On #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, Georgians targeted directly by Gov. Brian Kemp for working to turn out voters are calling out his history of voter suppression.
Commissioner Olivia Coley-Pearson and Mayor Nancy Dennard were arrested and investigated, and acquitted.
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Olivia Coley Pearson, the first Black woman elected to the Douglas City Commission, faced 3 investigations by the State Election Board (chaired by Kemp) for helping a first-time voter understand how to use a voting machine. She was acquitted of all charges.
After 2 trials, Commissioner Coley-Pearson's name was finally cleared.
To recap — Commissioner Coley-Pearson was criminally charged for helping a first time voter in Coffee County.
Coffee County is the very same county that a fake Trump elector helped Trump campaign operatives access voting machines the same day a voting system there was breached.
Former Quitman Mayor Dr. Nancy Dennard was part of a group of Black women known as the Quitman 10+2 who then-Secretary of State Kemp launched an investigation against after they organized to flip the majority-white school board.
Kemp sent armed investigators door-to-door in Black neighborhoods to arrest and charge the women, despite having no evidence of voter fraud. After 4 years of facing charges over small “breaches of absentee ballot procedure,” all charges were dropped.
Brian Kemp has consistently taken action that detrimentally impacted the ability of voters of color to cast a ballot.
Georgians, listen to Commissioner Olivia Coley-Pearson and former Mayor Nancy Dennard — check your voter registration status before the October 11 deadline and make a plan to vote early: GeorgiaDemocrat.org/vote
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