Rep. Saira Draper
@SairaForGeorgia
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State Representative serving Atlanta-DeKalb. Lawyer, Asian/Hispanic American, and mom of 3. Big fan of democracy and voting rights.
Atlanta, GA đ
Joined August 2013
The Georgia State Election Board is an embarrassment to our state. And donât forget how we got here: âmainstreamâ republican leaders appointed far right kooks to run an important administrative agency, and refused to intervene when it went off the rails. #gapol.
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Don't tell me energy is low around voting. Just received a report out of Kansas that a voter was told she couldn't vote while wearing her partisan t-shirt. So she took it off and voted in her bra.
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This proud âŠ@GeorgiaTechâ© alum is anti-hate, anti-division, and anti-Trump. đșđžđđ. #gapol
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Here at the GA State Election Board meeting and the risk for voters just went way up. đ„. On a 3-1 vote, the board moves the ball forward on a rule proposal that would allow poll watchers to see the personally identifying information of voters, in violation of Ga law. #gapol
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Ga state election board just voted 3-2 to make it easier for a county election board member to delay or refuse to certify Novemberâs election. The 3 who voted in favor are the same ones Trump called out *by name* and described as his âpit bulls bulls fighting for victoryâ#gapol.
Hour 7 of the GA state election board meeting. The bd is now considering whether to pass a rule that could result in a delay or denial or election certification. All 159 counties in GA have to certify results before the state can certify the election and send electoral votes.
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If only there was an online portal where you could apply for an absentee ballot without needing a printer. Oh wait! We had that. Until GA Republicans changed the law to do away with it because it made voting by mail convenient.
The absentee ballot process in GA after SB202 is ridiculous. You have to print out the form, sign, then upload. It's laborious&ppl will give up. I think this will backfire for voting seniors who are not tech savvy. Getting an absentee should be as easy as paying a bill online.
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Iâm deeply concerned about the raid directed by the Georgia Attorney Generalâs office today in Edgewood, a dense and thriving residential neighborhood in Atlanta. Iâm trying to get more information.
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The rain didnât slow us down a bit. We knocked 5300 doors this weekend for @KamalaHarris! đ. #hd90 #bluedekalb
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I donât know the specifics of the charges yet, but at this moment, SWAT and helicopters seem grossly excessive for arresting individuals accused of money laundering and âcharity fraud.â. What I do know is weaponizing the powers of the state for political gain is abuse of power.
đ§”The GBI, along w/ the Atlanta Police Department, have arrested three people on charges stemming from the ongoing investigation of individuals responsible for numerous criminal acts at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center & other metro Atlanta locations.
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Georgia! . The NUMBER ONE THING you can do to elect @ReverendWarnock and @ossoff to the U.S. Senate on January 5 is use this link TODAY to sign up for your absentee ballot. Don't delay. Please share.
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Well, today was a pretty neat day. Not only did I have a tweet go viral for the first time, I also got elected to serve in the Georgia Legislature. Itâs an honor and privilege to sit in the seat formerly held by my forever leaders, Bee Nguyen and Stacey Abrams.
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Peaceful protest is as American as apple pie. Using heavy handed tactics to suppress peaceful protest is shameful. Gov. Kempâs statement is divisive, pitting police against protestors, and using a broad brush to paint all protestors as extremists.
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Polls are open 7am to 7pm. If you are over 75 or disabled, you can skip the line between 9:30am and 4:30pm today. Letâs get this man elected, Georgia. đȘ
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In the last 8 yrs, 0 noncitizens voted in GA elections. In the last 8 yrs, 500,000+ frivolous voter challenges have been filed to harass eligible GA voters. Guess which issue was taken up by GA Republicans during the 2024 legislative session? . #gapol.
An audit uncovered 20 noncitizens out of 8.2 million registered voters in Georgia, according to findings announced by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday. #gapol
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đ from the GA State Election Board meeting. One hour in and itâs coo coo for Cocoa Puffs already. Follow along for tales from battleground GA, where the Repub trifecta that has paved the way for this MAGA controlled board to platform election denialism and sow chaos. #gapol
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Georgia Voters đ. On Election Day, voters who are elderly or disabled have the right to go to the front of the line between the hours of 9:30 am and 4:30 pm. During Early Vote, they have the right to go to the front of the line all day long. Voter Protection: 888-730-5816.
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Hour 7 of the GA state election board meeting. The bd is now considering whether to pass a rule that could result in a delay or denial or election certification. All 159 counties in GA have to certify results before the state can certify the election and send electoral votes.
