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Commerce Street, yomwe ili mkati mwa mzinda wa Hawkinsville, Georgia, imanyalanyazidwa mosavuta. Mlendo wotsatira misewu yayikulu yodutsa pampando wa Pulaski County angayang'ane pamzere wa nyumba za njerwa zofota, malo osungiramo sitolo okhala ndi mazenera afumbi. Kuyimika magalimoto ndi kutuluka kumakhala ngati kulowa positikhadi yakale. Kuwala kwadzuwa komanso bata m'mawa, simungadziwe kuti mabizinesi akuda adaletsedwa kuyenda mumsewu. Kapena kuti Ku Klux Klan idachita nawo misonkhano yayikulu kwambiri ku America pafupi. Kapena gulu lamsewu la mabizinesi akuda ngati chigonjetso cha tawuni yaying'ono.
Koma kuwunika mwachangu sikukugwirizana ndi kamvekedwe ka moyo komanso kusintha kwakusintha pano. Pansipa nyumba zopakidwa utoto, nyali zakale zamakedzana ndi zikwangwani za buluu zolembedwa kuti Hawkinsville ndi "Historic River Town" pali malo awiri ometeramo, Southern bar ndi grill, malo odyera ku Caribbean, zovala ndi masitolo ogulitsa mphatso, kampani yaying'ono yowerengera ndalama, ndi fodya. sitolo ya vape. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi chomwe chili pansi pa chikwangwani chachikulu kwambiri cha msewu, โThe Newberry Foundation. "
Hawkinsville African American Heritage Center ndi nyumba yosungiramo mbiri yakale ya anthu akuda yokhala ndi bolodi lapaini lozimiririka lomwe likuti "COLORRED ENTRANCE" pamwamba pa chitseko chake. Chapafupi ndi Pulo ndi Chipinda Chowerengera cha Pew, malo akulu akulu akulu akulu khumi ndi awiri ndi mashelufu a mabuku achikopa. Ma voliyumu ake amachokera ku Jet magazine, mpaka Journal of Negro Education, mpaka Nkhondo Yachipanduko: Kuphatikizidwa kwa Zolemba Zovomerezeka za Union ndi Confederate Armies. Pafupi ndi bwalo lamilandu komanso chipilala chake chachikulu cha Confederate.
Loweruka laposachedwa tsiku lomaliza la kalembera wa Disembala 7 ndi Disembala 14 kuyamba kovota koyambirira, mphambano iyi ya kumidzi yaku Georgia yakale ndi yamasiku ano inali nthawi yokonzekera kalembera wa ovota pamisonkhano yomwe ikubwera ya Senate pa Januwale 5. Mpikisanowo udzatsimikizira kuti ndi ndale ziti. chipanicho chili ndi ambiri a Senate ndipo nawonso, tsogolo la malamulo omwe asankhidwa ndi Purezidenti wosankhidwa a Joe Biden. Pomwe anthu ambiri ovota a Democratic akuzungulira Atlanta, magulu omenyera ufulu wovota amakhulupirira kuti madera akumidzi amitundu amatha kuwongolera bwino kapena kuwongolera kupambana kwa demokalase, ngati atavota.
Kalavani yaying'ono yowoneka bwino idapita pakati pa Pulaski County, komwe zotsatira zosavomerezeka zidawonetsa kuti 4,081 mwa anthu 5,687 omwe adalembetsa nawo mavoti adaponya voti pachisankho cha Novembara 3. Ambiri anali ovota oyera omwe amachirikiza ma Republican. Monga a 1960's 'Freedom Riders, omwe mabasi awo adawoloka Kumwera kukalembetsa ovota, kalembera anali ndi ntchito yofanana: kulowetsa ndi kutulutsa ovota.
