Ga. GOP want to change the rules....

[kadee79]

If you can't win by the current rules...try changing them or just flat out cheating...

It’s been less than a week since Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis publicly began an investigation into Donald Trump‘s phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Georgia Republicans are already trying in earnest to change the rules that apply to prosecutions of election crimes.



Georgia state Republicans introduced a resolution Thursday that seeks to change the Georgia State Constitution to mandate the use of state-wide grand juries in prosecutions involving election crimes. The move would force prosecutors to draw more grand jurors from predominantly Republican rural areas of the state.



(d) The Attorney General or his or her designee shall act as legal adviser to any state-wide grand jury. The Attorney General, in his or her discretion, may designate any member of his or her staff or any district attorney to provide legal advice, counsel, or assistance to a state-wide grand jury.



(e) The subject matter jurisdiction of state-wide grand juries shall extend to the investigation and indictment of persons or legal entities for any crime involving voting, elections, or a violation of the election laws of this state and all related crimes.



The change, if adopted, could create a significant hurdle for any case brought by Willis, who would normally bring the results of a criminal investigation before a Fulton County grand jury. As Georgia State University College of Law Professor Anthony Michael Kreis commented on Twitter, using state-wide grand juries instead of county-wide ones would likely dilute the representation of Black residents on the panel.

lawandcrime.com/2020-election/georgia-republicans-are-trying-to-change-the-rules-for-fani-williss-prosecution-of-donald-trump-for-election-crimes/

[billisonboard]

I was mentioning to @x on the Impeachment thread about minority rule. This is another great example of the Republicans attempting to maintain it.

[gacpa]

Did you see that David Perdue has signed up to run for Senate again in 2022?  Did I read that right?

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Feb 16, 2021 12:26:05 GMT -5 gacpa said:

Did you see that David Perdue has signed up to run for Senate again in 2022?  Did I read that right?

I saw that headline also.

[billisonboard]

Feb 16, 2021 12:26:05 GMT -5 gacpa said:

Did you see that David Perdue has signed up to run for Senate again in 2022?  Did I read that right?

Former Sen. David Perdue Files For Potential 2022 Comeback Bid In Georgia

The former Georgia senator's paperwork is a preliminary step; he has not yet announced his intention to run.

[happyhoix]

They think pulling rural voters will guarantee conservatives.

There are a few of us snakes in the woodpile who might shock them.

[gacpa]

I guess I am a snake in the woodpile too.  I live in Trumpland.  Lots of people around here still have their Trump signs up from the election. Scary but true.  One guy down the road flies his "Don't tread on me" yellow flag.

I am the weirdest of the weird-a non republican accountant.  Not many of us around.  I live my life very conservatively but I definitely am not a republican voter.

[kadee79]

Yes, we have the DT signs all up down the highway nearest us too.  Sure wish I could be on jury duty, but a medical conditions prevents that for me.  
We figured that Perdue was missing out on the inside info of when to buy/sell stocks...that's why he wants to run again.  I'm going to be donating to Stacey's group to help get out the vote in '22 to help Warnock win again.  
In the mean time...we need to figure out a way to get more Ds into local & state government positiions.

[djAdvocate]

Feb 16, 2021 12:37:52 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Feb 16, 2021 12:26:05 GMT -5 gacpa said:

Did you see that David Perdue has signed up to run for Senate again in 2022?  Did I read that right?

Former Sen. David Perdue Files For Potential 2022 Comeback Bid In Georgia

The former Georgia senator's paperwork is a preliminary step; he has not yet announced his intention to run.

he'd have to run against Warnock, right?

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Feb 17, 2021 13:43:59 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Feb 16, 2021 12:37:52 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Former Sen. David Perdue Files For Potential 2022 Comeback Bid In Georgia

The former Georgia senator's paperwork is a preliminary step; he has not yet announced his intention to run.

he'd have to run against Warnock, right?

Warnock is the only GA senator up for re-election in 2022.

[djAdvocate]

Feb 17, 2021 13:49:33 GMT -5 Cheesy FL-Vol said:

Feb 17, 2021 13:43:59 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

he'd have to run against Warnock, right?

Warnock is the only GA senator up for re-election in 2022.

good. Warnock is a stronger candidate than Ossoff. he should beat Perdue easily, unless something really bad happens to GA in the next (2) years.

