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Fair Count is doing all we can to make sure everyone is counted in the census, heard at the polls + respected in Georgia's redistricting process.

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A legal fight over the 90-day ban on voter roll purges is heading to the Supreme Court. Republicans seek to reinterpret the NVRA's quiet period, which protects eligible voters from being removed too close to federal elections, which starts Aug. 5.

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Clarence Thomas's 34-year tenure exposes Supreme Court issues: lifetime power with little accountability. His legacy includes ethics scandals and rulings that undermined voting rights and opened the door to unlimited corporate election spending.

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"Why is the president continuing to press on like this? Yes, he’s relitigating the 2020 election. […]

But the bigger reason is to stir fear, doubt, and confusion in the minds of voters."

The psychological warfare against American democracy: https://t.co/j4FDTzCssY

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About 44% of Georgia households struggle to afford basic necessities like utilities, gas and food, even with incomes above the federal poverty level. Black and Latine households face the highest hardship, but rising costs are impacting all groups.

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While some states expanded mail voting since 2020, 27 states enacted restrictive laws between 2020–2025, fueled by false conservative claims about fraud. Evidence overwhelmingly shows mail voting remains safe and secure—yet restrictions persist.

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We're hiring a community organizer to build relationships with local leaders and organizations. This work focuses on historically undercounted communities—essential for fair elections and redistricting.

Middle + South GA preferred

Learn more: https://t.co/ompZaVj5Zl

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MS – Civil rights groups are intervening in a federal lawsuit seeking to dismantle a majority-Black judicial subdistrict in DeSoto County. Plaintiffs argue the map violates the VRA, but defenders say they misapply the recent Callais ruling.

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During Reconstruction, Georgia elected its first Black legislators—the Original 33—only to have them expelled because of race. More than 157 years later, they've never received an apology or proper acknowledgment in Georgia's history books.

Story: https://t.co/QpTA3ocsaX

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Many Georgians face higher electric bills this summer, even after Georgia Power lowered its fuel rate. Higher energy use from air conditioning, combined with summer rate increases, means typical household costs are still rising as heat strains the grid.

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We're hiring a community organizer to build relationships with local leaders and organizations. This work focuses on historically undercounted communities—essential for fair elections and redistricting.

Middle + South GA preferred

Learn more: https://t.co/ompZaVj5Zl

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McIntosh County advanced a zoning ordinance limiting homes on Sapelo Island to 1,550 square feet plus a porch. The rule targets Hogg Hummock—one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities—and now heads to a public hearing on Aug 4.

More: https://t.co/CRdj3U9S0m

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"Georgia’s State Election Board has passed a rule aimed at granting board members access to the secretary of state’s election night hub, defying a warning from the attorney general’s office that such a rule would exceed the board’s authority."

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Callais is designed to be the death knell for inclusive democracy. But the decision also presents a generational opportunity to organize and protect democratic pillars. Nowhere will this work matter more than in the South.

Resources for the South: https://t.co/dVVdm5ACMu

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MS – Over 100 rural hospitals have fully closed since 2005, including Humphreys County's—leaving it with no ER, urgent care, or health department. Healthcare policy experts say once a rural hospital closes, revival is nearly impossible.

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The steady dismantling of civil rights protections is not random, it's a very familiar pattern. Recognizing that gives us clarity: lasting change requires long-term investment, not election-year urgency.

More: https://t.co/DZsKWYhXiW

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Recently, the POTUS set the stage for an election-related emergency declaration. Experts expect ICE presence at polls to intimidate minority and immigrant voters, with aims including the seizing of machines and blocking Democratic victories.

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The biggest risk to election integrity is the weaponization of false claims to convince Americans the system is broken—or to justify federal interference in elections that properly belong to state authority.

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A storm hits. Trash everywhere. You can clean your own block—or help others and earn more for everyone. Better Blocks teaches young players that collective action works better.

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Thirty percent of Americans vote by mail, relying on USPS as a neutral carrier. But a Supreme Court postmark decision, service delays from postal restructuring, and a 2026 order would compel USPS to refuse ballots from voters it deems ineligible.

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The Election Assistance Commission—a bipartisan federal agency that helps states run elections—was stripped of all commissioners after Trump fired the remaining members, leaving no leadership ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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