Kuyendetsa kunali kutsogozedwa ndi Fenika Miller, wodekha komanso wochita chidwi yemwe wakhala akugwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri kuti apatse mphamvu madera apafupi amitundu ndi azimayi. Miller akuthamanga Nkhani ya Black Voters Ofesi yapakati ku Georgia, yomwe galimoto yake yokongola inayimitsidwa kutsogolo kwa nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Kunja kwake kochititsa chidwi kofiira, kobiriwira ndi kwakuda kunalengeza Tili ndi ulendo wa Power, ndi mawu akuti โBlack Voters Matterโ ndi โLoveโ osindikizidwa mโmbali mwa van. Kumbuyo kwawo kunali Winnebago wofiirira Voterani Equality, gulu lomwe limalimbikitsa Kusintha kwa Ufulu Wofanana. Idachokera ku Virginia kudzakulitsa mawonekedwe agalimoto.
Magulu onse awiri, makamaka azimayi, amaika matebulo ndi mipando mโmbali mwa njerwa. Iwo anaika mafomu olembetsera, mapepala, ndi makadi okhala ndi chidziลตitso chovota. Anali ndi mphatso, monga ma T-shirts ndi zinthu zina zonena kuti, โBlack Voters Matter,โ โItโs About Usโ ndi โVote Equality!โ kupereka kwa aliyense wolembetsa kapena amene adalonjeza kulankhula ndi abwenzi ndi abale za kuvota. Kenako anadikira. Pakati pa m'mawa Loweruka silinali ola lotanganidwa kwambiri la Commerce Street.
Wachiwiri kwa sheriff adafika ndikunamizira kuti wakwiya chifukwa sakudziwa za chochitikachi. Anali wokondwa kumamatira. Azimayi ochepa akuda adapeza mipando mumthunzi pansi pa ma awnings. Iwo ankadziwana wina ndi mzake, anali okangalika kwanuko ndi kuthandizira chifukwa. Pasanathe mphindi 15, bambo wina wamtali, wotakata, wochezeka wazaka zapakati komanso waukadaulo adabweretsa tray ya khofi wa McDonald ndikudziwonetsa. Iye anali Julius Johnson, woyambitsa Newberry Foundation, wopanga nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, woyang'anira zipinda zowerengera komanso wogwira ntchito ku US State Department. Anabwerera kuchokera kutsidya kwa nyanja ndi banja lake kupita ku Hawkinsville, kwawo kwa makolo ake, bambo ake atamwalira.
Nditalankhula ndi Johnson, adawonekera pomwe ndinanena kuti ndabwera mtawuni kudzawona anthu omwe akugwira ntchito yofikira anthu ovota kuti azivotera osati kungofotokoza kudzera pa Zoom. "Mukudziwa, tili ndi zigawo 159 ku Georgia," adatero. โNdipo chigawo chilichonse chimakhala ndi ziwerengero zosiyanasiyana. Ndipo mukayangโana zotsatira za chisankho chapitachi, zikuuzani nkhani yokhudza kutenga nawo mbali kwa ovota, ndipo ichi chikhoza kukhala poyambira.โ
Miller adasankha Hawkinsville chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu a Pulaski County, adalongosola pomwe akukhazikitsa. "Ndidapeza kuti anthu akuda 1,026 ... [adali oyenerera kuvota] m'tawuni muno, koma opitilira 800 sanatero," adatero, ponena za chisankho chapurezidenti. "Tili ndi ntchito yambiri yoti tigwire kuno, m'matauni ang'onoang'ono."
Okonza mapulani ena omwe amayang'ana kuthamangitsidwa kwa Senate adapezanso zomwezi. Koma amakhulupilira kuti ovotera akumidzi omwe amanyalanyazidwa atha kukhala chiwopsezo chosayembekezereka pamipikisano, yomwe ndi mipikisano yocheperako. Johnson, yemwe adadziwonetsa mwachidule atatha kumwa khofi, sananene kuti adangothamangira ku Senate ya Georgia. Analandira mavoti 31,000 koma sanapambane. Johnson anamvetsera chidule cha njira yothamangayi.