[kadee79]

That idiot Doug Collins is talking about running again too.  Only good thing about that is that it would split the GOP votes and maybe need another runoff between Perdue & Collins.  They both need to just go away.

[Tennesseer]

State GOP lawmakers propose flurry of voting restrictions to placate Trump supporters, spurring fears of a backlash

GOP state lawmakers across the country have proposed a flurry of voting restrictions that they say are needed to restore confidence in U.S. elections, an effort intended to placate supporters of former president Donald Trump who believe his false claims that the 2020 outcome was rigged.

But the effort is dividing Republicans, some of whom are warning that it will tar the GOP as the party of voter suppression and give Democrats ammunition to mobilize their supporters ahead of the 2022 midterms.

The proposals include measures that would curtail eligibility to vote by mail and prohibit the use of ballot drop boxes. One bill in Georgia would block early voting on Sundays, which critics quickly labeled a flagrant attempt to thwart Souls to the Polls, the Democratic turnout effort that targets Black churchgoers on the final Sunday before an election.

States where such legislation is under consideration also include Arizona, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Proponents say the actions are necessary because large numbers of voters believe Trump’s false assertions that President Biden won the 2020 election through widespread fraud.

“The goal of our process here should be an attempt to restore the confidence of our public in our elections system,” said Barry Fleming, a state lawmaker from Evans, Ga., and the chairman of the newly formed House Special Committee on Election Integrity.

Other Republicans in Georgia say making it harder to vote, without evidence of the problem they claim to be fixing, will prompt a dangerous backlash from Democrats and voting advocates. They say the effort is mostly for show, to appease the party’s most ardent Trump supporters, and they are pressing Republican legislative leaders to thwart passage of all but a few of the measures.

Article here: link

[djAdvocate]

witness the end game.

[kadee79]

The GOP are admitting that they can't win, even in the deep red states, unless they cheat!

[kadee79]

Well, Perdue has announced he won't run...

Former Republican Senator David Perdue has decided not to run again next year against freshman Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia as the parties vie for control of the narrowly split Senate.



Perdue, 71, had filed a statement of candidacy last week with the Federal Election Commission to challenge Warnock, 51, in the 2022 election, but announced Tuesday he and his wife, Bonnie, had decided against the effort.



“This is a personal decision, not a political one. I am confident that whoever wins the Republican primary next year will defeat the Democrat candidate in the general election for this seat, and I will do everything I can to make that happen,” he said.



The two Jan. 5 runoff elections gave Democrats the slimmest control of the U.S. Senate, with Perdue losing to Jon Ossoff and appointed Senator Kelly Loeffler losing to Warnock. Because Loeffler was finishing the term vacated by Johnny Isakson, Warnock is up for re-election in 2022.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-23/former-senator-perdue-won-t-run-against-warnock-in-georgia

I don't think he is confident at all that he could win and that's why he decided not to run.

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Feb 23, 2021 12:02:24 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Well, Perdue has announced he won't run...

Former Republican Senator David Perdue has decided not to run again next year against freshman Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia as the parties vie for control of the narrowly split Senate.



Perdue, 71, had filed a statement of candidacy last week with the Federal Election Commission to challenge Warnock, 51, in the 2022 election, but announced Tuesday he and his wife, Bonnie, had decided against the effort.



“This is a personal decision, not a political one. I am confident that whoever wins the Republican primary next year will defeat the Democrat candidate in the general election for this seat, and I will do everything I can to make that happen,” he said.



The two Jan. 5 runoff elections gave Democrats the slimmest control of the U.S. Senate, with Perdue losing to Jon Ossoff and appointed Senator Kelly Loeffler losing to Warnock. Because Loeffler was finishing the term vacated by Johnny Isakson, Warnock is up for re-election in 2022.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-23/former-senator-perdue-won-t-run-against-warnock-in-georgia

I don't think he is confident at all that he could win and that's why he decided not to run.

Maybe he knows someone else who is planning to run that will be able to easily pull in Trumpidiots?

[djAdvocate]

Feb 23, 2021 12:02:24 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Well, Perdue has announced he won't run...

Former Republican Senator David Perdue has decided not to run again next year against freshman Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia as the parties vie for control of the narrowly split Senate.



