in Georgia, however Stacy Abrams and voting rights advocates are prepared and combating again in opposition to the Republican marketing campaign to steal two Senate seats in Georgia.

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Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor, who’s White Home Press Pool, and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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