Is That All You Got? Georgia Organizations Were Ready for Black Voter Purge by the GOP

[sheshe2]

The exasperation in their voice is obvious. Exact Match is the gentrified name for Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s anti-black voting apparatus, which he’s wielded with such efficiency that Jeff Sessions is jealous.

Even though Kemp is in a close election with Democrat Stacey Abrams for the governor’s mansion in Georgia, he’s still allowed to oversee the election as secretary of state (Abrams’ camp just called for Kemp to resign as secretary of state). Exact Match allows the state to purge voter registrations if the voter registration has any differences—no matter how small—from other state documents. For example, if your gun license says “Kanye West” and your voter registration says “Kanye Omari West” and your marriage license says “Kanye O. West,” even if everything from Social Security numbers to tax forms and previous overrated albums all lineup, Brian Kemp will snatch your application.

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Calling this labyrinth of voter blockages the new Jim Crow doesn’t do it justice. It takes a special kind of white man to basically admit that he can’t win an election in a Republican state against a black woman without cheating. You could call it Brian Crow but I don’t think Kemp would want to be that close to anything so black.


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In other words, the Abrams campaign and African-American activists on the ground knew that Kemp’s voter suppression tricks were coming and were prepared. Their election success map assumes a certain percentage of votes being lost to suppression tactics. On top of that, there are teams of election lawyers in every single competitive county in Georgia ready to strike on behalf of voting rights. Over a million absentee-ballot applications were sent out weeks ago with the idea being that they can be sent in and counted before someone would know they’ve been purged and to avoid any Election Day shenanigans that Kemp is likely to pull.

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“They pull this same trick in other places like Alabama; the difference is that Georgia is a purple state; there are enough voters to flip the state house, so they get more aggressive.”

Link to tweet

Read More: https://www.theroot.com/is-that-all-you-got-georgia-organizations-were-ready-f-1829702677

Go Stacey. Georgia needs you. Kick him in the balls Georgia and send him squealing to hell....because...

It takes a special kind of white man to basically admit that he can’t win an election in a Republican state against a black woman without cheating.

[Scurrilous]

1. K&R

[olegramps]

44. The fascists are winning. Sorry to say. Not enough people give a damn.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. He is a disgusting piece of slime. n/t

[sheshe2]

3. But then...he is a Republican.

They can't help themselves.

[Wounded Bear]

11. From the Department of Redundancy Department...

as they say.

[lindysalsagal]

4. I'm relieved to know there is a sturdy, entrenched resistance to this treachery.

It proves they're really really scared, and they should be.

[sheshe2]

6. They are terrified.

Must say they are also the stupidest assholes that ever lived. Kemp gave Stacey Abrams free airtime to let the people of Georgia to see him for what he is and motivate our base mere weeks before the election. I have seen countless interviews of her today.

He and the GOP are a special kind of stupid aren't they, lindy.

Priceless.

[brer cat]

5. GA needs Stacey,

but so does the country. Getting rid of republican control means getting rid of gerrymandering and voter suppression, which leads in turn to more Democrats going to Congress and full participation by Democratic voters in Presidential elections. Watch GA turn blue!

[sheshe2]

8. I think it will turn blue, brer.

Kemp opened the door and let her walk through to countless interviews the past few days to expose him. She is getting national coverage weeks before the election.

The GOP in many states are going to be met with fire and fury, the likes they have never seen before. I want them crushed.

Boom

[greymattermom]

39. Kemp is much worse that Nathan Deal.

Kemp vows to allow those bathroom laws that will prevent events like the Super Bowl from ever being held in Atlanta again. The film industry will close shop and move elsewhere, and that's just the beginning. Odd that Republicans would vote for someone who would cause a disaster for business.

[libdem4life]

42. It doesn't affect them personally, and those it does, don't even understand it.

Also, one scam begets another. They are always one step ahead. As soon as it becomes obvious, watch out...here comes another to take its place.

[Amaryllis]

7. Exact Match must be a twin of CRosscheck. Kemp and Kobach...

[Wounded Bear]

12. It's all of a piece...

slimy underhanded tricks to undermine democracy.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. Kemp, Kobach, K?

Gotta be a 3rd K in the cesspool.

Go Georgia! Purge yourself of these racist, criminal GOPers!

[jmowreader]

17. Just to make you happy...

The Georgia state senate contains three Republicans whose last name starts with K: John F. Kennedy (no shit, that's his real name...http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/member.aspx?Member=852&Session=25), Greg Kirk and Kay Kirkpatrick. No Democrats' names start with K.

