{"id":17274,"date":"2021-02-03T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galeo.org\/2021\/02\/georgia-vota-declara-no-molestes-mi-voto\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T13:25:35","slug":"georgia-vota-declara-no-molestes-mi-voto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galeo.org\/es\/2021\/02\/georgia-vota-declara-no-molestes-mi-voto\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Vota Declara: No molestes mi voto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTACT: Adam Sweat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

asweat@progeorgia.org<\/a>, 678-951-2172<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia Votes<\/strong> Declares:<\/strong> Don\u2019t Bother My Ballot <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 (ATLANTA, GA) \u2013 <\/strong>Yesterday, <\/strong>on the heels of a string of proposed legislation that aims to roll back Georgia voters\u2019 access to the ballot, Georgia Votes held a press conference demanding fair and transparent election laws for the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter what many would argue was the most successful election in Georgia history given the volume of voter turnout especially during a pandemic, we are now faced with the specter of regressive laws that seek to suppress the voices and votes of Georgia residents,\u201d said Helen Butler, Executive Director of the Coalition for the People\u2019s Agenda. \u201cThere has been no evidence to date of massive absentee voting fraud in Georgia or elsewhere in the 2020 election cycle,\u201d she continued, \u201cand there should be no rush to change a process based upon false narratives about absentee ballot fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia Votes collaborative includes: All Voting is Local-Georgia, Asian Americans Advancing Justice \u2013 Atlanta, Black Voters Matters, Coalition for the People\u2019s Agenda, Common Cause Georgia, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, LCF Georgia, League of Women Voters of Georgia, Georgia NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, The New Georgia Project, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaborative rejected baseless claims of voter fraud and emphasized a need to expand, rather than suppress the voting rights of communities across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeorgia\u2019s systems are set up to be secure and have multiple failsafes to prevent improper voting. Elections officials double-check absentee ballot applications and returned ballots against the voter rolls,\u201d said Aunna Dennis, Executive Director of Common Cause. \u201cElections officials perform signature verification on both the application and the outside envelope of voted ballots. Voters with internet access are able to track their ballots online. The system is set up to be secure \u2014 and it works. The Cobb County audit proved that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaborative insists that there are alternative means for confirming the identity of voters who submit absentee ballot applications and ballots that are far less burdensome than any of the proposals set forth thus far.  With nearly a dozen new voter restriction laws introduced in the last week, Georgia Votes is on high alert and prepared to mobilize to make sure that Georgia state legislators know that voters want more \u2013 not fewer \u2013 options to participate in the democratic process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCopying photo IDs multiple times during an election cycle is an unreasonable and unnecessary burden on voters,\u201d said Jerry Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials. \u201cIn a single election cycle, voters could be forced to make 10 or more copies of their photo ID to enclose with each application for an absentee ballot and with the ballot itself. This is just another attempt to curtail the rights of everyday Georgians and to make it harder for diverse, underrepresented and unserved members of our community to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This proposed legislation would place an undue burden on the communities of color that showed record turn out in Georgia\u2019s 2020 election cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AAPI voters, along with Black and Hispanic voters, proved instrumental to the historic voter turnout we\u2019ve seen over the past year. \u201cBills such as SB 29 take a direct aim at the culture of civic engagement that we\u2019ve been able to build in Georgia. This bill and bills like it are detrimental to voters of all kinds, not just because of race and color, but also because of socioeconomic status,\u201d said LaVita Tuff, Policy Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice \u2013 Atlanta. \u201cIf we dont push back on bills of this kind, we will continue to see a false narrative painted and stated against voters that are untrue, not sustainable, and will continue to threaten their civic engagement and civil rights. We cannot stand for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full press conference can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Georgia Votes<\/strong>
Georgia Votes<\/a> is a bold, trusted, and diverse collaborative that champions an equitable and inclusive democracy, for and with traditionally underrepresented communities. Georgia Votes supports and coordinates the civic engagement programs of our diverse partner organizations, and develops the infrastructure, executes the joint strategies, and employs new tools and technology to assure a government that is more responsive to the needs of our constituencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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