Friend,
The once unthinkable is happening -- Georgia is turning blue. And as POLITICO reports, we owe our gratitude to Stacey Abrams and the network of activists who have been planning this for nearly a decade:
“The people leading the effort to flip the state -- a group composed of Black female elected officials, voting rights advocates and community organizers -- understood why Democrats had often fallen short in the South the past decade. Topping the list of reasons: the region’s long-running conservative bent, voter suppression tactics by the right and the failure by Democrats to mount a sustained voter outreach program.”
Abrams has made sure that Georgia will be a competitive state for YEARS to come. Since her historic run for governor in 2018 -- Abrams lost by just 1.4% -- Abrams has spearheaded the effort to protect the vote and to re-enfranchise tens of thousands of voters, many of them voters of color who had been excluded from the electoral process by Republican leadership in Georgia.
But we know Donald Trump -- desperate to steal Biden’s victory -- will try anything to undermine the recount in this key state.
There’s so much work to be done to ensure that EVERY vote is counted in Georgia and nationwide. But before the vote is finally tallied, we need to know:
Do you stand with Stacey Abrams?
Thank you for standing with us,