โNthawi siichuluka,โ iye anayankha motero, akudula mtima wa nkhaniyo. โKodi mumawayambitsa bwanji ovotawo? Mfungulo imodzi ndiyo kudalira zosonkhezera zomwe zilipo, monga matchalitchi, kapena [kuyendetsa] uku, kapena zoyesayesa zina.โ
Vutoli ndikupangitsa kuti ovota omwe anali osasankhidwa m'mbuyomu, atero. Nthawi inali itachedwa kwambiri kuti anthu azilembetsa, makamaka abusa ndi azibusa anali kupereka maulaliki a Lamlungu pa intaneti poyankha mliriwu. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu ochepa adzamva zilengezo za kuvota. Johnson adati adapempha makolo ena kuti abweretse ana awo kuti adzalembetse ndipo adalimbikitsa achinyamata kuti abweretse achibale akuluakulu. Njira imeneyi inkaoneka ngati yongopeka chabe. Kodi izo zigwira ntchito? Iye anayang'ana mmwamba.
Iye anati: โKumidzi ya ku Georgia, zikhalidwe ndi zinthu zakhazikika kwambiri. "Mukafika m'magawo ang'onoang'ono awa, sakhala ndi zokoka zamtundu wamtundu. Akadali ndi mudzi. Amapeza zidziwitso zawo pamakhonde awo. Amapeza zambiri kuchokera kwa azibusa awo, kwa oyandikana nawo malo ogulitsira, kuchokera kumakalabu omwe amakhala. Iwo amadziwa bwino momwe angavotere. "
Zomwe Johnson anali kunena zinali zofunika kuzimvetsetsa, makamaka kwa anthu aku America omwe akufuna kuthandiza pakuthamanga. Anthu akumidzi aku Georgia, makamaka ovota amitundu, sakanatha kukhulupirira anthu omwe si a mabanja awo, abwenzi komanso atsogoleri achipembedzo. Kusakhulupirira anthu akunja kulidi. Adayankha moleza mtima mafunso ochulukirapo, ndikuyankha mosabisa mawu komanso mwatsatanetsatane m'malo omwe zingakhale zovuta kuti adutse zokambirana zapamtima kapena kuchepetsa nkhani nkhaniyo ikatembenukira ku ndale. Ndinapempha kuti ndiwone nyumba yake yosungiramo zinthu zakale, zomwe zinayambitsa kukambirana komwe kunavumbula mosayembekezereka zomwe anthu ambiri a Black Black ankaganiza, koma sakananena mokweza, za kuvota, mtundu ndi mphamvu pakati pa Georgia.
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Johnson adalowa mu museum. Zowonetsa mbiri yakumaloko zidayima pafupi ndi zochitika zanthawi yomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe. Anapanga nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi chipinda chowerengera chifukwa anali wosonkhanitsa komanso wolemba mbiri yakale, adatero, ndikuwonjezera kuti akugwira ntchito pa PhD kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Howard. Panafunika kusunga mbiri yakale ya anthu akuda, kupanga malo ophunzirira ndikukhala ndi malo otetezeka a anthu "pazochitika ngati izi," kuyendetsa voti.
"Tikufuna kukhala chitsanzo kwa madera ena akumidzi chifukwa kumidzi ya Kumwera kulibe malo ambiri ochitira anthu anzawo," adatero Johnson. โSizili ngati ku Washington, DC, kapena ku Massachusetts komwe muli masitolo ogulitsa khofi ndi mabuku. Kumidzi yakumwera, malo okhawo opezekapo anthu amakambitsirana kwenikweni ali kutchalitchi kapena mโnyumba zawo. Akapita ku lesitilanti, amangopita kukadya basiโsapezekapo kuti afufuze maganizo awo kapena zinthu ngati zimenezo.โ
M'malesitilanti ochepa omwe anali otsegulidwa m'misewu yapafupi, odyera ochepa achizungu anali kuperekedwa ndi antchito akuda. Miller adati omwe amamukonda adapita awiriawiri - osakhala okha. Johnson ananena kuti anthu ambiri sankatuluka kunja kukada. "Palibe chitetezo." Kukana kusintha kunalipo ndipo kunalibe.
