Lincoln County, GA, The Population Is 1/3 Black, Proposes Closing Down All But One Polling Place
A couple of days ago, I wrote about Stacey Abrams, and upon her second try for the governorship of Georgia, she’s making a national call for voting rights reform. 19 states have already passed 34 laws this year alone to make some restrictions, 13 bills have been pre-filed for 2022, and 88 of them will carry over into the new year, as stated by the Brennan Center. Remember, in the 2018 Georgia governor’s election, Abrams only lost to Gov. Kemp by 55,000 votes.
It’s not only a national attack on the right to vote that we have to worry about–it’s every small county, especially where there is a sizable Black population. In the Abrams’ state of Georgia, Lincoln County, where there is a 29% Black population, the county is moving to shut every polling place down but one, according to the Augusta Chronicle.
Relocating voters from the county’s seven precincts to a single location will make voting “easier and more accessible” and eliminate the need to transport voting equipment and staff the remaining sites, according to a news release.
Right. Having one location where there will be massive lines and a high potential for people leaving such lines is supposed to make things easier.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lincoln-county-georgia-where-population-163000744.html
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