Posted on 03/26/2021 8:56:34 AM PDT by RandFan
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday condemned a sweeping elections bill signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), calling the legislation “despicable” and vowing to take action against it.
“Since 2012—the GA GOP has closed more than 200 polling places,” Schumer tweeted. “Voters in mostly Black precincts now wait 8X LONGER to vote than voters in mostly white precincts. Now the GOP makes it a crime to give water to people standing in long lines THEY CREATED.”
The top Democrat vowed: “We will act.”
The controversial law, passed by a party-line vote just hours earlier by the GOP-controlled state General Assembly, tightens voting laws by limiting the use of ballot drop boxes and setting photo ID requirements for absentee voting.
The bill also takes aim at the state’s absentee ballot request period, setting the deadline for voters to request absentee ballots at 11 days before an election. It also calls for prohibiting people from giving food or drinks to voters waiting in line to cast their ballots.
Democrats have widely condemned the legislation, seeing it as a direct response to a series of recent Republican electoral losses.
The voting bill is among dozens being considered by state legislatures nationwide after former President Trump spread claims that voter fraud and systemic irregularities had cost him the 2020 election.
There is no evidence to support any of Trump's claims, but Georgia’s bill aims to respond to his grievances.
In November, President Biden became the first Democrat to win a presidential race in Georgia since 1992. Two months later, in January, Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock successfully ousted former Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), respectively, in a pair of runoff elections that effectively handed Democrats the Senate majority.
A Democratic state representative caused an uproar when she was arrested Thursday inside the Statehouse as she knocked on the door of Kemp's office to protest during a signing ceremony for the bill.
“There is no evidence to support any of Trump’s claims”
No bias here.
Nevermind the fact that Chuckie and his evil party cheats, lies, and murders their way to power.
God will act against all of them in due time.
Count on it!
I thought states controlled election laws and ran elections. Was there a constitutional amendment that I missed?
Complete B.S.
Democrats have the RIGHT to commit FRAUD!
They’ve stolen things since they stole people’s lives and freedom as the Party of Slavery and Jim Crow!
They steal people’s money! Their homes! Their vote!
It’s outrageous to try to stop fraud!
That is what the Supreme Court said, when it worked in favor of getting rid of President Trump.
Schumer’s reaction alone is proof that the hostile regime engaged in unconstitutional, illegal activities to create a FAKE ELECTION THROW NO ID MAIL IN VOTING. They had stacks of fake ballots ready to be used where necessary!
He needs to be ARRESTED.
It seems there is an epidemic of cognitive decline in the DNCCP leadership.
If true then that is a problem which needs to be fixed. But since Schumer said it I doubt it is true. I would love to see Chuck's research proving this. Or else the white precincts are so overstaffed that the average wait time is 30 seconds compared to 4 minutes in the black precincts.
“Since 2012—the GA GOP has closed more than 200 polling places,” Schumer tweeted. “Voters in mostly Black precincts now wait 8X LONGER to vote than voters in mostly white precincts. Now the GOP makes it a crime to give water to people standing in long lines THEY CREATED.”
Outside of Atlanta, the issue Schumer speaks of is related to population density, and in a lot of rural Georgia the population is scattered in small clumps across the country side, not concentrated as in Atlanta and many of the rural districts are majority “black”.
But manning voter centers requires money, which the rural counties say they can manage only by having fewer of them.
But any party and any county has a solution - getting volunteers to take scattered rural populations to the polls.
Uh gee, could it possibly be because blacks tend to live in more densely populated areas?
My iPhone sticks words in where they don’t belong!
LOL!
They also force new downloads w/o your permission
Cheating bastard.
Prove it.
This whole idea that we can’t survive a few hours without a drink of water, or something, is outrageous. And if they have a problem with that bring your own.
Pretty rich coming from the guy that threatened Supreme Court justices and the POTUS.
The states do control elections. Schmucky will learn this the long round about way.
Assuming SCOTUS can read the document they took an oath to uphold...
It’s Jim Eagle!
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