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Georgia voters expose the ‘Jim Crow’ smear as a lie (No Voter Suppression)
Palm Beach Post via Yahoo ^ | 06 01 2022 | Jeff Jacoby

Posted on 06/01/2022 6:12:05 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

When Republican legislators in Georgia last year passed S.B. 202, a law overhauling the state's election procedures, Governor Brian Kemp made a prediction: "This new law," he said as he signed the bill, "will expand voting access in the Peach State."

He was right.

Turnout in Georgia's primary election this month set new records, with more than 857,000 ballots cast during the three-week early voting period that ended on Friday. That was not only three times the number of early votes recorded in 2018, as The Washington Post noted, but higher even than the tally during the 2020 presidential election. Pointing with pride to the impressive results, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the election law adopted last year was "coming through with straight A's."

SNIP

There was no voter suppression, no Jim Crow, no "red-clay" assault on Black civil rights. Patsy Reid (black woman) is one more Georgia voter who knows that now.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: election; georgia

1 posted on 06/01/2022 6:12:05 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

THIS! from the Palm Beach Post? Wow! Maybe the dam is breaking.


2 posted on 06/02/2022 3:53:06 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
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To: yesthatjallen

There is so much voter fraud going on in GA right now its just outrageous.


3 posted on 06/02/2022 7:42:11 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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