Georgia voter suppression 2020. Elijah nouvelage via getty images people wait to vote in georgias primary election on june 9 2020. Brian kemp in 2018 also asserted. This story the first in a two part series on alleged voter suppression in georgia was reported in partnership with wabe in atlanta.
In addition to atlantas mayor a number of other past and present state officials sounded the alarm that voter suppression could be the cause of widespread delays and multiple polling places severe under preparedness on tuesday. They also now have a playbook to disrupt the 2020 election and scream voter suppression. Election 2020 georgia shows how serious the threat of voter suppression will be this november.
Democrats say voter suppression is one of their biggest concerns going into the november election against president trump. Abrams who has refocused her efforts on combating voter suppression and boosting participation in the 2020 census since her narrow defeat to republican gov. Redistricting is front and center in 2020.
Georgias recent history with voter disenfranchisement has been a messy one. In 2018 republican congressman rob woodall was running for reelection in georgias 7th congressional district a once reliably conservative slice of suburban atlanta. Under resourcing of polling locations in predominantly black communities like atlanta is an.
Democratic fears grow over 2020 voter suppression. Republican vote suppression is a 2020 train wreck hiding in pain sight. Seventy percent of georgia voters purged in 2018 were black.
In georgia in 2018 among the 53000 voters in the pending voter file was the daughter of the.