- August 29th, 2020, 1:42 am
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They claim in Georgia that it’s to save tax payer dollars, but if it was about tax payer dollars, then why is it that the polling precincts being removed are largely in minority neighborhoods?
Of course Georgia isn’t the only one doing it. It’s a large problem throughput the South where Jim Crow laws were most prevalent. It’s no surprise that for several years running now in the South when you see that the precincts with the longest wait times and most problems are disproportionately the precincts for minorities. It’s just straight up voter suppression.
rtb72 wrote: ↑August 29th, 2020, 12:41 amBecause the Voting Rights Act, which regulates this stuff, was gutted but be Supreme Court in 2013 because they deemed racism to largely be over.lynchburgwildcats wrote: ↑August 28th, 2020, 9:16 pmJust curious, why and how were polling places closed to begin with? Why weren't they using the same places/precincts they always have. Where I live, we have the same polling places in precincts all other the county; they've been voting locations for several years.Purple Haize wrote: ↑August 28th, 2020, 5:11 pm Better access to voting is great. What that has to do with the boycott I have no idea. Scores of places could be provided as polling places. But maybe they want to make it an event? Come vote and get your picture taken with an NBA player.Closing polling places that largely negatively impact minorities is a widely known voter suppression tactic.
It’s something but wouldn’t have stopped anything they walked out on.
They claim in Georgia that it’s to save tax payer dollars, but if it was about tax payer dollars, then why is it that the polling precincts being removed are largely in minority neighborhoods?
Of course Georgia isn’t the only one doing it. It’s a large problem throughput the South where Jim Crow laws were most prevalent. It’s no surprise that for several years running now in the South when you see that the precincts with the longest wait times and most problems are disproportionately the precincts for minorities. It’s just straight up voter suppression.