Fresh off of losing several high-profile elections, Georgia Republicans have now turned their sights on trying to make absentee ballots use more difficult to cast.
On the ballot, voters have the opportunity to change the tide through legislation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, job opportunities, healthcare and social justice.
On the ground organizers and church leaders amped up calls for transparency and protection in the face of repeated death threats and misinformation regarding the runoff races on Jan. 5.
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1.2 million absentee ballots were requested in the upcoming Senate runoff race which could signal a positive outcome for Democrats in the Peach State.
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The news comes after voting rights activists again accused election officials of voter suppression, voicing concerns that lack of accessibility limits access for Black and Latino voters.
Organizers are working against the clock to reinstate prior to the December 7 voter registration deadline so that voters can participate in the January 5 runoff elections.
The election results are official, but for many Black voters, concerns about efforts to disenfranchise their ballots this year will linger.Â
Persuading Black voters to vote despite the pandemic — coupled with the same obstacles that kept Black voting down in 2016 — rendered a numerically flat turnout a victory, local activists said.
There was a growing sense that voters would be subjected to a range of suppression efforts as Election Day voting officially got underway.
Over 40 stadiums and arenas have been transformed into polling sites in an effort to combat Black voter suppression.
