#georgia politics

[everqueen12]

his bond's $200,000 lmao and his release restrictions include witness intimidation against witnesses, co-defendants, witnesses, judges, prosecutors, victims, unindicted co-conspirators, and also applies to all social media posts

[somewhere-south-of-neutral]

Fight Georgia HB 1128

Recently, a bill was proposed in the Georgia state senate which, despite having the name "The Georgia Women's Bill of Rights" is nothing more than an appalling attempt to legalize transphobia, homophobia, and sex discrimination in Georgia. Nowhere in the bill does it give any protections to women, much the opposite in fact.

Among other flagrant violations of human rights, the bill:

Attempts to strictly define "male and female" as an immutable binary with no exceptions or ability to change one's classification.

Attempts to replace all uses of the word "gender" with the word "sex" including in the context of linguistic gender, which isn't actually the same thing as social gender, a fact none of the drafters seem to realize.

In language disturbingly reminiscent of Plessy v Fergusson effectively eliminates protections from legal sexual discrimination by saying that "With respect to sex, the term 'equal' does not mean same or identical;" and "With respect to sex, separate accommodations are not inherently unequal;"

Eliminates all references to gender and orientation in all hate crimes protections in Georgia law.

Has two full pages of laws where, if passed, it will just do a find and replace for all instances of "gender" to make them say "sex"

This bill would violate the rights of all Georgians, is unconstitutional, and is generally scientifically, philosophically, and even linguistically nonsensical. Please call your representatives and tell them to vote against it.

FYI, the bill's sponsors were Rep. Jodi Lott (R) of the 133rd, Rep. Leesa Hagan (R) of the 156th, Rep. Kimberly New (R) of the 64th, Rep. Penny Houston (R) of the 170th, Rep. Bethany Ballard (R) of the 147th, and Rep. Alan Powell (R) of the 32nd.

To send a message to your representatives, follow the link below:

For the full text of the bill, go here:

[deadpresidents]

"Since the last time I was here, Mr. [Herschel] Walker has been talking about issues that are of great importance to the people of Georgia. Like whether it’s better to be a vampire or a werewolf. This is a debate that I must confess I once had myself. When I was seven. Then I grew up. In case you’re wondering, by the way, Mr. Walker decided he wanted to be a werewolf -- which is great! As far as I’m concerned he can be anything he wants to be, except for a United States Senator. This would be funny if he weren’t running for Senate.” 

-- Former President Barack Obama, on Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, while campaigning on behalf of Rev. Raphael Warnock for Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff election.

President Obama might be showing up frequently in Georgia as a surrogate for Reverend Warnock just because he’s having so much fun eviscerating Herschel Walker.

[bobapril]

Election Fraud Is Hard

I just got back from being the Democratic observer at a "Risk Limiting Audit."

Here in Georgia, the Dominion scanners read either the mail-in ballot or the machine-printed ballot that is created when you use the machine to select your votes in person. The scanners read a QR-style barcode, but there's also a plain-text summary of the person's vote for every race printed on it.

But how do we know the scanners are reading the mail-in ballots correctly, or that the QR code actually matches the voter's picks? That's what this audit is for. The state generates random numbers that are then used for every county in Georgia to pick a few batches - the in-person votes from a specific precinct, or a specific 100-vote group of the mail-ins, or one of the bundles of early votes. While it doesn't show in the public results, the state keeps a record of the results from EACH batch as it was reported by the machines on or after Election Day.

So on Audit Day, each county pulls out those randomly selected batches, puts each batch on a table with two paid election workers (to double-check each other), and they hand-count them. They use their human eyes to read the printed text, ignoring the barcode, or they visually count the check marks on the mail-in ballots. Those human-generated results are then checked against the machine-generated results, and we see if they match.

So next time you hear someone talking about the machines changing the vote, or wondering about those QR codes, or whatever, let 'em know - there really are humans going back and double-checking this stuff. And not just one human - there's two at each table, and election supervisors organizing it, and partisan observers sitting there keeping an eye on the process. And this is just ONE of the many checks and precautions. Other states have different procedures, but they're all careful and thorough. Election fraud is HARD, y'all - and that's why there's so little of it.

