So I keep hearing about how in places like Georgia ect Republicans have always wanted to surpress the black vote etc.
How true is shit like that?
Things are so stacked against Trump that if anyone is caught committing perjury on his side it is over for him. He must know that. In short, I am predisposed to believing it.
The two main things they mean by "voter suppression" are voter roll purges (removing people from the list of active voters without notifying them, thus they show up to vote and find out they can't) and closing polling stations in poorer, predominantly black areas (forcing these voters to travel longer distances to vote and wait in longer lines - some may end up being turned away when polls close before they make it to the front, others have to leave without voting after waiting for hours because of job or family obligations, others may not be able to arrange transportation out of their area, etc.). Other things include unprocessed voter registrations, malfunctioning and unmaintained machines in poorer areas, etc.
Dems in some states, like Virginia, chose to address this by making election day a state holiday. This helps ease wait lines and makes sure voters can take time off work to vote. However, it has the downside of also making it a school holiday, so it could make it harder to vote for some young parents. Another way they address it is by increasing the early voting period. Both election holidays and early voting have been opposed by Republicans.
The reason you're probably hearing about Georgia lately is because Stacey Abram's Fair Fight initiative is being touted as key to reversing fortunes in swing states, incl. Georgia where it's based (Abrams is fairly moderate and has been criticized by progressives for working with the state GOP on nonpartisan initiatives). It seems the Dem party is starting to think their future lies in simply getting the vote out rather than preaching to the local black churchgoers the glories of a socialist revolution and a community without policing - just like the worst ghettoes in America and Brazilian favelas, and who wouldn't want that?
As for the second part.... we've already had one affidavit-based lawsuit collapse into a nothingburger:
The Clark County Registrar, Joe Gloria, did not go as far as to say Stokke is lying, but he did say in their mind, she did vote.
“I personally met with Ms. Stokke. She brought her claim to me, we reviewed the ballot, and in our opinion, it’s her signature,” Gloria said. “We also gave her an opportunity to provide a statement if she wanted to object to that and provide a challenge to that. She refused to do so. A member of the Secretary of State’s Office investigation team also interviewed her, and they had no issue with the assistance that we tried to give her. I have nothing else to comment on that, next question.”
In Thursday’s news conference, Stokke mentioned Channel 8, saying our I-Team Reporter David Charns told her we had received emails and calls about voting inconsistencies.
Charns said he told Stokke when he interviewed her, and the I-Team has repeatedly reported that voter fraud is extremely rare, and their sources tell them there is no widespread coordinated effort of voter fraud that they are aware of.
So this blind woman claimed that someone stole her ballot and voted for her, but it turns out upon investigation the signatures matched. She refused the opportunity to challenge the finding. She
refused the opportunity to cast a new vote. She falsely claimed a local news reporter told her they had received plenty of backup from other voters. And now she just gets to fade back into the woodwork.
So, someone already was caught lying and apparently it's still not over for him... lol. Quantity over quality I suppose.
EDIT: I found another one.
Sharpiegate lawsuit was quietly dropped by the plaintiffs - they filed for dismissal of their own suit on Saturday. I can't believe they've done so much damage to the Sharpie name brand after Trump favored it through his presidency.
