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Geechie

(1,016 posts)
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 06:10 PM Mar 2021

Voting Gangnam Style: The Rise of Kim Crow

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Helen grew concerned. The names she’d gathered were not being added to Georgia voter rolls. When she called Kemp‘s office, she was told there were no such registrations, the registration forms didn’t exist.

But, Helen responded, she had copies of the forms. That was a mistake. According to Brian Kemp, it’s illegal to copy a voter registration form. But, if copying forms is barred, how can you prove someone tried to register? You can’t. And that’s the whole point.

When a government acts to prevent voters from registering, that’s a federal crime. A go-to-jail crime. But in Georgia, and too many other states, it’s the victims who face arrest and prison.
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Voting Gangnam Style: The Rise of Kim Crow (Original Post) Geechie Mar 2021 OP
Lock. Them. All. Up. Good op... abqtommy Mar 2021 #1
Absolutely. Geechie Mar 2021 #2
It's the same in Florida soryang Mar 2021 #3

soryang

(3,308 posts)
3. It's the same in Florida
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:05 PM
Mar 2021

Asians are discriminated against by the elections officials here. Various games are played. Sometimes the ballot is ignored or rejected because of game playing on Asian names and how they are recorded. This election, my feeling is that if a registered voter had an Asian name, they simply weren't sent a ballot.

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