Perdue, 71, had filed a statement of candidacy last week with the Federal Election Commission to challenge Warnock, 51, in the 2022 election, but announced Tuesday he and his wife, Bonnie, had decided against the effort.



“This is a personal decision, not a political one. I am confident that whoever wins the Republican primary next year will defeat the Democrat candidate in the general election for this seat, and I will do everything I can to make that happen,” he said.



The two Jan. 5 runoff elections gave Democrats the slimmest control of the U.S. Senate, with Perdue losing to Jon Ossoff and appointed Senator Kelly Loeffler losing to Warnock. Because Loeffler was finishing the term vacated by Johnny Isakson, Warnock is up for re-election in 2022.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-23/former-senator-perdue-won-t-run-against-warnock-in-georgia

I don't think he is confident at all that he could win and that's why he decided not to run.

that's a wise decision. 

[kadee79]

Doug Collins has already said he is running...don't think he can win.
Kelly Loeffler has said that door is still open.  She didn't do to well against Warnock the last time, don't know why she thinks she can beat him this time.

[Tennesseer]

Add Arizona to the list.

AZ lawmakers weigh bills that would allow legislature to decide presidential electors, implement stricter mail-in voting rules

Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "if needed" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential electors -- as Republican lawmakers around the country work to change election laws in the wake of the 2020 election.

The effort by GOP legislators in battleground states to drastically change voting laws comes after last year's elections saw record numbers of early and mail-in voters, many of them Democrats, after rules were relaxed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The high numbers triggered baseless claims of fraud by then-President Donald Trump and other Republicans that culminated with the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.

Under a new proposed amendment to the Arizona constitution, introduced by a Republican state senator, the legislature would meet in a special session the Monday after Election Day to "review or investigate, if needed" the results of the election, a provision some Republicans have said is needed after the November election.

GOP Sen. David Gowan, the bill's sponsor, said the legislation "is not meant to override the vote of the people," but provides a process for auditing the election."

Democrats and voting rights advocates have pushed back on the legislation, saying that it could disenfranchise voters by potentially placing election results into the hands of state lawmakers.

"This initiative is so offensive, such an affront to our democracy," said Randy Perez, democracy director at LUCHA Arizona, a grassroots social and economic justice organization.

Arizona became one of a handful of states that had its election results scrutinized following the November election, when President Joe Biden became the second Democrat in more than seven decades to win the state. The Trump campaign had filed a lawsuit in the state seeking a review of all ballots cast on Election Day, alleging some voters were confused on Election Day and feared that their ballots were not counted. The campaign later dropped the suit.

Also under the proposed amendment, the legislature would have the authority to pick the state's presidential electors.

Complete article here: AZ lawmakers weigh bills that would allow legislature to decide presidential electors, implement stricter mail-in voting rules

[kadee79]

And if any of these laws pass...it will be a court battle for the century!

[djAdvocate]

more likely it will fall flat on it's face and get bounced back down into the abyss.

[thyme4change]

Feb 24, 2021 20:05:38 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Add Arizona to the list.

AZ lawmakers weigh bills that would allow legislature to decide presidential electors, implement stricter mail-in voting rules

Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "if needed" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential electors -- as Republican lawmakers around the country work to change election laws in the wake of the 2020 election.

The effort by GOP legislators in battleground states to drastically change voting laws comes after last year's elections saw record numbers of early and mail-in voters, many of them Democrats, after rules were relaxed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The high numbers triggered baseless claims of fraud by then-President Donald Trump and other Republicans that culminated with the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.

Under a new proposed amendment to the Arizona constitution, introduced by a Republican state senator, the legislature would meet in a special session the Monday after Election Day to "review or investigate, if needed" the results of the election, a provision some Republicans have said is needed after the November election.

GOP Sen. David Gowan, the bill's sponsor, said the legislation "is not meant to override the vote of the people," but provides a process for auditing the election."

Democrats and voting rights advocates have pushed back on the legislation, saying that it could disenfranchise voters by potentially placing election results into the hands of state lawmakers.

"This initiative is so offensive, such an affront to our democracy," said Randy Perez, democracy director at LUCHA Arizona, a grassroots social and economic justice organization.

Arizona became one of a handful of states that had its election results scrutinized following the November election, when President Joe Biden became the second Democrat in more than seven decades to win the state. The Trump campaign had filed a lawsuit in the state seeking a review of all ballots cast on Election Day, alleging some voters were confused on Election Day and feared that their ballots were not counted. The campaign later dropped the suit.

