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41. Hpefully Stacey Abrams' national anti-voter suppression campaign tears into that rot.

'Rigging the game': Stacey Abrams kicks off campaign to fight voter suppression

Abrams, a potential Democratic nominee for vice-president, says African American voter suppression has ‘gone underground’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/18/stacey-abrams-campaign-fight-voter-suppression

Stacey Abrams is a potential Democratic nominee for vice-president in 2020. She is also now the leader of a national campaign against voter suppression and intimidation which she launched on Saturday in Georgia, where last year she lost a controversial race for governor.

The former Georgia House minority leader kicked off Fair Fight 2020 at an elementary school in Gwinnett county, near Atlanta. Gwinnett turned Democratic in elections which saw Abrams’ narrow defeat by Republican Brian Kemp gain national attention.

Kemp was Georgia’s secretary of state, which meant he oversaw his own race. Abrams, with others, filed a lawsuit alleging serious flaws within the overall process.

On Saturday, she told her audience: “Gwinnett proved that you are the future. But … we are still mired in a past of voter suppression. And voter intimidation. And mistakes made. But we are going to correct those mistakes in 2020.”

Speaking to ABC’s This Week in an interview broadcast on Sunday, she said: “We have a right to vote in the United States that is afforded to eligible American citizens but we have seen over the last 20 years a constriction on who has the right to use that right.

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https://fairfight.com/fair-fight-2020/

Like decades of past elections, the 2018 elections in Georgia were rife with mismanagement and irregularities, but Georgians are fighting back. Fair Fight advocates for election reform, engages in voter education, and encourages turnout in order to secure the voting rights of all Georgians. The 501(c)(4) arm of the organization, Fair Fight Action, engages in activities such as conducting a vote-by-mail program; educating voters about elections, voting procedures, and voting rights; and facilitating a get-out-the-vote program to mobilize voters to cast their ballots during early voting and on election day.

This year, Fair Fight is working to expand democracy and ensure all voters have access to the polls. We promote fair elections in Georgia and around the country, encourage voter participation in elections, and educate voters about elections and their voting rights. Fair Fight brings awareness to the public on election reform, advocates for election reform at all levels, and engages in targeted voter registration and other voter outreach programs and communications.