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Voting rights groups are warning that early voting site closures in Georgia are limiting Black and Latino turnout in the state s two highly-anticipated Senate runoff elections even as a federal judge on Monday ordered two counties to reverse a decision purging more than 4,000 voters from the rolls.
Election officials in Hall County, which is located about an hour northeast of Atlanta and includes Gainesville, have opened four early voting sites, down from eight locations in the November election. The county is home to more than 200,000 people, nearly 40% of whom are Latino or Black. Multiple advocacy groups said that the closures were centered in areas with large Black and Latino populations, HuffPost reported.
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Dec 14, 2020 11:30 AM This week, Pearl Jam and Lin-Manuel Miranda will take part in an upcoming fundraiser ahead of the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff election. To promote the virtual event, the Hamilton creator put his own spin on the grunge icons. On his Twitter , Miranda shared a cover of PJ s Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, which he dubs Elderly Composer Behind the Keyboard in a Messy Office. I m so sorry @PearlJam, you play it so much better, see you Wednesday night, Miranda tweeted, alongside the hashtag #PearlJamuelMiranda. The fundraiser, which aims specifically to engage voters in the Georgia Latino community, airs this Wednesday, December 16, at 8:30 p.m. ET via the streaming site Looped. For more info, visit
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