There are four representatives in the Georgia House whose names start with K: Trey Kelley, Dar'shun Kendrick, Tom Kirby and David Knight. Dar'shun Kendrick is the only Democrat. (She's also the only one who doesn't look like she starts her day with a cup of cat shit boiled in battery acid.)

Of the six Republicans, Trey Kelley has the most punchable face. Use him.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. not exactly "happy"

Thanks for the info, though.

Looking forward to the day when Georgia bootstraps its way beyond the regression of the Repugnant party. Stacey Abrams would be a giant leap forward.

My home state, KY, doesn't have much to look forward to before 2020.

[Gumboot]

22. The third K is Koch.

Kemp and Kobach should be in Guantanamo for their crimes.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. ah, the grand wizard

The Kochs are too rich, too reich, and too much involved in poisoning the planet and democracy.

[diva77]

46. kkkavanaugh

[ProudProgressiveNow]

9. KR NT

[betsuni]

10. K&R

[sheshe2]

32. Thanks.

[Cha]

13. DAMN the trump FASCIST CHEATERS!

Thank You, Stacy Adams for Fighting Back!

[sheshe2]

28. Prime Time!

She was just on Rachael.

I want to thank Kemp here, the man that in all the pictures I see looks like a dear caught in the headlights. He single handedly put her campaign front and forward on prime time TV just weeks before the election.

Brava

[Cha]

29. YaaaaY! What did Stacy have to say about it?

Good Point about the Cheaterkemp.

Just read this on The Obama Diary..

I am told Kemp and Deal’s offices have already received over 100 calls. Can people please tag local GA reporters so the media can report on what is happening? https://t.co/FXzqfqDH9C

Link to tweet

https://theobamadiary.com/2018/10/11/global-girls-alliance/#comments

[sheshe2]

31. KEMP MUST RECUSE OR RESIGN!!!

Yep.

Not sure he will do either.

Every step he has been making makes Stacey stronger.

[sheshe2]

33. This

Link to tweet

[Cha]

34. Thank You, she!

Stacy Abrams!

[sheshe2]

35. She is going to do this.

Purple to Blue.

[libdem4life]

43. Go, Stacey. I watched her and she is authentic, charming and focused. n/t

[cstanleytech]

14. I live in Georgia and I hope she kicks his corrupt ass.

[sheshe2]

15. i don't live in Georgia.

However I am rooting for her and you Georgians.

Turn it BLUE!

[Hulk]

18. I HATE cheaters...

No matter what color, party, race, creed, gender, ethnic group...HATE 'EM!!

[Farmer-Rick]

19. Now that Trump has been able to pack the courts with fascist pigs

You can't even win in the courts.

[aikoaiko]

20. I get to see Stacey Abrams speak to a small audience this coming Tuesday.

I'm very excited.

[sheshe2]

21. Wish I could be there.

From MA, yet support her in every way!

[Ferrets are Cool]

25. They can't win against a woman without cheating either, re

Hillary Clinton.

[sheshe2]

26. Boom!

Nailed it!

[Liberal In Texas]

27. That is impressive.

Fighting the voter suppression fascists is a noble thing. And quite cleaver to boot.

We shouldn't have to put up with this in a "free" country.

[Cha]

30. The Georgia NAACP is seeking to reopen voter registration in the state to ensure that the 53,000..

Link to tweet

[jmbar2]

36. Saw her on Rachel and immediately donated. I don't even live in Georgia.

Then sent a Kemp a blistering email telling him why I donated to Stacy. Why would any true blue American cooperate in destroying democracy? This man is repugnant.

[SkyDaddy7]

37. I HATE LIVING HERE!!!

...But since I can’t leave I’m fighting!

I was born in Georgia, raised in Georgia & have lived my entire life in Georgia except for my years in the USAF...For a time I thought Georgia was changing & then Conservative Media came along & I realized how wrong I was at the time!!

Sure would be nice to see Stacey win!!!!!

[diva77]

45. I feel your pain, SkyDaddy.

I hope the election protection movement gathers steam.

[oasis]

38. I'd like to hear what dumbass Kanye West has to say about GOP

theft of black votes. Someone should confront him with the documentation and demand an answer.
I'm so sick of uninformed dipshits who make proclamations about leaving the Democratic Party "plantation".

[Uncle Joe]

40. They're fascists.

Thanks for the thread sheshe.

[CrispyQ]

41. I'm glad this is getting attention.

Hopefully the non-political people of this country are waking up to what total ratfuckers the GOP are.