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the law cut in half the time allowed between a general election and a runoff. it reduced early voting locations and voting hours and placed limits on voting by mail. it even made it against the law to approach a voter standing in line with food or water. despite all of this voter suppression, the state s first black senator, raphael warnock, has won two elections and two georgia runoffs. victories harnessed by activists like stacey abrams, latosha brown, and the same black women who helped flip the state blue two years ago. run off elections have racist roots. georgia and louisiana are the only states that use runoffs for general elections. as the washington post points out, georgia s system was created in 1964 at the urging of denmark groover, a vocal segregationist determined to suppress black political representation. runoffs had existed for decades, georgia s enthusiastic adoption of two-round voting came as a way of insuring a conservative

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