Also under the proposed amendment, the legislature would have the authority to pick the state's presidential electors.

Complete article here: AZ lawmakers weigh bills that would allow legislature to decide presidential electors, implement stricter mail-in voting rules

😡

[Tennesseer]

Feb 24, 2021 21:48:34 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

more likely it will fall flat on it's face and get bounced back down into the abyss.

Let's hope so and in any other state which is trying to steal American votes.

[thyme4change]

The more I think about this, the more I want to abolish the electoral college. I have always wanted to eliminate it, but now I am beginning to believe it may be crucial to the future of our country.

[djAdvocate]

Feb 25, 2021 11:36:00 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Feb 24, 2021 21:48:34 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

more likely it will fall flat on it's face and get bounced back down into the abyss.

Let's hope so and in any other state which is trying to steal American votes.

I am struggling to think of a SINGLE example of them succeeding in the last 4 years.  and it is not for lack of trying.  they have tried, and virtually everything they have done has failed in the courts, because it is fundamentally against the civil rights of ordinary citizens.

[Tennesseer]

Feb 25, 2021 14:23:26 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Feb 25, 2021 11:36:00 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Let's hope so and in any other state which is trying to steal American votes.

I am struggling to think of a SINGLE example of them succeeding in the last 4 years.  and it is not for lack of trying.  they have tried, and virtually everything they have done has failed in the courts, because it is fundamentally against the civil rights of ordinary citizens.

The Supreme Court is about to hear two cases that could destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act

[djAdvocate]

Feb 25, 2021 15:56:24 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Feb 25, 2021 14:23:26 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

I am struggling to think of a SINGLE example of them succeeding in the last 4 years.  and it is not for lack of trying.  they have tried, and virtually everything they have done has failed in the courts, because it is fundamentally against the civil rights of ordinary citizens.

The Supreme Court is about to hear two cases that could destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act

i wasn't talking about the VRA. I was talking about all of the Trump bullshit to suppress the vote.

[Tennesseer]

Salon

Republicans roll out “tidal wave of voter suppression”: 253 restrictive bills in 43 states

Republicans across the country responded to record voter turnout by unleashing a flurry of legislation aimed at restricting ballot access, citing concerns over unfounded allegations of rampant voter fraud that they themselves stoked for months.

At least 253 bills with provisions restricting voting access have been introduced, pre-filed, or carried over in 43 states, mostly by Republicans, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, dwarfing the number of similar bills filed at this point in 2020.

Many of these measures are in response to a "rash of baseless and racist allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities" that former President Trump and his Republican allies promoted for months without any evidence, the Brennan Center report said.

"We are about to be hit with a tidal wave of voter suppression legislation by Republican legislatures throughout the country," warned Marc Elias, a prominent Democratic attorney and founder of the voting rights advocacy group Democracy Docket, who batted back many of the election lawsuits filed by Trump and his supporters. Elias said in an interview with Salon that he fears this could result in a historic "contraction of voting rights like we have not seen in recent memory."

"Republicans are doing this because they think they can gain an electoral advantage from making it harder for Black, brown and young voters to participate in the process," he said, adding: "This is the reaction of a party that knows it can't compete for a majority of the votes. So it is acclimating itself to minority rule through a number of tactics. Gerrymandering is one piece of it. But certainly, voter suppression is a big piece of it."

Complete article here: link

[kadee79]

And here is one of the bills from Ga.....  Main thing they are trying to prevent anyone of color from getting to the polls...it's obvious!  They will end up preventing a lot of their own voters from getting to the polls too or getting absentee ballots.

GOP lawmakers in the Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday unveiled a sweeping bill that would impose new restrictions on absentee voting and end early voting on Sundays, a day when Black churchgoers often head to the ballot box as part of "Souls to the Polls" voting drives.



The push for additional restrictions comes after President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in the state by roughly 12,000 votes last November, along with the dual victories of Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in last month's Senate runoff elections.



The proposed legislation, House Bill 531, would mandate photo identification to vote absentee, restrict ballot drop boxes to early voting sites and limit their usage to voting hours, and narrow the window for requesting an absentee ballot, among other changes.

news.yahoo.com/georgia-republicans-seek-end-sunday-145703184.html