If you’ve seen Vigilante, you’ll agree with Black Voters Matter founder LaTosha Brown: “Everyone must see this film!” And right now, with the December 6 Senate runoff looming, grassroots voting rights activists are asking for our help in quickly setting up screenings with get-out-the-vote events. In Douglas, Georgia, the town’s…… READ MORE
Absentee ballots plunged from a total of 1.28 million in November 2020 to a little over 240,000 in last week’s General Election in Georgia. Given that mail-in ballots in Georgia favor Democrats two-to-one, it is reasonable to conclude this breathtaking 81% drop of over one million mail-in votes likely cost Sen. Raphael Warnock an outright victory. Georgia law requires… READ MORE
As control of the Senate hangs in the balance, once again, the balance of power may be decided in Georgia. And once again, as in 2020, Reverend Raphael Warnock [D] is headed for a runoff race — but this time the rules have been changed. … READ MORE
[Nov 9, 2022: Atlanta, GA] I want to show you something, but it’s been disappeared. It was an icon of American democracy, a ballot dropbox. And last year, over half a million Atlantans dropped their ballots in those boxes. Overwhelmingly, they were progressive and Black voters, and that scared the hell out of Governor Brian Kemp. So he … READ MORE
It’s going to be murderously difficult for Democrats to win in Georgia tonight. Not because Stacey Abrams and Reverend Raphael Warnock have been rejected by voters, but because new vote suppressing laws have… READ MORE
“You talk to fools like that!” Major Gamaliel Turner was more than upset. Assigned by the Pentagon to a Naval base in California, Turner had called his hometown registrar in Georgia, to find out about his missing absentee ballot. But it wasn’t missing… READ MORE
[Nov 6, 2022: Atlanta, GA] Let me break the bad news: Absentee ballots voted in Georgia have PLUNGED by A MILLION VOTES — from 1.2 million just before the 2020 election to a paltry 0.2 million, an 83% drop. Why? Because under Gov. Brian Kemp’s new law SB202, mail-in balloting has become insanely difficult, requiring… READ MORE
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp does not want you to know that it was his family that first brought enslaved Africans to Georgia. The original settlers in Georgia had outlawed slavery until James Habersham — Kemp’s ancestor — won a… READ MORE
While Georgia may be the only state that allows a single person to challenge the rights of an unlimited number of voters, in other states Republican activists are getting around this by filing thousands of single challenges. This raises the possibility that … READ MORE
Don’t take my word for it: Listen to Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx tell you why you should take advantage of this no-charge on-line showing of Vigilante.
Jamie Foxx: “This is a great, great, great film, but now we need to activate it… We’ve got to… READ MORE
Jamie Foxx joined Julia Gomez (ACLU), Susan Adelman (Black Voters Matter), and Palast for a post-screening discussion in Los Angeles. The panel also featured retired Major Gamaliel Turner, a Georgia voter who almost lost his vote because his right to vote was challenged by a GOP vigilante… READ MORE
Days before the midterm elections, Americans concerned about alleged voter suppression efforts in Georgia and other states will get the chance to see a documentary that puts the issue into sharp relief… READ MORE
