Gov. Brian Kemp Is Getting Pressure To Unveil How He Stole The Election From Stacey Abrams

[tulipsandroses]

Gov. Brian Kemp Is Getting Pressure To Unveil How He Stole The Election From Stacey Abrams
A federal judge ruled against him.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp might have to explain how he purged more than half a million voters from the ballot that cost Stacey Abrams the race.The long-debated "stolen" gubernatorial election could finally be put to rest. In a federal lawsuit that was initiated by journalist Greg Palast and Helen Butler, executive director of watchdog organization Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, the judge ruled against Kemp.

The governor may be required to release the lists of the names suppressed as well as his methods for removing them, according to 11 Alive.

Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda is one of the civil rights groups challenging Georgia's restrictive voter registration law that requires voter data to "exactly match" data stored in the state drivers' services database or the Social Security database.
According to Campaign Legal, Georgia's use of its "exact match" protocol disproportionately and negatively affects eligible people of color registered to vote — a violation of federal voting statutes and the U.S. Constitution.


"Kemp and the new Sec. of State of Georgia want to keep the lid on their methods for removing literally hundreds of thousands of low-income, young and minority voters on the basis of false information, Palast told Essence. "They cannot hide anymore. This is a huge win and precedent for reporters trying to pry information from the hands of guilty officials."
[link:https://blavity.com/gov-brian-kemp-is-getting-pressure-to-unveil-how-he-stole-the-election-from-stacey-abrams?category1=politics|

[Midnight Writer]

1. Go Greg Palast. He's been pounding this drum for decades. He's getting more done then our officials.

[delisen]

2. Yes Palast has been with it since ELection 2000.

[CharleyDog]

5. Greg Palast's Movie:

Greg Palast's "free movie" Best Democracy Money Can Buy

[RestoreAmerica2020]

13. Thanks. Marked .

[FoxNewsSucks]

14. Haven't watched the movie yet, but

I bought the book when it came out. 100% accurate.

[2naSalit]

18. I just watched it, thanks for the link.

Yup, this needs to be blasted all over kingdom come for the rest of the year so everybody sees it.

[msongs]

3. voter rolls are public record in most places. nt

[CharleyDog]

4. if I were a writer and this was a novel

it would be an "exciting plot." Raving Lunatic elected president, then 2 years later, snarling Sec of State, running for Georgia Gov. "massages" the voter rolls, and gets elected. He then does horrible Republican things, blah blah for about a year, but evidence comes out, people sue, and he is found guilty of illegal voter tampering etc, and sent to prison, judge declares Stacey Abrams to be set in the Governor's mansion.
then, is an eerily similar scenario, evidence comes out, people sue, and the Raving Lunatic (there would be chapters on the horrors of his administration) is found illegitimate and the opponent Hilliary R. Clinton is installed in the WH. All the deeds the Raving Lunatic are declared null and void. The End,

Fictional dream.
But I hope Kemp gets smacked down hard, and sent to prison. (Who is Lt. Gov, and how horrible is he?)

[diva77]

7. Lt. Gov is a rethug

[jls4561]

15. I looked up the Lt. Governor

His name is Geoff Duncan. He attended Georgia Tech and played baseball there. Then he went to the Florida Marlins, but stayed in the minors. Then he started a "marketing" company, then he went to work for Wellview Health, which is listed on its website as a "health engagement company".

Went into politics after that. One of his big issue was the gas tax increase, which, heaven forfend, tied the gas tax to inflation and fuel efficiency. The bill raised the gas tax 0.3%! The bill also eliminated any rebate on "alternative vehicles".

Guess which party he's from?

This is as much as I cared to Google.

However, I did find out one interesting thing. I live in California, and we do have the highest gas prices in the US, and I know that much of that is that because our cars have lower emissions standards and so does our gasoline. We also have high gas taxes. I'm OK with that because I like breathing. BUT - here's the kicker - CA doesn't have the highest gas taxes! It's Pennsylvania!

I would appreciate any more info. What was the big deal with scaling the GA gas tax to inflation? Why eliminate the rebate on "alternative vehicles"? And for those of you in PA - what is your gas tax for? Roads?

I'm just asking.

[diva77]

6. K&R Keep the pressure up! Here's how people can help stop the ongoing purges as well:

donate to the Palast fund: http://www.palastinvestigativefund.org/?StopThePurge2020


and slightly OT: I hope the pressure on Barr to resign grows exponentially this week

[killaphill]

8. Clearly there were people who showed up on election day and were unable to vote

Has any attempt been made to catalogue those folks?

[Major Nikon]

9. Banana Republicans

[onetexan]

10. Kemp needs to be prosecuted

[rockfordfile]

11. Need to do that to pos Rick Scott and DeSantis

[burrowowl]

12. Palast is such a good investigative reporter he had to move to England

He really does very good and solid work!
Go Greg!

[orleans]

16. here's a link to Essence with the story & a copy of the lawsuit

if anyone wants to read it

https://www.essence.com/news/politics/governor-brian-kemp-voter-purge-methodology/

[SleeplessinSoCal]

17. I immediately think Kemp will take his lead from The dic-in-chief...

Appeal and delay for as long as it takes. He can vet tons if cash to draw it out.

[malaise]

19. The folks in Florida should also have a look

ReTHUGs stole the two big ones there as well

[brer cat]

20. This is great news.

Kemp needs some sunshine on his voter suppression.