Breaking down the Justice Department's lawsuit against the state of Georgia over its recently enacted voting restrictions.
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#DOJ #Georgia #VotingRights
About time for JUSTICE to step in and halt the orange-crazy.
@Bidden HarryAss Trump did win, and the deep state could have rigged the election, maybe. I’m good with that. So what? I hope that the deep state cheats Trump again in 2024. What are you going to do about it? Cry me a river? Go blue deep state go!
@Mr. Wonderful exactly which parts of SB202?
@Randi Bagley-Goodwin please read SB202
@srgreeniii then is it about the restricting of absentee ballots to require someone to request a ballot prior to election?
@Michael Woods We all know you do, not surprising anyone
Get ’em, Garland. Those good ol boy Republicans are just butthurt because blacks turned red blue.
@Minute Meditations
No it has not, and in many states still is not – because it is not needed.
@Pat Doyle In Georgia, it has been required for a while….
@Bidden HarryAss …jail time! You gotta finish the sentence, man!!! 😜
@Nick Romo why exactly is it ignorant to assume that blacks have the capability to procure an ID?!? That’s a pretty racist thing to assume.
@J K Old school spook, glad to see you’re still in the fight – kinda
Sic ’em, Merrick!
Trump Won
@Bidden HarryAss …jail time! You gotta finish the sentence, man!!! 😜
Attorney General Sherman bout to roll through the deep state of dumb
@Randi Bagley-Goodwin ease up big fellow. I was just using a bit of humour and I never mentioned any geographical place, so I think your the one who needs to stop.
@Randi Bagley-Goodwin not ignorant: RACIST and CORRUPT
My name sake! sophomore😆
That was supposed to say WOOHOO! HOW IT GOT SOPHMORE IS BEYOND ME???
@Sherman Tincher LOL you know you can edit that after you post right?
Citizens of age have the right to vote, plain and simple.
Agreed.
I am willing to donate to any organization in Georgia that works on getting voting IDs. The fight for access or voting locations is another topic. But lets first remove Republicans first excuse.
@grantg98 And yet that cheating grifter Tr****p thought he was entitled to 11,780 extra votes inGeorgia! What a loser. What a fraud.
Well the sad thing is that it would seem that these supposed fraudulent voters have more interest in voting than almost half of our citizenry.
@Richard MacLean You don’t have to pay taxes too vote.
The USA already has a ridiculously low 61% voting so it’s only natural that Georgia and other GOP-controlled states would attempt to make it even more difficult to vote.
I imagine if voter turnout increases sharply, like 30%+ or more, it will be overwhelmingly democratic. Maybe some republicans know that already.
@swayjacob777 If that it true, that is still not enough reason to make voting harder or making it harder for a specific group to vote. If you have a low wage job, you can simply not afford to take a day off from work, every time there is an election. If it is not possible to vote outside your working hours, a specific group (the poor ones) have a lot harder time to vote.
“They had things in (that bill), levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.”
– Donald Trump
@Laxto Buttgroyn That’s quite a assumption. Voters vote because of policies. Dems can’t crash the economy then expect high turnout. Also it goes both ways. How many millions of conservatives and independents didn’t vote last year? Millions. Some people just don’t vote because they don’t care for it or just don’t think things would change any ways.
Yessss. Christmas in July, time the dominoes start falling.
@Ralph Sims Life is tough for you huh? Have a great day trying to get the wad out of your panties.
@Ralph Sims They investigated and came to a conclusion? Who are they.
The investigations are far from over.
@Ralph Sims lol, get ready to cry more grifter. I would walk circle around you about how this is voter suppression but your not a fair actor your a bad actor.
@Robert Wolfe so?
@Johnnyerm a little place called the SENATE….look it up
Real law and order will be restored to the southern states.
Please explain SPECIFICALLY how this law is “suppression”? I’ll wait
@Ralph Sims How about you define why these laws are necessary and partisan when the election went just fine without them.?
@Brian Holmes lmao, I think you may be waiting a long time for an answer, someone has to come up with a conspiracy, and they are very busy at the “conspiracy Theory” factory.
@Brian Holmes I’m sorry but anyone who has any sense knows that the media are playing word games with you simpletons. How about you go look up one of their talking points so I don’t have to type out a complete novel.
