Greg Palast's Blog, page 33

Democracy Now! Stealing Georgia198,000 Georgia Residents Were Illegally Purged

Democracy Now! airs our report on vote theft in Georgia, narrated by Debra Messing, and speaks with activist LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter and the co-plaintiff in our case against Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger ... READ MORE

Stealing Georgia: Raffensperger is No HeroThe Real Story of Jim Crow Tactics in the Senate Runoff Race

Despite the hype, an investigative report released today reveals Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no hero defending democracy from Trump. Rather, in this investigative film Raffensperger is exposed for using vote suppression Jim Crow tactics — even misleading a federal court to keep... READ MORE

Sec. of State Raffensperger Speaks with Forked TongueThe Georgia Fraud Story You Haven’t Heard

News has been that GA’s Sec. of State, Brad Raffensperger, bravely stood up to Trump’s claim of voter fraud in the 2020 election and continues to do so now that Georgians are heading to the polls to decide a crucial runoff election that will decide who controls the Senate. Journalist Greg Palast exposes what’s... READ MORE

Secretary of State Raffensperger Speaks With a Forked TongueThe Georgia Fraud Story You Haven’t Heard

In recent weeks, the news filling American living rooms is that Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, bravely stood up to Trump’s claim of voter fraud in the November elections and continues to do so now that Georgians are heading to the polls to decide a crucial runoff election that will decide who controls the Senate. Investigative journalist Greg Palast exposes what’s really been going on in Georgia since the GOP stole the election from ... READ MORE

Civil Rights Groups Fight Back Against Georgia’s Voter Purges

The importance of the January 5 Senate runoff elections in Georgia cannot be overestimated. They will determine which party controls the Senate, with vast ramifications for economic policy, climate change, workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, judicial nominees, and much more. The purging of nearly 200,000 registered voters from the voting rolls in Georgia could spell the difference between a Republican or a Democratic majority in the ... READ MORE

Georgia Closes Black Polling StationsWhite Polls Open for Early Voting

[Cobb County, Georgia] “They didn’t cut one White polling site!”

Barbara Arnwine was livid about this fluorescent violation of both Georgia and Federal voting rights law, a subject she teaches at Columbia University. “All the polling sites they cut were in Black and Brown neighborhoods,” said Arnwine, Founder of ... READ MORE

Georgia’s Cobb County Slashes Early Voting in Black Neighborhoods

A state is required by law to provide the same number of polling locations during a run-off election — like the one in Georgia happening right now — as it does in the General Election. Several counties in Georgia haven't been following those rules. Cobb County which is just outside of Atlanta closed six out of the eleven polling locations. GOP commissioners claimed it was because ... READ MORE

Black Voters Matter, Palast Hit Georgia with New Lawsuit NoticeReturn of 198,000 illegally Purged Voters to Rolls

Friday Dec. 18 [Atlanta] — Representatives for Black Voters Matter were joined by a victim of Georgia’s voter purge and a group of leading voting rights attorneys to confront Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, with a demand to return wrongly purged voters to rolls — or face a new ... READ MORE

Black Voters Matter, Palast Hit Georgia with New Lawsuit NoticeDemand return of 198,000 illegally purged voters to rolls

Friday Dec. 18 [Atlanta] — Representatives for Black Voters Matter were joined by a victim of Georgia’s voter purge and a group of leading voting rights attorneys to confront Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, with a demand to return wrongly purged voters to rolls — or face a new ... READ MORE

Palast, Black Voters Matter and Voting Rights Lawyers File New Lawsuit in Georgia

Friday Dec. 18 [Atlanta] — Representatives for Black Voters Matter were joined by a victim of Georgia’s voter purge and a group of leading voting rights attorneys to confront Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, with a demand to return wrongly purged voters to rolls — or face a new ... READ MORE