What Republicans are doing in state legislatures across the nation is voter suppression pure and simple. Their lame attempt to mask it as protecting voter integrity is a lie (how does making it a crime to hand out water protect voter integrity?) and is based on another lie — that the presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump by voter fraud.
As is usually the case, editorials like yours are high on emotion, bias, and misinformation while being extremely low on the facts. Or what I like to call the truth.
There is nothing in the Georgia voting reforms that anyone who has actually read them can be pointed to as, “restrictive” or “suppressive”. I suggest you take the time to read the actual law before opining on things you haven’t truly informed yourself of.
And frankly, you really need to get past the whole “Water Bottle” mythology/controversy. Again, it’s factually incorrect and therefore a lie.
The actual law reads as follows:
"any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and drink, to an elector."
These giveaways are banned within 150 feet of a building where people are voting, within any polling place, or within 25 feet of any voter standing in line, just like most other polling locations around the Country.
As the Left is so fond of saying, “Get Educated” in the reasons for this restriction and it should become clear as to why they are there.
If it’s that hot outside, bring your own water bottle. It’s not like you’re going on a safari, or running a marathon. You’re going to vote.
As for the voter ID verification requirements, which is the real crux of the Left’s ire, that whole argument is not only insulting to every responsible Black adult in the is Country, it’s downright racist.
No responsible adult can get through life in America without some form of official identification. In the last week alone, I had to produce my ID at least 4 times, in the course of conducting normal, everyday life transactions.
So, please stop with the incendiary and untruthful lies, stop listening to the propaganda, and maybe do some research and find out the truth before you wind up doing the thing you accuse others of doing.
It’s editorializing like yours that does more to divide the Country, than anything else.
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As is usually the case, editorials like yours are high on emotion, bias, and misinformation while being extremely low on the facts. Or what I like to call the truth.
There is nothing in the Georgia voting reforms that anyone who has actually read them can be pointed to as, “restrictive” or “suppressive”. I suggest you take the time to read the actual law before opining on things you haven’t truly informed yourself of.
And frankly, you really need to get past the whole “Water Bottle” mythology/controversy. Again, it’s factually incorrect and therefore a lie.
The actual law reads as follows:
"any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and drink, to an elector."
These giveaways are banned within 150 feet of a building where people are voting, within any polling place, or within 25 feet of any voter standing in line, just like most other polling locations around the Country.
As the Left is so fond of saying, “Get Educated” in the reasons for this restriction and it should become clear as to why they are there.
If it’s that hot outside, bring your own water bottle. It’s not like you’re going on a safari, or running a marathon. You’re going to vote.
As for the voter ID verification requirements, which is the real crux of the Left’s ire, that whole argument is not only insulting to every responsible Black adult in the is Country, it’s downright racist.
No responsible adult can get through life in America without some form of official identification. In the last week alone, I had to produce my ID at least 4 times, in the course of conducting normal, everyday life transactions.
So, please stop with the incendiary and untruthful lies, stop listening to the propaganda, and maybe do some research and find out the truth before you wind up doing the thing you accuse others of doing.
It’s editorializing like yours that does more to divide the Country, than anything else.
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