@Mark Henstridge no I have a life.
It is good to see a group of wonderful articulate women present their position.
The Republicans were taking it too far with restrictive voting laws.
If not stopped, they would eventually have required voters to show proof
that they are registered Republicans before they could cast a vote.
It’s not I.D. that is the problem. It’s reducing polling places, in some areas hundreds of thousands voting in ONE polling place, then reducing voter hours so people stand in line all day and still don’t get to vote. And it’s a felony to bring them a bottle of water and a sandwich, eh? And if they don’t like the outcome of the vote they change the results. How do you like the idea of them throwing tour vote out over unsubstantiated accusations? Because that’s what they want to do. Just a couple of the things.
I thought I heard Republicans crying.
You did. Republicans have been crying since last November.
They need to sue Texas as well for having the same voting rules
@Brian Pulliam What part is difficult in voting in Georgia?
@John H. Pay attention
@Willow Moon Garland is taking care of Georgia first they’re going to do a complete job there and get Donald Trump too
@Jennifer Middleton Actually read SB202
@John H. They read SB202 on the TV and it was restrictive. It cut the hours of voting to working hours. I stops voting on Sunday. It makes it illegal to give someone standing in line any kind of compensation (ie – water). Mail in ballots need to be requested even if you have voted by mail in the past. It reduces the number of ballot boxes in any given county. The number of early voting days is cut.
I thought that it was Arizona that wanted to make the state government able to overturn an election if they were satisfied with the results. I’d like to know more about that and if it was Arizona or not.
Next, Kemp & his goons will make it unlawful to breathe while in line to vote.
Maybe gumballs in a jar test!!
Explain to me how this bill is “suppression”……I’ll wait
@Ralph Sims Please explain exactly what this bill improves, I’ll wait.
@Rebecca Ainslie DWL…..Rebecca….. Don’t give those tools any ideas…… They may take you seriously.
@Yaady Thommo oops!
Working together for a better future for our kids means working together. Voting is a part of our work together, to put good people into office who care about the welfare of all of us, especially (all of) our kids and their future.
Finally some use of the power that current administration has. Only have 1 year + left to curb atrocities across the nation
There was no “widespread voter fraud” in 2020, there was just *WIDESPREAD VOTING.*
In every election we must VOTE LIKE IT’S 2020 again. Trump may not be on the ballot but Trumpism will be, and it must be defeated! We’ve got the numbers, we just have to keep showing up! 👍🇺🇸
I’ve been starting my campaign efforts already
VOTE BLUE🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Exactly. 2020 had a record turnout despite the threat of the virus. I credit that to pent up rage. So many people waited 4 years to vote Trump out of office. We succedded.
Surprised to see Garland to be doing anything about it.
i have never heard of widespread voting fraud. i’m 66 years old. i have heard of a few cases, but never widespread.
I’ll be voting. I’m not sure what the laws will be in ’22, ’24 and ’26. If I need a photo ID, I’ll have to take the day off from work (which will make paying bills a little tough). I don’t make enough money to own a car, and there are no busses from where I live to the town where the DMV is, So it’s a 45 minute cab ride (and fare), wait in line at the DMV for 3-5 hours (I did 6 once) then a cab fare back. Also I live in deep red W.V. so my vote will probably not matter. However, I WILL vote.
ABOUT TIME! Next Texas, Florida, & others!🙏🙏🙏
This is great news. I am proud of Merrick Garland. Rest in Peace, John Lewis, my hero.
Alright, carpetbaggers, smackdown time. There’s a new Sheriff in town, and he’ll be on you like a new roof. No more free passes. This is going to be gruesome. We can hardly wait.
They should also fix the 10 hours voting lines. That is insane.
That is voter suppression. The super long lines are only in the prominently colored districts. That’s why it’s imperative that HR1 becomes law. The other reason, is to do away with gerrymandering. There are currently 30 states that have a Republican-controlled legislature. In about 13 of those states, the republicans lost the popular votes, but won their district through heavy gerrymandering. This is why the GOP is fighting so hard to stop HR1. Without gerrymandering the Republican party will have to quit working for corporations (which makes them rich) and start working for the American people.