5. This isn't the end. The campaign by @BlackVotersMtr, @NewGAProject, @Georgia_NAACP had an impact. Some of the worst provisions were dropped.
There are similar bills being introduced across the country
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4. Corporations that backed the sponsors of Georgia's voter suppression legislation AND never spoke out in opposition (2018-present) (con't)
@Walgreens (10K)
@TMobile (8K)
@aflac (7K)
@Lyft (6K)
1. Georgia's Governor just signed a law that:
- restricts drop boxes
- curtails early voting for runoffs
- criminalizes giving water to people waiting in line to vote
- imposes new ID requirements for absentee ballots
Prominent corporations helped make this possible.
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Somehow we weathered and witnessed
A nation that isn't broken
but simply unfinished
There is always light
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if only we're brave enough to be it.
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