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Wake up!!! Biden has taken the lead in Georgia!. Today our voter protection volunteers will be in every corner of the state helping voters cure ballots. Our hotline volunteers have helped bank votes for months. Our poll watchers saved votes at the polls. Every vote mattered.
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So you want to help @ReverendWarnock and @ossoff win in Georgia?. Join the Voter Protection Team that helped turn Georgia BLUE. We are recruiting volunteers for remote and on the ground opportunities. Sign up here.
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A thorough SEB investigation of Fulton county was completed over a year ago. No fraud was found. But conspiracy theorists arenât persuaded by facts. And Trumpers only care about winning. No matter the cost 1/.
#BREAKING: The Georgia Election Board voted Wednesday to reinvestigate Fulton Countyâs handling of the 2020 presidential recount.
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When youâre knocking doors and you meet a 12 year old who has your entire campaign platform memorized đ It was great meeting you @KnowaWasTaken!. #HD90 #GaPol
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Now a govt watchdog group is testifying about why the rule is not only a bad idea, but an usurpation of the legislatureâs power.
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Women of Georgia, when @ChrisCarr_Ga runs for governor in 2026, remember this moment right now where he is doing everything he can to strip you of your rights and bodily autonomy. #gapol.
The @Georgia_AG's office has filed its intent to appeal and has asked the @SupremeCourtGA to put the state's abortion law back on the books while the appeal makes its way through the court system. #gapol #abortionnews. (I'm not at a computer, so can't upload the full document rn)
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Chair is now reading letters from various ga representatives and senators who submitted written comment on this rule. Every single letter was opposed to the bill.
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Glad you think so. But letâs just say some donât follow the law and certify. Then what, Mr. Secretary? @GaSecofState . #gapol.
Georgia's Election Integrity Act requires counties to certify the election results by November 12th and we fully anticipate that counties will follow the law.
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Atlanta, the cradle of the civil rights moment, must hold itself to a higher standard when it comes to voting rights. 𧔠1/ #gapol.
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@christicveach Iâm sure it will be challenged in court. We keep organizing and turning out voters.
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They want to *re* investigate Fulton, but have no interest in the blatant security breach in Coffee County? . That tells you everything you need to know about their motives.
A divided Georgia Election Board voted Wednesday to reinvestigate Fulton Countyâs handling of the 2020 presidential recount, reviving an inquiry into allegations of double-counted ballots months before this yearâs election. #gapol.
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đŁCalling all women lawyers for @KamalaHarris! . Thrilled to join this esteemed group of women as we discuss the importance of protecting the vote in this election and share opportunities to get involved in Georgia and beyond. Please join us Thursday night! #gapol #vopro
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Balderdash. Georgia Dems are excellent at turning out our base and organizing around the obstacles the Ga GOP puts in front of us. And it sure doesnât hurt that yâall continue to nominate terrible candidates who donât share values with Georgia voters. #gapol #voteearly.
For years, Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden, and their allies in the media lied about Georgia election laws to raise campaign cash and scare people. It was wrong then, and itâs wrong now. Hereâs the truth: in Georgia, itâs easy to vote and hard to cheat.
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Meanwhile, in Georgia, the first vice chair of the Georgia GOP must pay $5000 for voting illegally *nine times* while under felony probation. This seems balanced. Sure.
Breaking news: Crystal Mason, the Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison for trying to submit a provisional ballot in 2016 that was rejected, has been acquitted on appeal. Story TK. Background:
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Iâm calling on the @GaSecofState to publicly release the names of voters that have been sent purge notices. Like he did in 2019. Voters deserve to know. A nondescript piece of mail is inadequate. @GeorgiaDemocrat has 1000s of vols ready to provide voters the info they need.
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Georgia voters! Hereâs what you need to know when you go to the polls tomorrow. đ vote at your assigned polling place. đ polls are open 7 am - 7 pm . đ take a valid photo ID . Questions? The voter protection hotline is here to help. 888-730-5816. #gapol #electionday
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The lawyer testifying from.@CREWcrew is pointing to a number of judicial cases in Ga spelling out that the act of certification in ga is ministerial and not discretionary. The ga lege passed the law making certification mandatory (shall certify). The ga courts have repeatedly.
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Early voting is the lowest effort, highest impact way to elect Kamala Harris and Democrats up and down the ballot. You can vote at ANY early voting location in your county. DeKalb County has so many options to choose from. Donât delay. Get it done today!.#gapol #voteearly
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A group of folks are getting angry that a âlawyer from Washingtonâ was invited to the meeting. The chair just threw down the hammer. He said he invited the lawyer and said itâs important the board hears both sides of the story. Bravo.