Mkati mwa nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, Johnson anadutsa dengu lalikulu la thonje ndipo anaima pamaso pa chikumbutso pachovala. Ananena kuti dzina lake lonse ndi Julius Johnson Newberry ndikuti chotsalira ichi chinali chinthu chake chamtengo wapatali kwambiri. Ndilo mwala wa pamanda, mainchesi asanu ndi atatu m'lifupi, ndi mainchesi asanu ndi atatu kutalika kwake, wopanda dzina. Mawu ake amati, โMr. Charley Newberry, 1818-1880. Awa anali agogo ake aamuna, mibadwo isanu ndi iwiri yapitayo. Pafupi ndi tsinde la tombstone panali mizera iwiri yophiphiritsa maunyolo ochokera ku ukapolo. Pamwamba pake panali nyenyezi ziwiri pamwamba pa mzere wa mizere ndi madontho, kutanthauza maunyolo osweka ndi kuti anafa ali mfulu. M'zaka za m'ma 1870, banja la Newberry linagula malo kwa eni ake akale. "Maekala 300 oyipa kwambiri," adatero Johnson. Anachotsa dothi lamiyala ndi kulima thonje. Mabanja azungu omwe adachokera kuzaka za m'ma 19 ku Hawkinsville ankadziwa a Newberry.
โNdizovuta kwambiri,โ anatero Johnson, ponena za mmene zinthu zakale zimachitira zinthu mโtauniyi ndi kumidzi yaku Georgia. โNdizovuta kwambiri chifukwa pali zowawa zambiri. Pali zoopsa zambiri. Ndipo m'mbali zambiri, palinso chikondi, pakati pa magulu akuluakulu akumidzi ya Kumwera. Ndikunena za anthu aku America aku Americaโฆ Koma tilinso ndi anthu olankhula Chisipanishi omwe akuchulukirachulukira kuno. Achita mantha [ndi akuluakulu aboma] ndipo amakhala obisika. โ
Johnson analankhula za zolowa zimene anthu akunja sangadziลตe kapena kuzizindikira: Manda osiyana a mโtaunimo a azungu ndi Akuda; nkhani za m'banja za momwe anthu akuda omwe adasamukira kumpoto sanaloledwe kutsitsa magalimoto awo m'misewu ya Hawkinsville m'zaka za m'ma 1960, kuopera kuti anthu akuda akumidzi angawone umphawi wawo; kuti anthu akuda anakwapulidwa mโmafamu oyandikira kumapeto kwa zaka za mโma 1970 ndi mโma 1980; chifukwa chomwe anthu akuda ambiri samasambirabe mumtsinje wa Ocmulgee womwe uli pafupi, chifukwa mafupa nthawi ndi nthawi amatuluka kapena kuphwanyidwa.
"Pali zowawa zambiri kuno, ndipo anthu akumidzi akumidzi sanapeze bwino mphamvu zakumaloko kuti aimirire zofuna zawo," adatero Johnson, pobwerera ku ndale ndi zisankho. โAkhala ochenjera ndi chinyengo chilichonse cha mโbukuli. Ndipo pamene anthu ali olimba mtima, amatopa. Ndipo anthu asintha ku kusagwirizana komwe kulipo.โ
Ntchito ya Johnson ku dipatimenti ya Boma idaphatikizapo kuyesa kusokoneza "mitima ndi malingaliro" ku Afghanistan. Kusalingana kumawonekerabe komweko, adatero, popeza maudindo ambiri m'boma, olimbikitsa malamulo komanso maphunziro amachitidwa ndi azungu. Kusaphunzira inali nkhani yeniyeni, adatero, akutchula asilikali ankhondo aku Vietnam omwe sanathe kudzaza mafomu opindula. Momwemonso zinalilinso mantha otengera mtundu. Mikhalidwe ya chikhalidwe ndi chuma cha kumidzi chokhala ndi mwayi wochepa chinasiya anthu ambiri amitundu, osamala komanso osamala ndi anthu akunja. Anthu ambiri amitundu ina adakhala munjira yawo ndikungokhala chete.
