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What Other States Can Learn from Georgia’s Historic Elections
Demonstrators protest outside of the Capitol building in opposition of House Bill 531 on March 8, 2021, in Atlanta. HB531 will restrict early voting hours, remove drop boxes, and require the use of a government ID when voting by mail.
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Organization, outreach, money, and meeting people where they are is the key to changing political winds.
Apr 8, 2021
Political watchers across the country have had Georgia on their minds lately and for good reason. After a historic, whirlwind election cycle in which the reliably Republican state not only made President Joe Biden the first Democrat to carry Georgia since 1992, but also delivered Democratic control in the U.S. Senate, the Republican-controlled state legislature has enacted draconian new voter restricti
One reason Georgians elected Joe Biden for president by just under 12,000 votes this year may be due to the number of new citizens in the state, especially those from Asian countries, who showed up to vote in large numbers.
“It was exhilarating,” said Debashri Sengupta, who was born in India and voted for the first time in Georgia this year. “We couldn’t believe we were finally voting in a presidential election.”
She is one of 65,000 new immigrants who became U.S. citizens in Georgia since 2017.
Sengupta registered to vote through the League of Women Voters, right after her citizenship ceremony. The group has signed up more than 33,000 new immigrant voters over the past three years.