Georgia State Senator vows to block early voting site too 'near' black voters

[applegrove]

Georgia State Senator vows to block early voting site too 'near' black voters

by Hunter at Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/09/1328381/-Georgia-State-Senator-vows-to-block-early-voting-site-too-near-black-voters

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Important tip for Republican lawmakers: even if you intend to close down early voting locations because they are too close to where black Americans live, you are not supposed to actually write these things down.

A Republican state senator in Georgia has vowed to end Sunday balloting in Dekalb County when lawmakers gather there at the Capitol in January, due to the fact that the area is "dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches." [...]

"Now we are to have Sunday voting at South DeKalb Mall just prior to the election," [State Sen. Frank Millar] wrote in the email. "Per Jim Galloway of the AJC, this location is dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches such as New Birth Missionary Baptist. Galloway also points out the Democratic Party thinks this is a wonderful idea – what a surprise. I’m sure Michelle Nunn and Jason Carter are delighted with this blatantly partisan move in DeKalb."

Even in Georgia, you are not supposed to get caught being so direct about these things. You are making a mockery of Chief Justice John Roberts' proclamations on the subject.



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[NYC_SKP]

1. WTF?

Recommended.

[applegrove]

2. Cause putting such an voting site in a place that has lower voter

turnout is just not the right thing to do, if you're a repub.

[Cha]

3. Stupid idiotic assholes. :(

[Cha]

4. Here's his twitter pic..

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[applegrove]

5. Can you imagine what they say behind closed doors?

[Cha]

7. Right.. pure hate spewing from their over privleged tongues.

[Tsiyu]

6. Yeah, sure

like the KKK/GA Repukes haven't gerrymandered Atlanta until it looks like some tortured beast.

Can you imagine a Black or Latino person saying they want to shut down a polling place because it's all Caucasians who vote there?

Most politicians in the South are arrogant, ignorant, Plantation-Massah-wannabe low-lifes.

[Rex]

8. No blatant racism there...no sir. You think Mr. Toad will call him out on this?

Um...you said something?

[freshwest]

9. Why does he hate Capitalism and God? Shoppers are bad now? Churches are bad, too? Stop the presses!!

This needs to be added to the story before it's put on the newstands!

Okay, work with it, I know it won't be in print...

[sakabatou]

10. They're not pretending anymore

[Kablooie]

11. He's proud of upholding a grand old American tradition, discriminating against African Americans.

Personal note:

"African Americans" is a somewhat unwieldy phrase to say and to write so I tried abbreviating it.

Unfortunately the sentence then became discrimination against Alcoholics Anonymous which wasn't quite the meaning I desired.

I hope we find a simpler descriptive that people approve of sometime soon.

[lobodons]

12. Bus loads of voters

They should plan bus loads of voters to show up and get in line just minutes before the deadline since if you are in line by the cut off time you are eligible to vote as long as you're in line by the deadline time. (I mean BUS LOADS!!!)

[Rhiannon12866]

13. WTF??? What century is this guy living in, anyway??!