Can Jason Carter win the Georgia governorship in November 2014? (user search)
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  Can Jason Carter win the Georgia governorship in November 2014? (search mode)
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Question: Can Jason Carter beat Gov. Nathan Deal in November 2014?
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Adam Griffin
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« on: September 11, 2014, 08:00:56 PM »

Yes, and great news to reinforce the trend!

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As of now, 30% of the 2008 Democratic voting bloc will have access to Sunday voting for this election! Of course, Republicans are saying they'll be banning Sunday voting in next year's session.

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Adam Griffin
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2014, 10:54:34 PM »

Can't we avoid so much of the race-baiting...

This is Georgia: of course we can't.

...that follows by just agreeing that everyone in a given state should be entitled to vote on a set of given days and times, regardless of what city/county they live in?

I disagree with the Republican reasoning behind their opposition, but I don't think it's fair for some people to be able to vote on Sunday and not others, or for some people to have their polls open until 8pm while others have to vote before 7.

The Republican-managed Secretary of State's office has for years been perfectly complicit and has allowed that all 159 counties are allowed to set their own early voting locations and times in addition to what is minimally-required:

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I think it's perfectly fair, given all the hurdles that Republicans in my state have been creating over the past decade for those who wish to register to vote, those who live in poorer communities and yes, those who aren't white. Perhaps they shouldn't have been cheering when pre-clearance was abolished. I would just remind my Republican friends of their own logic: every county has the choice to expand early voting to be available on Sunday; something tells me that you won't see many Republican counties - even the most heavily-Republican counties - follow suit, because it would still likely end up shrinking that county's margin of victory for Republicans come Election Night (which will shed light on exactly why they like to reduce ballot access across the board, even for their own potential voters).
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