โZili ngati munthu atadziลตika kuti uchita zinazake kuno, makamaka ngati mzungu akupatsa mpata, umapitirizabe kutero,โ anatero Johnson. Ndipo kukakamirabe kumatanthauza kuti umakhalabe m'malo ako osachita nawo zinthu zomwe zingawononge ndalama zako chifukwa ntchito ndizovuta kupeza.
Johnson adatuluka mu nkhungu iyi. Mizu yake, maphunziro apamwamba, ntchito zaboma komanso kuyesetsa kukonzanso malo omwe kale anali amalonda a Hawkinsville sanatsutsidwe poyera m'chigawo chaching'ono chomwe chili pamtunda wa makilomita 25 kuchokera kumsewu waukulu wapakati. Iye ananena kuti analibe anzake apamtima ambiri. Kukambitsiranako kunapitirira mu ofesi yake m'nyumba yoyamba ya njerwa yansanjika ziwiri ku Hawkinsville, kumene maloya achizungu, ogulitsa nyumba ndi amalonda ankagwirapo ntchito. Iye ndi amalonda ena a Commerce Street anali akulemba zovota ndipo adayitana anthu. Sanayembekezere kuti anthu ambiri adzabwera. Koma mawu amatha kumveka.
"Anthu ambiri ali ndi zochita Loweruka," adatero Johnson. โKuwapempha kuti abwere kutawuni kukachita zinthu ngati izi si zachilendo. Tafika pagulu la anthu ndipo tiwona omwe abwera. Pali mwambi pansi apa, 'Diso lililonse lotsekedwa silikugona.' Chifukwa chake, ngakhale simukuwona manambala, [izi] sizitanthauza kuti manambalawo sakukuwonani. โ
Kumasuka kwa Johnson ndi kuzindikira kwake kunali kodabwitsa. Anafotokoza zomwe anthu ambiri amamva koma zomwe sizimayankhulidwa nthawi zambiri pakati pa Georgia, makamaka zomwe sizimanenedwa kwa atolankhani akunja. Kugawanika kwake kwa chikhalidwe kunali ndi chiyambukiro chachindunji cha momwe ovota akumidzi amitundu angafikire - kapena sayenera - kufikiridwa pa mabwalo a Senate. Chodziwika bwino chake chinali chakuti magulu odziwika okha ndi anthu, odalira anthu odzipereka amderalo kapena kulipira anthu amderalo ndalama zochepa, atha kukhala amithenga ogwira mtima olimbikitsa anthu omwe sanakonzekere kuvota.
Pamene Johnson ankasonyeza alendo ake nyumba yake yonse yomwe ankayembekezera kuti idzakhala likulu la demokalaseโmalo okonzekera kukonzekeraโmnyamata wina anathamanga kukwera masitepewo nati, โBambo. Way ali panja ndipo akufuna kukuwonani." Johnson adamwetulira ndipo mwachangu adapita ku Commerce Street.
Njira Yopita patsogolo
Sam Way, wazaka 95, ankavala malaya a flannel, jinzi yosindikizira, ndi chigoba cha opaleshoni ndipo ankayenda ndi ndodo. Mizu yake ya Hawkinsville idabwerera kumasiku a Nkhondo Yachikhalidwe isanachitike. Banja lake linakhazikitsa mabanki apafupi omwe anali otsegula ndipo anali ndi minda ndi nkhalango zambiri. Bambo Way, yemwe ndi woyera, ankadziwa atsogoleri ambiri a ndale ku Georgia pamene a Southern Democrats ankalamulira boma, monga Jimmy Carter pamene anali bwanamkubwa ndi pulezidenti. Ndipo andale a ku Georgia ankamudziwa.
