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  • Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel Peace Prize after "crucial" work on voting rights

    02/01/2021 8:36:29 PM PST · by RandFan · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/01/21 12:00 PM EST | BY MARTY JOHNSON
    Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate and star voting rights activist, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters reports. Abrams and her organization Fair Fight Action were integral in increasing Black voter turnout in Georgia this election cycle — a sprawling, years-long effort that culminated in the long-time red state turning blue. Lars Haltbrekken, a Socialist Party politician in Norway’s Parliament, said Monday, the first day of Black History Month in the U.S. and the last day for someone to be nominated for the prize, that “Abrams’ work follows in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s footsteps...