to have two sundays for early voting. this actually expands access. the republican controlled georgia legislature approved the voting law after joe biden became the first democratic presidential candidate to win in georgia in nearly three decades. we are clear that that was voter suppression and intended to intimidate voters. they are like, whatever they try to do, it s not going to work. we re going to show up and show out. caron blare with the new georgia project, a voter registration group founded by abrams says a new law may be mobilizing voters but it s still creating obstacles. when we re at the polls tomorrow, how do we hand out ponchos and not get arrested? while it s hard to measure the impact of georgia s voting law, it s clear interest remains high. the question is, will those tweaks impact voters in ways that could influence the outcome
elections in 2022. it is what our next guest, the director of the georgia party calls the normalization of republican takeovers of local functions. joining me from the nonpartisan voter registration group which works on outreach to minority voters. thank you for coming. i ll start with you. how are georgia activists working to overcome the, as you call it, republican takeover of local functions? hi, thank you. so for having me. yeah. there s a lot that we can do here on the ground to work against this. you know, part of it starts with the federal voting rights legislation. i m very excited that is getting legs and moving forward. and we want everyone to advocate
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removed by the republican legislature as the chair and voting member of the state election board. secretary raffensperger is now running for re-election and doing everything he can now to ingratiate himself with trump voters. secretary raffensperger has now produced a list of nearly 102,000 voters who will be removed from the voting rolls unless they respond within 40 days to stay on the voting rolls. and leading off our discussion from georgia, helen butler, a member of the morgan county board of elections in georgia. her last day will be june 30th. also with us, the ceo of the new georgia project, the voter registration group which works on education and outreach for minority voters. you ve been on this board for
secretary raffensperger is now running for reelection, and doing everything he can now to ingratiate himself with trump voters. secretary raffensperger has now produced a list of nearly 102,000 voters who will be removed from the voting roles unless they respond within 40 days to stay on the voting roles. and leading off our discussion tonight from georgia is helen butler, a member of the morgan county board of elections in georgia, or last day will be june 30th. also with us ceo of the new georgia project, a voter registration group which works on outreach for minority voters. and helen butler, let me be in begin with you, and what happened to you, you have been on this board for about ten years now, and suddenly, the republicans are getting after you. how did that happen? thank you, lawrence, for