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GA voters: . Are you in inactive status? . No problem! . It wonât affect your eligibility to vote or your experience. As soon as you cast your ballot, youâll automatically be returned to active voter status. Please share and go vote!. #gapol #voteearly
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After a very spirited debate the board votes. @TindallSara makes the point that we are now changing voting laws less than 90 days before an election.
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Santa has to follow the rules just like anyone else.
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@ACLUofGA @Georgia_AG I have to say, Iâm blown away by the number of election administrators speaking up against the rules. It is truly remarkable that they are public about this and pushing back on the board that has the ability to investigate their offices.
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affirmed that the act of certification is indeed ministerial and not discretionary. Folks in here are getting angry! .But their anger is misplaced. If you want to change the law, tell the legislature. The SEB doesnât have the authority to.
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This should be required reading for every legislator in Georgia. A wholly foreseeable tragedy. Vote in Nov as if R legislators donât understand female reproductive health. Because I guarantee you, not only do they not understand, they have no interest in learning. #gapol.
New: At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.
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Tate Fall, director of elections in one of Georgiaâs biggest counties, Cobb, bands together with other counties to call for a 90 day quiet period. Asks for no rule changes in the 90 days before an election. âThe election has already started.â Poll workers have been trained
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@kamijane29 It would allow the poll watchers to observe parts of the processâ like the verification of absentee ballotsâ where they could see PII. Under current law thatâs not permitted out of concern for voter privacy.
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@tkeane002 159 counties in Georgia. Outside of Atlanta most are republican controlled. All counties must certify in order for the state to certify, so it only takes one rogue county to cause havoc.
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Natalie Crawford is a lifelong Republican appalled by the hyper partisan actions of this board.
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Keep. Voting. Early. #gapol.
More black voters over the age of 65 have already voted in Georgia (201,889) than voted in total in the 2016 presidential election (193,993). There are still 9 days of voting remaining.
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Weâre now in the public comment phase of the meeting. More than 50 people signed up before the list was collected. Mason, a young man starts us off by pointing out how the proposed rules undermine the accuracy of our elections.
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Receiving reports that the @GaSecofState voter registration portal ( is glitching and some folks canât register. If this impacts you, go register at your local office . @ItsInDeKalb voters-> 4380 Memorial Drive Decatur 30032. Open til 8 pm #gapol
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Help protect the voices and the votes of Georgia this election. We're looking for:.â
Poll watchers.â
Poll workers.â
Hotline volunteers.â
Text bankers.â
Phone bankers. Volunteer with our voter protection team:
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Iâm visiting my parents in Dunwoody for Thanksgiving. So I decided to vote at the Dunwoody Library, one of the three locations in Dekalb County offering voting today. Looks like a few other people decided to vote today, too. #gapol #VoteWarnock #saturdayvoting
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A voter from deep red Cherokee county expresses concern with the conspiracy theory driven actions of the board ⊠the pitbulls arenât even pretending to take it in.
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@SureReality I think the rule has the potential to burden and perhaps intimidate election workers, and sow chaos. But the concern I expressed here was simply about protecting our personal info. They cry security, but throw that out the window if it means some perceived electoral advantage.
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Butts county election official and member of the association for election professionals says the timing is unworkable.
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Georgia voters: . Need to vote on the WEEKEND? . This weekend is your last chance! . Every GA county has voting tomorrow, Sat 10/26, and many have voting on Sunday 10/27 too including DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett. #gapol #voteearly #saturdayvoting #sundayvoting #soulstothepolls
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And to be clear, the reason itâs metro Atlanta counties dismissing challenges is because these challenges are only being filed in blue-dense areas. It was never about âcleaning the rolls.â Itâs about causing havoc in democratic counties.
Metro Atlanta counties dismissed more than 45,000 voter challenges since July 1
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Meanwhile democracy is falling off the rails in GA. @Georgia_AG when do you plan on issuing that guidance the governor asked for on his authority to remove members from the SEB? #gapol.
Georgia AG files lawsuit to stop âunlawfulâ federal student loan debt plan
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Poll worker from Chatham county speaking of the professionalism of poll workers and how the system is already working. She wants to know how the SEB is going to fund the proposals that are considering.
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King gets angry they are being threatened with lawsuits for passing illegal rules rather than being angry they are passing illegal rules against the advice of counsel.
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đą calling the young folks. Step it up. Donât put voting off. The future is yours. Vote at any location in the county where you are registered. Vote today. #gapol #earlyvote.
76% of the early votes cast in Georgia are from voters who are 50+ years old. That demographic is only 34% of the stateâs population.
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Bizarre. If Dr. Jan wants a twitter account, by all means she should have one. But it should be in her name. She doesnât speak for the Georgia Election Board. This account is misleading at best. And the fact it doesnât allow replies? The irony.
