FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Adam Sweat, 678-951-2172 asweat@progeorgia.org media@progeorgia.org Maybe This Time Will be the Charm – There’s Still No Voter Fraud, Says Election Administration Group May 26, 2021 (ATLANTA, GA) – Following news that a Georgia superior court judge has allowed a group that claimed fraud in the 2020 presidential election to unseal and […]
By Helen Butler, Executive Director, The People’s Agenda This year’s legislative session has brought with it many twists and turns. On the heels of record turnout during our General and U.S. Senate Runoffs, and following the January 6th insurrection on Capitol Hill, members of our state legislature sought to totally upend the democratic process in […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Adam Sweat, 678-951-2172 asweat@progeorgia.org media@progeorgia.org Voting Rights Advocates Primed to Continue Battle Against Voter Suppression April 1, 2021 (ATLANTA, GA) – Since the legislative session began on January 11th, Republican members of both the state House and Senate have aggressively pursued an agenda to fundamentally change voting rights in the state […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Adam Sweat asweat@progeorgia.org, 678-951-2172 Georgia Votes Declares: Don’t Bother My Ballot Wednesday, February 3, 2021 (ATLANTA, GA) – Yesterday, on the heels of a string of proposed legislation that aims to roll back Georgia voters’ access to the ballot, Georgia Votes held a press conference demanding fair and transparent election laws […]
Georgia––for the fourth time since the pandemic ground the nation and the world to a halt in March––is facing yet another election amid rising COVID-19 cases. While our priority as a coalition has always been driving civic engagement and protecting the voting rights of all Georgians, this year we have the added responsibility of keeping […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Adam Sweat 678.951.2172 asweat@progeorgia.org Election Protection Coalition Says Enough is Enough, We Have Fair Elections and Poll Workers Must be Protected December 8, 2020 (ATLANTA, GA) – With 27 days remaining until the U.S. Senate runoffs, the Election Protection Coalition is fighting double duty––working hard to ensure that Georgia voters have […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Adam Sweat 678-951-2172 asweat@progeorgia.org Voting Rights Organizations Insist “Every Vote Must Be Counted” November 4, 2020 (ATLANTA, GA) – As the nation awaits the final results of the presidential election, a coalition of Georgia based civic engagement and voting rights organizations are urging election officials to continue counting ballots until every […]
As the November 3rd general election rapidly approaches, Georgia is once again in need of poll workers who can assist with the voting process leading up to and on Election Day. The June 9th primary elections were proof of the critical importance of poll workers, the first lines of defense for our democracy. Poll workers […]
Georgia advocates across the state are angered by the latest move by the Trump Administration to limit census participation of black, brown, and immigrant communities. After granting an extension for Census completion in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration recently instructed the United States Census Bureau to complete the 2020 Census activites a month early, by September 30, 2020.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Adam Sweat asweat@progeorgia.org, 678-951-2172 Georgia Coalition Condemns Secretary Raffensperger for Key Role in Botched Primary The Coalition demands Raffensperger take accountability and calls for his resignation ahead of the November General Election Thursday, June 11, 2020 (ATLANTA, GA) Today, the Georgia Votes Coalition released a joint statement responding to widespread delays […]
