Today is the last day for early voting in Georgia. The scene across the State is unbelievable as voters are waiting 8-10 hours to vote!
Voting lines in Georgia
While these images are powerful, they are a sad statement on the Republican leadership of the State.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has called on Georgia to extend early voting like in Florida and North Carolina:
The long lines of Georgians going to the polls early —- many in metro Atlanta are waiting three or more hours in line —- suggest a huge turnout that ought to be cause for celebration. And state and local election officials should be making every effort to accommodate citizens who obviously want to exercise their country’s most sacred right.
That’s why Gov. Sonny Perdue and Secretary of State Karen Handel should authorize early-voting precincts to stay open extended hours and over the weekend in places where the lines and waits may have already discouraged Georgians from casting their ballots.
This is not a partisan issue as the right to vote is fundamental to who we are as a country. It seems the Republicans in Georgia do not agree:
Unfortunately, Georgia’s GOP leadership doesn’t share Crist’s broad view of encouraging voter participation. In recent years, the Georgia GOP has conducted a unholy campaign to make voting as difficult as possible by enacting a rigid voter ID law —- despite virtually no evidence of voter fraud at the polls. Already in this campaign season, Senate President Pro tem Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) has opined that early voting was a "mistake" and suggested the Legislature should enact tighter restrictions on it.
The video linked above is both a testament to our greatness and a statement of the oppression of fundamental rights that still exists in our country.