Greetings to all Georgia citizens from a member of the State Election Board!.The State Election Board is committed to the General Assembly's mission of ensuring that elections in Georgia are free and fair, but also legal, uniform, orderly, honest, and trusted. Thanks, Dr. Jan.
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Itâs a full house. Lots of election officials and many, many members of the public. The chairman is asking for decorum in anticipation of a fiery meeting.
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@ACLUofGA points out the @Georgia_AG â the boards own attorneyâ sent a letter to the board this morning saying the rules are untethered to any legislation. Beyond the scope of the boardâs authority.
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The maga-wing overruled the decision of the chair, adding a 12th rule to the agenda for todayâs meeting. A rule that the public has never seen.
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I canât make the case for early voting better than this voter did. Go early, and if you encounter a surprise like Breanna did, youâll have time to fix it. EV in GA ends Friday. Go to any EV location in your county. Need help finding one? Comment or DM. #gapol #voteearly
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Another vote banked for @KamalaHarris in battleground Georgia. Thanks to @DeKalbVotes for making early voting so easy! It took 5 minutes, and we love the new âI votedâ stickers! . #gapol #voteearly
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Georgiaâs registration deadline is Monday (one of the earliest in the country). Think you are registered? The single best thing you can do this weekend is confirm your registration is correct. Pls share. #gapol .
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Milton Kidd, another election director, questions why their experience as election professionals is being dismissed by the board.
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Keep going.
Hereâs GA SOS Brad Raffensperger with an early voting kickoff update â he says as of 10:29 AM more than 71,000 Georgians have already voted, potentially breaking the record of ~130k first day of 2020 presidential election early voters. #gapol
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The 3 maga members pass the hand count rule, likely the most controversial rule of the lot that will make results less accurate and will delay resultsâ contrary to their stated goals. Ghazal and chair Fervier vote no.
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@marisapk from @VotingIsLocal speaks to the hand count rule, pointing out it undermines the stated goal of the pit bulls to ensure election count accuracy
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Now they are voting on a rule that will impose extra burdens on election offices (adding video surveillance to drop boxes) and add paperwork requirements in voters voting absentee with assistance. 90 days before the election. Also casually joking about getting rid of drop boxes
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For your context, our voter registration deadline was yesterday. Early voting starts a week from today. WE ARE WELL INTO THE ELECTION CYCLE HERE IN GA. So why not make policy changes, haul counties in to testify, and give a national platform to fringe conspiracy theories? 2/.
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@ACLUofGA @Georgia_AG Travis Doss, election director in Augusta, is the president of the Georgia elected officials association. Donât change rules this close to the election.
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It's official! I'm on the ballot for the May primary. With your support, I will continue my service as the representative for House District 90!. There are 180 legislators in the Georgia House of Representatives. Only a handful have young children. And only two are women. #gapol
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This is what 2600 doors knocked for @KamalaHarris in Georgia looks like đȘ. #harriswalz #gapol #longdalepark #candlerpark #brightbluedekalb
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@decaturann Thatâs what the rule would allow. They agreed to entertain it and will vote on it next meeting.
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The guardrails of democracy are holding for now. #gapol.
BREAKING: The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously denied the Republican Partyâs attempt Tuesday to reinstate State Election Board rules for an election night ballot count and a âreasonable inquiryâ requirement before certifying results. #gapol
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Thereâs nothing illegal about this and to state the obvious, election offices arenât dropboxes. Stop trying to prevent Georgians from voting. #gapol.
âWe are calling on state officials to take immediate action to stop this and maintain confidence in Georgia's election integrity. Fulton County's patently illegal acts give us no choice but to immediately file suit.â @GaRepublicans @GOP @JoshMcKoon
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@TindallSara Had the opportunity to speak, and speak I did.
State Rep. Saira Draper just destroyed the State Election Board on what a total clown show it's become. "Not only is the nation watching us, the world is watching us.". This is worth watching in its entirety.
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This House District 90 resident, who is 103 years young, got her vote in. đ. Whatâs your excuse?. #georgia #hd90 #voteearly
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Georgia is crushing it. đȘ. Absolutely incredible. #gapol.
Congratulations Georgia Voters! As of 9:07pm we made it to 4,000,009 total votes cast. Some data is still trickling in but we had 289,327 votes cast early today. That is 3,757,958 early votes so far. Incredible numbers and on track for overall record for pre-election voting.
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We Should Never Have to Vote in Person Again "we find that turnout goes up among everyone, especially the historically disenfranchised: young people, voters of color, less-educated people and blue-collar workers.".
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