Republicans plan "largest and most aggressive" poll watching in GA history

 

Daily Kos: “Proving that racism is the Republican Party's defining trait, the Georgia Republican Party has recruited more than 4,000 volunteers in what they told Fox News is the ‘largest and most aggressive’ poll-watching operation in the state's history ahead of the Jan. 5 Senate runoffs.”   Aggressive Trumpers who are following a cowardly commander-in-chief who can’t admit defeat may soon be harassing voters of color as they attempt to cast their ballots in one of the most crucial Senate races in memory.   The good news is, the work of voting rights activists like Stacey Abrams has laid a solid groundwork for these marginalized communities to make their voices heard in untold numbers -- which is exactly what we’ll need if we hope to wrestle the Senate from Mitch McConnell and enact policies that benefit racial justice and help create a better America in the next administration.   But the GOP is powerful in the South. They’ve already succeeded in closing crucial polling stations placed in communities of color. We’re fighting this voter suppression war on the Republican Party’s home turf -- and they just might win.   We want these seats to go blue. We want every Black voter in Georgia to be heard. And we want to codify into law bills like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act so that nothing like this can ever happen again.   But right now we’re short on funds, which means we’re not answering this Jim Crow-era Republican toxicity exactly the way we’d like. Please, could you pitch in what you can now to help us out -- and show you stand with Stacey Abrams, Fair Fight, and all of the voting rights activists and organizers working to stop the GOP from suppressing voices of color this election? We could not be more grateful for your support. You’re doing nothing more or less than protecting democracy.   Progressive Majority