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23 Feb, 5 tweets, 3 min read
THREAD: Because of citizen engagement, advocates have forced lawmakers to postpone a vote on #HB531 three times since it was introduced by Rep. Barry Fleming. Now, we must keep up the pressure. Here are three actions we need you to take right now:
#gapol (1/5)
1. Call Your County Elections Officials
HB 531 contains provisions that an independent analysis by Voting Rights Lab found that HB 531 could incur over $50 million in total new costs to counties statewide. Find your county elections office:
elections.sos.ga.gov/Elections/coun…
#gapol (2/5)
2. Call the following State Representatives and demand that they oppose HB 531:
Barry Fleming: 404-656-5105
Alan Powell: 404-463-3793
Jan Jones: 404-656-5072
Chuck Martin: 404-656-5146
Lynn Smith: 404-656-7149
Bonnie Rich: 404-656-5087
Houston Gaines: 404-656-0298
#gapol
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2. Call the following State Representatives and demand that they oppose HB 531:
Rick Williams: 404-656-0254
Shaw Blackmon: 404-463-7853
Buddy Deloach: 404-656-0178
#gapol
(4/5)
3. Join our final two Voting Rights Caucus Hearings:
Wednesday, February 24: Save Souls to the Polls
Thursday, February 25: Protect Georgia Voters’ Identity

Register: mobilize.us/fairfight/even…
#gapol (5/5)

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24 Feb
THREAD: Georgia now has TWO of the worst voter suppression bills in the nation moving quickly through our legislature: #SB421 and #HB531. #SB241 would end no-excuse mail voting, implement new ID requirements, and add witness requirements for mail voters. #gapol
Today #HB531 passed out of committee- it would restrict dropbox access, add new ID requirements for mail voting, force counties to choose between offering some Saturday OR Sunday voting, and more. The GOP-led GA legislature is unrelenting in their attacks on voting rights. #gapol
Not only are these ID and witness restrictions suppressive and unnecessary, they are outwardly discriminatory, and would have a disparate impact on Black and other minority voters across our state, as well as older voters and voters in single-person households. #gapol
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22 Feb
THREAD: #HB531 is a dangerous attempt to roll back voting rights, and would have devastating consequences for GA voters. Read Fair Fight Action's written testimony against HB 531, submitted to the House Special Committee on Election Integrity: ➡️ StopHB531.com #gapol
#HB531 eliminates Sunday voting.
By rolling back early, absentee, and day-of voting in ways that disproportionately inconvenience voters of color and marginalized groups, this 59 page piece of legislation violates our rights, the Constitution and federal statutes. #gapol
#HB531 would create new ID requirements to vote by mail - ignoring that a full 3% of Georgia voters do not have the proposed ID documents. In Georgia, with more than 7,692,567 registered voters, that means that 230,777 electors do not have the requisite identification. #gapol
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20 Feb
THREAD: Following multiple defeats in the 2020 election, Georgia Republicans are returning to their voter suppression tactics to hold onto waning power. #HB531, presented by voter suppressor Rep. Barry Fleming, includes several rollbacks on voting rights. ⬇️ 1/ #gapol
#HB531 could:

❌Eliminate Sunday Voting
❌Slash 108 Total Available Hrs of Early Vote
❌Remove 1 of 2 Saturday Vote Options
❌Force Counties To Raise Taxes To Pay For Elections
❌Slash Time Counties Can Mail Ballots
❌Prohibit Early Voting on Holidays

2/ #gapol
Slash Mail Ballot Application Window By 113 Days
Require Photocopy of ID for VBM App If No Driver's License
Set Restrictive Ballot Return Deadline of 11 Days Before Election

3/ #gapol
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18 Feb
HAPPENING NOW: Rep. Barry Fleming has just dropped a 48-page voter suppression bill, HB 531 - and it’s scheduled to be heard in HIS committee TODAY at 3pm, within just hours of its release. #gapol
It would have devastating consequences for voting rights in Georgia, and it is absolutely unacceptable that legislators, voting rights advocates, and the people of Georgia have been blindsided by its release. #gapol
HB 531 raises too many concerns to count. Did Rep. Fleming talk to committee members before today’s hearing? Did he have input from Democrats when drafting the bill? Why is Fleming rushing the bill in this way? What has he got to hide? #gapol
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4 Feb
HAPPENING NOW: The GA House Special Committee on Election Integrity, led by Rep. Barry Fleming, is meeting to hear another anti-voting bill sponsored by Fleming — a notorious voter suppressor. #gapol
Let’s remind you who @flemingbarrya is: Fleming has spent over a decade suppressing the vote with stances and bills that disproportionately harm voters of color.
This past November, Fleming called absentee balloting “the shady part of town down near the docks you do not want to wander into because the chance of being shanghaied is significant”. ajc.com/politics/polit…
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2 Feb
Today, Georgia Senate Republicans dropped nine - NINE! - anti-voting bills. This unhinged set of voter suppression legislation from a radical Senate Republican leadership appears intended to appease conspiracy theorists like those who stormed the Capitol last month. #gapol
The bills are unnecessary by Republicans' own assessments of the 2020 election, and designed to limit access and help Republicans stop losing elections in Georgia. Republicans wrote Georgia's election laws, but they were humiliated on November 3 and January 5.
They are seeking, transparently, to silence Georgians, particularly communities of color, who exercised their power to change Georgia. Fair Fight and our allies are prepared to fight every Republican attempt to roll back voting rights.
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