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“We knew it was an intimidation tactic,” Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown said.
Dozens of black senior citizens in rural Georgia were ordered off a bus bound for the polls after county officials said the event constituted prohibited “political activity.”
A Jefferson County clerk reportedly told staff members from the Leisure Center in Louisville on Monday ― the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia ― that roughly 40 black people couldn’t take part in the trip after receiving a complaint from an unnamed caller.
The trip had been organized by the nonpartisan Black Voters Matter, which is embarking on a bus tour across several southern states with the goal of urging black people to vote. The caller said the bus, which was painted with the words “The South is Rising Tour,” should not be allowed to bring people to the polls, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Georgia County Orders Elderly Black Voters Off Bus Taking Them To The Polls
Evil. Really evil to discourage dozens of black senior citizens from voting. Evil.
read the link.... seems the senior center where all these people were staying didnt want them leaving with a third party... probably for liability reasons as well as safety. The seniors still going to get their votes
Duh, I did read the link, sparky. The senior center clearly knew all the people involved. It was clear-cut voter suppression.