Anthu ochepa akuda okhala m'mipando m'mphepete mwa msewu anaima kuti apereke moni Way: Mary Colson, membala yekha wa Black Board of Elections; Bernice Banks, yemwe adabwerera ku tawuni zaka zisanu zapitazo ndipo kugwa uku adakhala wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa chipani chatsopano cha Democratic Party; ndi Black Voters Matter's Miller ndi gulu lake.
Johnson anapereka moni kwa Way, yemwe ankafufuza galimoto yokongola ya Black Voters Matter ndi tebulo lolembetsa ndi Vote Equality's RV ndi tebulo lake. โTikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito zambiri za izi,โ anatero Way, akukankhira mโmanja mwa Johnson ngongole yopindika ya $100.
Johnson adayambitsa Way to the Vote Equality crew ngati "m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa tawuniyi." Azimayi omwe ali pa tebulo la Vote Equality adanena kuti achokera ku Virginia kudzathandiza ovota kuyendetsa. Miller mwamsanga anakonza chithunzi cha gulu. Pambuyo pake, Way adafunsidwa zomwe anthu angachite kuti athandizire zoyeserera ngati izi.
โChachikulu chomwe mungachite ndikuzindikira anthu omwe amakhala mโtauni muno amene sanalembetse. Kenako tsatirani ndikuwonetsetsa kuti afika pachisankho pa Tsiku la Chisankho,โ adatero. "Ndizosavuta."
"Kodi zinali zovuta kuchita pano?" adafunsidwa.
โSikovuta, ngati wina wadzipereka kuti apite kumeneko kukagwira nawo ntchito,โ iye anayankha motero. "Monga momwe Stacey [Abrams] wachitira. Wangopeza aliyense kuti akonzekere ku Atlanta. Chifukwa 70 peresenti ya mavoti pa November 3 anali oyera m'chigawo chino. 30 peresenti yokha [ya mavoti] inali ya Black. Ndipo komabe chiwerengero cha anthu ndi pafupifupi 50-50. Ndiye vuto ndi limenelo.โ
Pambuyo Way anachoka, kulembetsa galimoto anapitiriza. Miller ankaona kuti kuchulukana kwa anthu amene ankaima nโkuyamba kuyenda mโmisewu yapafupi. Koma kuwunika kwa Johnson kunali kowonekera. Palibe m'modzi mwa anthu khumi ndi awiri omwe adalembetsa nawo kuvota adagawana dzina lawo lonse kapena kunena zambiri kuposa kuvota "ndichinthu chabwino."
Kudutsa msewu mkati mwa Barber Shop ya Bryant, anthu ankamasuka kulankhula. Anali malo otetezeka, makamaka pambuyo pa mawu oyamba a Johnson. Adayamika Elgin Bryant ngati "munthu wachete yemwe amakhudza mutu wa aliyense mtawuni muno." Makolo a Bryant analinso akapolo ku Hawkinsville. Anapuma pantchito pamalo ena ankhondo omwe anali pafupi ndipo amameta tsitsi kumalo ometa tsitsi akale a abambo ake Loweruka ndi Lamlungu.
Bryant adati anali wokondwa kuti Joe Biden adasankha Kamala Harris ngati mnzake womuthandizira. Adakondwera kuti ovota aku Georgia adasankha Biden. Anthu anali kutchera khutu, adatero, makamaka achinyamata.
