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Georgia Taking Action

by WaterGirl|  July 9, 20219:50 pm| 11 Comments

This post is in: Political Action, Taking Action to Defend Democracy, We Have Agency

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We have a 3-person group of Balloon Juice peeps who are taking on Georgia.

They are researching bills intended to restrict voting or overturn the will of the people.  They are also making lists of elected officials, party activists, and civic and political activists that might be mobilizing to fight these awful laws, and they will be making contact with those groups to see what might be done to help them in their efforts.

This thread is a place where that team can communicate, share information with one another, ask questions, etc.

But anyone that has potentially  helpful information related to GA is encouraged to comment.  Maybe you know of a political organization that might be active in GA, or you have an in with an elected official or an aide in the state.  If you know anything that might be helpful, please jump in.

You can also chime in to applaud the GA stat team: SiubhanDuinne, AM in NC, and Regine Touchon.

Otherwise, you can ignore this post (and the other posts that will go up once one of the pilot state teams meet for the first time).  Each post will be active for a couple of weeks, and a link to these posts is in the sidebar.

Team Members

 

Interface roles explained:

We will want to know who is filling each of the roles on the team.

  • (exactly one) person to be point-of-contact with Alan and WaterGirl.  Schedule the contact every 2-3 days or as necessary.
  • (exactly one) person to be point-of-contact with Matthew [Lisa] and manage the state’s spreadsheet
  • (exactly one) person to keep tabs on the state’s page [link here?] and the project’s page [link here?]

Project roles explained:

  • one or more people to research legislation, using Voting Rights Lab and similar sources
  • one person in particular that can take the first crack at the Voting Rights Lab in the first 2-3 days, so others can fill in the rest from other sites
  • one or more people to research elected officials.  Committee ranking members, minority caucus leadership, and their staff people are key here.  Hint: also include Dem Party activists as a potential means of cutting through the clutter.
  • one or more people to contact the elected officials.  Ideally should be a resident of the state.  Hint: use the legislative research to inform questions to the electeds, use their answers to inform the legislative research.
  • one or more people to identify state activists trying to build resistance against the legislation
  • one or more people to contact the activists

Please set up communication channels within your group however you wish.  What works for you is best.

For communication about spreadsheets, please contact the person who presented the spreadsheets at your team meeting.

For communication with the leadership team, regular reports can be posted on the state pages. But please use email when there is an urgent issue or something you need to call to our attention.

When in doubt, email is fine.  Don’t hesitate to contact us when you need to!

Team Roles! (add person’s nym here)

Interface Roles

Contact with Alan & WaterGirl:

Contact with your Spreadsheet Person (Matt or Lisa):

Monitor the Team Post:

?

Project Roles

Voting Rights Lab Research (in the first 2-3 days):

Research Legislation on other sites:

Research Elected Officials:

Contact Elected Officials:

Identify State Organizations & Activists:

Contact the Activists:

?

Please copy this list into a comment and add the names there.

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11Comments

  1. 1.

    David Fud

    July 11, 2021 at 12:55 am

    I have a neighbor who is a state rep. I can probably help this effort starting in the last half of July.

  2. 2.

    Regine Touchon

    July 11, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    @David Fud: Thanks so much. We welcome you to our team. Let us know when you’re ready.

  3. 3.

    brantl

    July 12, 2021 at 7:07 am

    Brantl from Michigan, here; Voting RIghts Labs has a download feature that produces a .csv file, that can be easily imported into Excel compatible spreadsheets. I strongly encourage people to do that, as you can then import data to three important columns. I also recommend putting the Bill / Resolution ID in column A, and putting the Text of the URL of the bill text in the first free column, over to the right.

  4. 4.

    Regine Touchon

    July 12, 2021 at 4:31 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne @AM in NC

    Here’s a list I compiled of organizations we may want to contact.

    Voting Rights Organizations Contacts 

    • Brennan Center  https://www.brennancenter.org/ 
    • Vote411  https://www.vote411.org/coronavirus 
    • Democracy Docket  https://www.democracydocket.com/ 
    • Ballotpedia  https://ballotpedia.org 
    • Lawyers’ Committee  https://lawyerscommittee.org/state-election-law/ 

            .    Election Protection  https://866ourvote.org/ 

    • The Fulcrum  https://thefulcrum.us/ 
    • Electionline  http://www.electionline.org 
    • National Redistricting Foundation  https://redistrictingfoundation.org/litigation 
    • All Voting is Local  https://allvotingislocal.org/ 
    • Campaign Legal Center  https://campaignlegal.org/ 
    • MacArthur Justice Center https://www.macarthurjustice.org 

            .    Vote Save America  https://votesaveamerica.com/ 

    • ACLU  https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights 
    • Voting Rights Lab  https://www.votingrightslab.org/ 
    • Fair Fight https://fairfight.com/ 
    • Black Voters Matter https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/stand-with-georgia/ 
    • New Georgia Project https://newgeorgiaproject.org 
    • Georgia NAACP https://www.naacpga.org 
    • Indivisible Georgia Coalition  indivisiblegeorgiacoalition.org 
    • Common Cause https://www.commoncause.org/georgia 
    • Georgia-League of Women Voters https://my.lwv.org/georgia 
    • Voteriders https://www.voteriders.org/states/georgia 
    • Georgia Fund-Movement Voter Project https://movement.vote/funds/ga-fund 

     

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    July 13, 2021 at 1:03 pm

    I added a list up top.  Please copy the list of roles to a comment and add the names of the people who have taken on those roles.

  6. 6.

    Regine Touchon

    July 13, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    Interface Roles

    Contact with Alan & WaterGirl:  Judith (SiubhanDuinne)

    Contact with your Spreadsheet Person (Matt or Lisa):  Ashley (AM in NC)

    Monitor the Team Post:  Gina (Regine Touchon)

    ?

    Project Roles

    Voting Rights Lab Research (in the first 2-3 days): Gina (Regine Touchon)

    Research Legislation on other sites:  Gina (Regine Touchon)

    Research Elected Officials:  Judith  (SiubhanDuinne)

    Contact Elected Officials:  Judith (SiubhanDuinne)

    Identify State Organizations & Activists:  Gina (Regine Touchon)

    Contact the Activists:  Gina and Judith

    ?

     

     

  7. 7.

    Regine Touchon

    July 13, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    Here’s some good news.  The Atlanta Dream is donating money to the New Georgia Project:

    https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGkZQJlCFWlvCNXVmpcPrfcjBrW

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    July 13, 2021 at 7:29 pm

    @Regine Touchon: That is good news!

  9. 9.

    Regine Touchon

    July 19, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-organization-fair-fight-action/
    Stacey Abrams is launching her 2.0 Hot Call Summer crusade.

  10. 10.

    Regine Touchon

    July 23, 2021 at 9:30 am

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/georgia-democrat-voting-laws-republicans

  11. 11.

    Regine Touchon

    July 29, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/us/politics/georgia-republicans-elections-fulton-county.html

    So it begins!

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