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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: TomSea on October 19, 2018, 02:56:46 pm
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CBS News October 18, 2018, 7:15 AM
Dozens of black voters ordered off bus bound for polls in Georgia amid razor-thin governor race
Dozens of black senior citizens in Louisville, Georgia, were ordered off a bus bound for the polls Monday after county officials said the event constituted prohibited "political activity." Activists called it an "intimidation tactic" in a razor-thin race for governor that's become engulfed in a fight over voting rights.
Polls show the contest between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams is basically a dead heat. Civil rights groups are suing Kemp for putting more than 53,000 voter registration applications on hold, mostly from minority voters.
Read more at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-senior-citizens-georgia-ordered-off-bus-bound-for-polls-stacey-abrams-brian-kemp/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-senior-citizens-georgia-ordered-off-bus-bound-for-polls-stacey-abrams-brian-kemp/)
Note, the last paragraphs say most of these people can vote if they present proper ID. This may well be a tactic from the Dems but the headline reads terribly.
On Fox News, Kemp called the issue a smokescreen. "Those folks that are on the pending list, all they have to do is go to the polls, show their photo ID, and they can vote," he said.
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