>>TOM WILLS: SUPPORTERS CALL A DAY VOTING INTEGRITY LAW CRITICS CALL A DAY VOTING
SUPPRESSION LAW AS THE OPPOSING
SIDES ARGUE, WE KNOW MANY OF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST
WHAT’S IN THE CONTROVERSIAL 98
PAGE BILL PASSED BY THE
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. THE NEW
LAW HAS PROMPTED MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL TO PUT ITS POLL THAT
IS ITS ALL-STAR GAME OUT OF
ATLANTA AND HAS ALSO LED
OPPOSITION FROM MAJOR GEORGIA
COMPANIES, GEORGIA GOVERNOR
CAMP ACCUSES BASEBALL AND THOSE
COMPANIES OF CAVING
TO LIBERALIZE
TARIK PUTTING THE CLAIMS
THROUGH THE TRUST INDEX AND
JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT HE’S
FOUND.
ALL RIGHT.
>>TARIK MINOR: WELL OPPONENTS
OF THIS NEW ELECTION LAW CALL
IT A BLATANT ATTACK ON VOTING
RIGHTS SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT
SUPPRESSING THE
MINORITY VOTE. NOW AFTER
RUNNING THE CLAIM OF VOTER
SUPPRESSION THROUGH THE TRUST
INDEX WE’VE GRADED IT AS
BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IN SOME
WAYS THE LAW DOES EXPAND VOTING
ACCESS IN GEORGIA. BUT IT ALSO
COULD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
>> NOW IF WE WERE MAKING IT.
LESS EASY TO VOTE AND HARDER TO
CHEAT. MAYBE THERE’S
AN ARGUMENT FOR BOYCOTTS AND
PROTESTS TO MOVING ALL-STAR
GAME. BUT THAT IS NOT
WHAT HAPPENED.
>>TARIK MINOR: GEORGIA GOVERNOR
BRIAN KEMP ON THE DEFENSIVE
THIS WEEKEND ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION HE SIGNED INTO LAW
JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER DONALD
TRUMP LOST THE STATE
OF GEORGIA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION TO JOE BIDEN ELECTION
INTEGRITY AT.
>> EXPANDS ACCESS TO
THE POLLS.
>>TARIK MINOR: ONE OF THE MAJOR
CHANGES IN THE BILL NEW ID
REQUIREMENTS FOR GEORGIANS WHO
CAST THEIR BALLOTS
BY MAIL REQUIRING THEM TO
PROVIDE
PICTURE IDENTIFICATION INSTEAD
OF USING THE SIGNATURE MATCH
PROCESS USED IN FLORIDA FORMER
DUVAL COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF
ELECTIONS, JERRY HOLLAND WITH
SEES THIS FROM BOTH SIDES COULD
EASILY BE SAID TO BE MORE
SECURE BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO
SEE THAT.
>> YOU KNOW AND BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THAT. I CAN SEE IT TO
BE SOMEWHAT OF
HASSLE MAYBE TO THE VOTER FROM
THE STANDPOINT OF HAVING TO GO
GET A COPY THEY’RE NOT GOING TO
SEND
THE ORIGINAL.
>>TARIK MINOR: INSTEAD OF
SENDING ABSENTEE BALLOT
APPLICATIONS TO EVERY
REGISTERED VOTER IN GEORGIA
LIKE THE STATE DID LAST YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC UNDER
THE NEW LAW
APPLICATIONS WOULD ONLY BE SENT
OUT TO PEOPLE WHO
REQUEST THEM. ALSO INSTEAD OF
COUNTY SENDING OUT ABSENTEE
BALLOTS 49 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION. THEY HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL 29 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION. AND PERHAPS THE MOST
SURPRISING CHANGE IS A BAN ON
HANDING OF FOOD AND WATER.
>> THE PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE
WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO
DO IS IS TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE
NOT IMPORTANT GOING INTO THE
POLLS HOLLAND POINTS OUT THAT
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS CAN SET UP
WATER STATIONS IF THEY
CHOOSE TO.
>>TARIK MINOR: BUT OTHERS LIKE
SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK STILL
DISAGREE WITH THE CHANGE SAYING
MAKING IT A MISDEMEANOR TO PASS
A FOOD AND WATER AT THE POLLS
WILL DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM
WANTING TO STAND IN LINE TO
VOTE THIS IS VOTER SUPPRESSION
PURE
AND SIMPLE. THE NEW LAW DOES
ADD AN ADDITIONAL DAY OF EARLY
VOTING REQUIRING AT LEAST 2
SATURDAYS OF EARLY VOTING FOR
EACH PRIMARY AND GENERAL
ELECTION. 4 PRECINCTS WHERE
VOTER SPEND MORE THAN AN HOUR
IN LINE. ELECTIONS OFFICIALS
BUS EITHER SPLIT UP THE
PRECINCT OR ADD MORE STAFF OR
VOTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEXT
ELECTION TO REDUCE WAIT TIMES.
IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF DROP
BOXES IN
RURAL AREAS AND GIVE STATE
LAWMAKERS MORE POWER OVER
COUNTY AND LOCAL ELECTIONS.
GIVING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE
POWER TO SELECT THE CHAIR OF
THE STATE ELECTIONS BOARD
INSTEAD OF IT BEING LED BY THE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
JERRY HOLLAND SAYS THE TIMING
OF THE LEGISLATION RIGHT AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP LOST
IS PLAYING A ROLE IN HOW THE
LEGISLATION IS
BEING PERCEIVED.
>> THE PERCEPTION IS OBVIOUSLY
IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN HOUSE
AND SENATE YOU LOSE THE
ELECTION YOU CHANGE THE VOTING
LAW. LET’S BE DOING SOMETHING
WRONG. BUT I THINK IN MANY WAYS
IT ACTUALLY IMPROVED THEIRS.
>>TARIK MINOR: SO TO THIS
SPECIFIC CLAIM THAT THE
REPUBLICAN BACKED ELECTION
LEGISLATION IS AN ATTEMPT AT
VOTER SUPPRESSION THE NEWS 4