“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.
I have voted and participated in every election in Georgia since 2000. Just in my area alone, I have voted in four different places. The reason for the changes was due to the Starbucks churches not being open during the pandemic and the local schools not being able to handle the influx of voters because of population growth in our area.
Starbucks churches are churches that serve coffee and drinks before and after church services. These churches have cafes next to the entrance inside of the building.
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.
I can’t really see the rules about food and water making sense.