โNdi chinthu chopambana. Ndikuganiza kuti zipangitsa anthu kuzindikira kuti tiyenera kutuluka ndikukavota, "adatero, ali ndi chiyembekezo. "Ndikuganiza kuti m'badwo wachichepere ukumvetsadi. M'badwo wakale, unkaganiza kuti zilibe kanthuโฆ Kwa zaka zambiri, mukudziwa, Akuda ambiri apeza zochepa [kuposa azungu]. Ndi nthawi tsopano. Izi zikuyenera kusintha. โ
Shawn Nelson, mnyamata wachichepere komanso woyendetsa galimoto pampando wa Bryant, anali wofunitsitsa kulankhula. Ankawoneka kuti ali wokondwa kwambiri ndi maulendo othamanga.
"Zotsatira za chisankho cha Januware 5 zikhudza United States kwa zaka zambiri," adatero. "Tiyenera kulowetsa ma Democrat awiriwa ndikuyamba kusintha. Zaumoyo, maphunziro. โโฆ
Nelson, nayenso, ankafuna kukhulupirira kuti kupambana kwa Biden kumatanthauza kusintha.
โKumeneku nโkupita patsogolo kwakukulu ku Georgia,โ iye anatero. โNdili ndi zaka 40 ndipo monga ndikukumbukira, dziko la Georgia limadziwika kuti ndi dziko latsankho. Ngakhale zili choncho, ndikuganiza ndi ma Democrat awa omwe akulowa muudindo, ndikuganiza kuti titha kuyembekezera kuwona kusintha. โ
Koma m'mbuyo kunja, magalimoto anali atachepa pamene masana amayandikira. Elizabeth Small, yemwe anali atakhala pampando pafupi ndi tebulo la Black Voters Matter ndipo wokonzeka kuthandiza aliyense kulembetsa, adawoneka wokhumudwa. Anali ndi zaka 79, ndipo akadali wovota. Sanasangalale ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu akuda pa Novembara 3 ndipo amafuna kuwona anthu ambiri akubwera kudzalembetsa.
"Monga mukuwonera, kulibe Akuda okwanira pano pamwambo womwe ukubwera womwe ndi wofunikira kwambiri," adatero. โAkuda akuyenera kutenga nawo mbali kwambiri. Sali pano. Sindikudziwa komwe ali. Chifukwa ayenera kutenga nawo mbaliโฆ Koma nthawi zambiri sitifunsidwa kuti titenge nawo mbali.โ
Small adavomereza kuti adakhumudwa. "Chilichonse chomwe mukufuna kuti chichitike chimatenga nthawi yayitali," adatero. "Ndipo omwe mukuwawona lero ndi omwe [amene] amakhalapo nthawi zonse, chilichonse, makamaka polembetsa ovota. Nthawi zonse ndi anthu ochepa omwewo. Kulondola? Nthawi zonse ochepa omwewo."
Pofika 3 koloko masana ntchito yolembetsa inali itatha. Nyuzipepala ya kumaloko sinabwere. Gulu la Black Voters Matter linabwerera ku Warner Robins, mzinda wawung'ono wapafupi. Gulu la Vote Equality linatsatira Johnson kunyumba kwake. Masewera a Januware 5 anali atatsala mwezi wopitilira. Kulembetsa ovota kutsekedwa pa Disembala 7. Kuvota koyambirira kudzayamba pa Disembala 14.
Pomwe atolankhani akudziko akhala akuyang'ana kwambiri ovota a Biden aku Atlanta omwe "anagwetsa mipanda ya ndale,โ pali masauzande ndi masauzande a anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana mโmadera akumidzi a ku Georgia amene angakhale ndi udindo waukulu ngati atavota. Poyang'ana koyamba, Hawkinsville ikuwoneka ngati yasintha m'zaka makumi angapo. Koma malo ake abizinesi omwe anali oyera tsopano adzaza ndi mabizinesi akuda. Kuyang'ana chakumapeto kwa Januware 5, pali chisankho pomwe mawu ake omwe adazimiririka kwa nthawi yayitali - monganso ena ku Georgia konse - amatha kumveka kuchokera kugombe kupita kugombe.
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