A one-million-vote nose-dive in turnout was well-concealed by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp to cover up the effects of “Jim Crow 2.O” at the launch his presidential campaign.
From the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, math-challenged reporters have… READ MORE
Despite what the lamestream media is reporting, there was actually a massive collapse in votes in the Georgia runoff election, from 4.48 million total votes in the 2021 runoff to 3.54 million this year. Warnock’s vote in Fulton (Atlanta) plummeted by… READ MORE
[Dec 6, 2022: Atlanta, GA] The fact that Warnock squeaked through does not cover over the fact that there was nearly a one million ballot drop in the total vote from the last runoff election. And that puts the lie to the claim that… READ MORE
You only see these long lines in Blacklanta, where state law eliminated most dropboxes.
My heart goes out to those who waited for hours to vote in the cold and dark. If all Americans were as committed to democracy as Black Atlantans, our nation would be… READ MORE
[Dec 1, 2022: Atlanta, GA] Don’t be fooled by the record long lines of Black voters. Here’s the real story. Two years ago Warnock won his Senate runoff only because he got three-quarters of a million mail-in votes — winning the mail-in vote by more than 2-to-1. So, within weeks of his victory… READ MORE
Cheryle Renee Moses, editor of Black Gwinnett Magazine, today teamed with the Palast Investigative Fund and filed a formal complaint with the US Department Of Justice Civil Rights Division. The legal action demands the … READ MORE
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
Once again, it’s down to Georgia in the November 2022 midterm elections. Senator Reverend Warnock is running for reelection, and Stacey Abrams is running for governor against the incumbent Brian Kemp. It’s not a question of who’s going to win. The GOP’s decided it can’t win, so it’s figuring out how to not let the voters vote … READ MORE
Here’s a little-known story about how groups like Rainbow PUSH, Black Voters Matter Fund, and the Transformative Justice Coalition defeated Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s mass vote disqualification campaign. … READ MORE
I can’t make this up. The state of Georgia passed a law this week, HB 531, that outlaws handing out pizza slices and water to voters waiting for hours to vote.
But Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger objected to the law because, he said, his office had already ruled that pizza… READ MORE
Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no hero. Since the release of the tape in which Raffensperger is heard resisting Donald Trump’s bullying attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory, the Georgia politician has been portrayed as a defender of democracy. The record says otherwise.… READ MORE
Democracy Now! airs our report on vote theft in Georgia, narrated by Debra Messing, and speaks with activist LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter and the co-plaintiff in our case against Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger … READ MORE
Despite the hype, an investigative report released today reveals Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no hero defending democracy from Trump. Rather, in this investigative film Raffensperger is exposed for using vote suppression Jim Crow tactics — even misleading a federal court to keep… READ MORE
News has been that GA’s Sec. of State, Brad Raffensperger, bravely stood up to Trump’s claim of voter fraud in the 2020 election and continues to do so now that Georgians are heading to the polls to decide a crucial runoff election that will decide who controls the Senate. Journalist Greg Palast exposes what’s… READ MORE
The importance of the January 5 Senate runoff elections in Georgia cannot be overestimated. They will determine which party controls the Senate, with vast ramifications for economic policy, climate change, workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, judicial nominees, and much more. The purging of nearly 200,000 registered voters from the voting rolls in Georgia could spell the… READ MORE
[Cobb County, Georgia] “They didn’t cut one White polling site!”
Barbara Arnwine was livid about this fluorescent violation of both Georgia and Federal voting rights law, a subject she teaches at Columbia University. “All the polling sites they cut were in Black and Brown neighborhoods,” said Arnwine, Founder of … READ MORE
