In an email to supporters this week, Elizabeth Warren explained Georgia's
sweeping new restrictions to make it harder for Georgians to vote,
especially Georgians of color:
The details in the new Georgia voter suppression law are appalling.
They’ve…
* Made it a crime to hand out food and water to people waiting in line
to vote -- even though those lines can stretch for hours and hours
in the hot sun, thanks to Republicans cutting back on polling
places, particularly in Black and Brown communities.
* Required ID to cast an absentee ballot and restricted ballot drop
boxes, which for a lot of people are the most convenient way to
vote, especially if they’re working long and unpredictable hours.
* Grabbed some authority over running elections from local officials,
which could allow partisan Republican state legislators to try to
mess with the certification process after a close election.
We can’t sit on our hands and let Republicans get away with blatant
voter suppression. In Washington, we’ve got to protect the right to vote
by passing the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Right Act.
[ [link removed] ]SIGN ON: I support ending the filibuster and passing the John Lewis
Voting Rights Act and the For The People Act that will override state
voter suppression laws and protect our democracy.
And, [ [link removed] ]chip in to Rev. Warnock and groups on the ground engaging Black
voters in Georgia for 2022. These restrictions will make their 2022
election work much harder.
Here's more from Elizabeth Warren's email:
Georgians have turned out in record numbers to make their voices heard
at the ballot box.
They helped elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They flipped the Senate.
They made it possible for Democrats to take bold action — like passing
the American Rescue Plan.
But Republicans haven’t responded to their losses at the ballot box by
listening to voters, or by adjusting their policies to try to bring in
more support and help more people.
No. Instead, across the country, the GOP has responded by lying about
voter fraud and launching the biggest assault on voting rights since Jim
Crow.
Understand this: Republicans are afraid to face the voters in a fair
election, where everyone gets to make their voice heard, because the GOP
agenda is unpopular.
Most people don’t want leaders who only work for big donors and giant
corporations. They don’t want a government that slashes taxes for the
rich and powerful so it can turn around and gut Social Security, gut
Medicare, and strip the rest of our country for parts. They don’t want a
government that denies climate change, coddles the NRA, and leaves
people out on their own in a deadly pandemic.
But we’ve got to level the playing field in our elections so everyone
can make their voice heard.
Voter suppression has a long, ugly, history in our nation — and in
Georgia. Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, used every trick in
the book to suppress the vote when he ran against Stacey Abrams in 2018.
But Stacey Abrams stayed in the fight and turned Georgia blue in 2020.
She’s helped lead the charge to ensure the right to vote across the
country.
And we’ve got to stay in the fight, too. We’ve got to persist.
[ [link removed] ]SIGN ON: I support ending the filibuster and passing the John Lewis
Voting Rights Act and the For The People Act that will override state
voter suppression laws and protect our democracy.
And, [ [link removed] ]chip in to Rev. Warnock and groups on the ground engaging Black
voters.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team ([ [link removed] ]@BoldProgressive)
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