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Cattledog

(5,914 posts) Thu Aug 16, 2018, 04:54 PM Aug 2018

GA county wants to close 75% of Black polling locations.

https://www.apnews.com/amp/366440549dd049858fd296430361fb1c

ATLANTA (AP) — Civil rights advocates are objecting to a proposal to close about 75 percent of polling locations in a predominantly black south Georgia county.

The Randolph County elections board is scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss a proposal that would eliminate seven of nine polling locations in the county, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. Included in the proposed closures is Cuthbert Middle School where nearly 97 percent of voters are black.

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GA county wants to close 75% of Black polling locations. (Original Post) Cattledog Aug 2018 OP

black voters must take control of the county board so this nonesense will end, they have the beachbum bob Aug 2018 #1

Let's get out there on their doorstep. saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #2

This must be the newest Republican plan for winning elections. procon Aug 2018 #3

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. black voters must take control of the county board so this nonesense will end, they have the

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 04:57 PM

Aug 2018

power to do it and its time they do.

This is America, we have fought and died in wars so people can vote

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)

2. Let's get out there on their doorstep.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 05:02 PM

Aug 2018

Do not allow this intimidation to stand. If it is a fight for voter rights they want, bring it on. Enough is enough and more than I can bear.

procon

(15,805 posts)

3. This must be the newest Republican plan for winning elections.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 05:23 PM

Aug 2018

The fact that they have the chutzpah to publically suggest such a clearly discriminatory scheme makes it very clear that racism runs deep and is universally accepted by the majority of the population. This would require the complicity and conspiracy of the education system, the religious community, the political powers, the press and broadcast media, the financial sector, and even the business community.

These problems will never be addressed at a local or even state level. The federal government must redo and modernize the Civil Rights Act to bring an end to the 21st century version of Jim Crow.

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