[worldwide-blackfolk]

Fani stays on the trump voter interference case. Brother Nathan has to leave in judge’s ruling. Just a reminder, Trump is the one on trial in this case.

[rosielindy]

No way this race should be as close as it is, c’mon Georgia, we are counting on you!

[spaceydragons]

I find it really interesting that of the four major elections in Georgia right now, three are women running against the men in power, and of those three two are women of color running against older white men

We have Stacy Abrams vs. Brian Kemp

Jen Jordan vs. Chris Carr

Bee Nguyen vs. Brad Raffensperger

So, consider this a psa and reminder!

If u live in Georgia PLEASE VOTE in the upcoming election! Help get more progressive women and women of color in political positions!!!

[bugbumbing]

Trump and Biden Rally in Georgia, for a Nation Divided

Trump and Biden Rally in Georgia, for a Nation Divided DONATE: http://www.cash.app/$bugbumbing In the bustling city of Atlanta, Georgia, the air was charged with anticipation as news spread that both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden were scheduled to hold rallies on the same day. The political landscape was ablaze with excitement and curiosity, as supporters and skeptics…

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[ialwayswondered]

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[thatsleepymermaid]

I haven't heard people talking about this much, but I feel like it's important for people to know. Especially since SB 63 essentially bans bail funds by not allowing organizations, charities, individuals, or groups to bail out more than three people per year and requiring them to register as bonding agencies.

This is a direct response to all the protests happening here in Atlanta. So far, spreading the word can help as well as donating to The Atlanta Solidarity Fund .

In the meantime, here's some phone numbers of politicians you can go bug.

Randy Robertson (Guy who's sponsoring the bill): +1-404-656-0045

Brian Kemp (Governor of Georgia): +1-404-656-1776

[demonsandpieohmy]

Four times baby

[reasonsforhope]

"Georgia Republicans bundled over a dozen measures that targeted the state’s transgender residents into omnibus packages in a desperate attempt to get them passed. In a stunning defeat for the GOP, every single one of them failed.

Legislators gutted bills that had passed through committee and instead stuffed them full of their anti-LGBTQ+ wishlist items.

Bills that would ban transgender students from playing on teams aligned with their gender identity, ban transgender students from bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, opt parents into notification for every book a student checks out of the library, bar sex education before sixth grade, make all sex-ed classes opt-in and expand obscenity laws to make it easier to ban books with LGBTQ+ content all failed.

“MAGA politicians in Georgia tried it all in service to their anti-LGBTQ+ agenda,” said Human Rights Campaign Georgia State Director Bentley Hudgins, “including silencing debate and gutting unrelated, popular bills that had bipartisan support to ram through policies that would have put young LGBTQ+ Georgians in harm’s way. They failed.”

“It’s undeniable that the tides are shifting, both here in Georgia and across the nation,” Georgia Equality executive director Jeff Graham added. “Anti-LGBTQ actors are losing their political power, and more and more Georgians who know and love LGBTQ people are standing up against their baseless fear-mongering.”

In Florida recently, nearly two dozen anti-LGBTQ+ bills were defeated in the wake of Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R) presidential campaign implosion, dozens of measures in Virginia were tabled [Note: In the US, "tabled" means "shelved" or "taken out of consideration - the opposite of its meaning in the UK and other places], and Ohio’s governor backed off his attempt to restrict gender-affirming care access for transgender adults and minors. 

Meanwhile, in D.C., Democrats successfully excised 50 anti-LGBTQ+ provisions in the two budget bills passed and signed by President Joe Biden to fund the federal government.

Even Fox News has been forced to acknowledge transgender issues are among the lowest-priority concerns among voters."

-via LGBTQ Nation, April 1, 2024

[johnlockdynamic]

[lyledebeast]

I’m reading that voter turnout has increased among rural and suburban Whtie women in my state, so , , , who knows wtf that portends.