Georgia's Black community has much to be proud of, but Stacey Abrams is cynically characterizing them as helpless pawns incapable of living in the modern world.
What's your take on the provision allowing the legislature to appoint alternative local election authorities in cases of "under performance"? If I recall correctly, this isn't something that the legislature can invoke on its own, but there's a process where a local precinct(?) has to be evaluated as lacking in a performance review.
Is this largely a reaction to the circumstances that led to Fulton County's July 9th fiasco[1]? Or is it more a response to to the 2020 general elections and GA Senate runoffs, with the assumption that in a similar case in the future, a GOP legislature can wield the law to "find votes" in similarly close elections and tip the scales in close contests? Do you know of any other states that might have similar laws on the book that can serve as a guide to how that provision ends up playing out?
I think it’s a more open and transparent process than the mess we had before where the Fulton election board voted to fire the supervisor and the County Commission vetoed it. Where there is malfeasance or incompetence, the legislature can investigate (or have the Secretary of State or Attorney General do it) and reserve ultimate decision for itself. If the legislature screws it up, they are directly accountable to the people in the state. I am not sure of other states with similar laws.
Read the Delta CEO statement on the law. He might as well say some black democrats told him the law is bad an he is sucking up to them hoping they will not badmouth Delta. The fact is that democrats hate voter ID. It discourages cheating. The only real improvement in the law is increased security of mail-in ballots. It necessitates a few extra steps and raises the price of mail-in ballots which currently ranges from $10 to $100 for fraudulent votes. Legitimate political spending for election s can
Maybe they are but they could certainly do better. My political belief is that someone as progressive as Warnock will never be good for the black community. His goal will be to keep them dependent upon government programs instead of experiencing real freedom. They can be prouder when they vote for someone like Vernon Jordan or Tim Scott.
What's your take on the provision allowing the legislature to appoint alternative local election authorities in cases of "under performance"? If I recall correctly, this isn't something that the legislature can invoke on its own, but there's a process where a local precinct(?) has to be evaluated as lacking in a performance review.
Is this largely a reaction to the circumstances that led to Fulton County's July 9th fiasco[1]? Or is it more a response to to the 2020 general elections and GA Senate runoffs, with the assumption that in a similar case in the future, a GOP legislature can wield the law to "find votes" in similarly close elections and tip the scales in close contests? Do you know of any other states that might have similar laws on the book that can serve as a guide to how that provision ends up playing out?
[1] https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/fulton-state-sign-deal-to-end-investigation-of-june-9-voting-debacle/WH256PK6HZHIXLYS6GZFAHJSII/
I think it’s a more open and transparent process than the mess we had before where the Fulton election board voted to fire the supervisor and the County Commission vetoed it. Where there is malfeasance or incompetence, the legislature can investigate (or have the Secretary of State or Attorney General do it) and reserve ultimate decision for itself. If the legislature screws it up, they are directly accountable to the people in the state. I am not sure of other states with similar laws.
Read the Delta CEO statement on the law. He might as well say some black democrats told him the law is bad an he is sucking up to them hoping they will not badmouth Delta. The fact is that democrats hate voter ID. It discourages cheating. The only real improvement in the law is increased security of mail-in ballots. It necessitates a few extra steps and raises the price of mail-in ballots which currently ranges from $10 to $100 for fraudulent votes. Legitimate political spending for election s can
She must scare the pants off of you.
Good except for the part about being proud of electing Raphael Warnock.
You don’t think the Black community is proud of that?
Maybe they are but they could certainly do better. My political belief is that someone as progressive as Warnock will never be good for the black community. His goal will be to keep them dependent upon government programs instead of experiencing real freedom. They can be prouder when they vote for someone like Vernon Jordan or Tim Scott.