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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStacey Abrams Is Building a New Kind of Political Machine in the Deep South
In 2018, largely thanks to Abrams, Georgias Democratic Party had a full-time voter protection director; there was a hotline to report problems, volunteers to chase down provisional ballots, lawyers ready to go to court to keep polls open. It wasnt enough, it turned out, against Abrams opponent, Georgias then-secretary of state, Brian Kemp, who was in charge of overseeing his own election but it nearly was.
Now, with $21 million raised in 2019 alone, Fair Fight is training similar teams in 18 states. I dont have the capacity to sit still and wait for the next term, the next opportunity for me to stand for an office that lets me do the work, Abrams says.
Dozens of Democratic heavies descended on the summit that morning, including Michael Bloomberg, who has donated $5 million to Fair Fight. Voter suppression efforts are happening across the country, Bloomberg tells Rolling Stone, and there is no one better to lead the counterattack than Stacey.
The billionaire former mayor of New York is the latest in a string of high-profile presidential candidates to seek a sit-down with Abrams in the past year. Those meetings went unremarked upon until I met with the [former] vice president, Abrams sighs. And then there was a rumor started.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stacey-abrams-census-voting-rights-vice-president-953173/
TwilightZone
(25,505 posts)I'm glad that Fair Fight chose to accept it. We need all the help we can get in this area.
Warpy
(111,407 posts)so I'm glad Bloomberg kicked in. Georgia has been one of the crookedest states in a crooked part of the country for far too long. Georgians deserve better.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)but I'd still relish a chance to vote for her!