The elections board in majority-black Randolph County, Ga., has rejected a controversial plan to reduce the number of polling places, which many residents feared was an effort to suppress the minority vote https://t.co/QzPx9Onicg
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 25, 2018
WATCH: A predominantly black county in Georgia voted down a controversial plan to close seven of its nine polling places before the midterm elections. https://t.co/bF6F2YgtUR pic.twitter.com/5YEF5VsZzD
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 25, 2018
A South Georgia county scrapped plan to shutter polling places, but civil rights advocates say the proposal highlights a widespread problem: https://t.co/2JPcPYO0XT
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 25, 2018
Let's not celebrate the victory in Georgia too quick. Black officials in #RandolphCounty stopped the mass closing of polling stations, but Kemp told his henchmen to "consolidate" (ie shut down) polling stations statewide in time for his race against Abrams https://t.co/fmlNJ2N6F6
— Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) August 24, 2018
The plan to close voting sites in Randolph County generated huge outcry. But Georgia officials have closed *214* voting locations across 53 counties since 2012. Predominantly impoverished, African-American, & rural counties.https://t.co/jdrf3sgHuN pic.twitter.com/gpcHRh7pQp
— Taniel (@Taniel) September 1, 2018
Sad! 