Kunobva: Chokwadi
Patakatanga kutaura kuti kupa chimedu chepizza kumuvhoti akamirira maawa matatu mumutsetse ikozvino imhosva muGeorgia, mamwe nhepfenyuro akakurumidza kutora nyaya, achisimbisa hutsinye hweGeorgia Republicans zvichiita kuti vavhoti vatema vatambure nenzara nenyota mumitsara iyo GOP yakaitwa nemaune kuvhara nzvimbo dzekuvhotera muzhinji-vatema nzvimbo.
Asi chikafu-mu-mutsara chinorambidzwa chinongova chidimbu chechando kana zvasvika kune zvinotyisa zvakavigwa mumapeji e95 emutemo mutsva weGeorgia unopesana nekuvhota.
VaDonald Trump vakadaidzira zvisina kunaka munyori wehurumende yeGeorgia "tsvaga 11,780" mavhoti. Boka reMAGA muhurumende yeGeorgia rakawana mavhoti e364,541 kuti abvise, kureva, vavhoti vane mavhoti avo aizodziviswa kubva pakuverenga musarudzo dzinotevera.
Kuti tinzwisise kuti kurwiswa kwevanhu vazhinji uku kuchaita sei, isu tinofanirwa kudzokera kuna Zvita 21, 2020, nguva isati yatanga iyo Seneti yeGeorgia, apo True the Vote, boka reTexas rakavambwa neTea Party crusader Catherine Engelbrecht, vakapokana nekodzero ye364,541. MaGeorgians kuvhota. Iwe unoverenga iyo nhamba zvakanaka: Vanopfuura chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chemamiriyoni evhoti vakapotsa varasikirwa nevhoti yavo.
Kunenge. Mabhodhi esarudzo dzemudunhu, akatarisana nekutyisidzirwa neACLU neStacey Abrams's Fair Fight, akaramba matambudziko, achiona kuti huwandu hwacho hwaive hwakakurisa zvekuti haugone kuvimbika. Mumwe muvhoti anogona kupikisa mumwe kana aine ruzivo rwekuti mumwe muvhoti ane chitsotsi. Mashill emunharaunda aishandiswa neboka reTexas hapana chaaiziva nezvevaya vaipikisa.
Nekudaro, mutemo mutsva weGeorgia unobvumidza matambudziko asingaperi. Uye Georgia's Republican Secretary of State akakoka nemufaro Chokwadi the Vote kurwisa vhoti rolls. (Kuti uwane zvimwe nezve Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, uyo gweta rekodzero dzekuvhota Gerald Griggs anodana "Vote Suppressor in Chief," ona rondedzero yangu Dememocracy Zvino!)
Asi iwo mabhodhi ematunhu mamwe haazobudise matambudziko matsva asina musoro here? Mhomho yeMAGA mudare reparamende yawana izvozvo. Pasi pemutemo mutsva, dare reState Board of Elections rinogona kubvisa bhodhi redunhu kana rikasatonga nemazvo pamatambudziko aya.
Pasi pemutemo mutsva, dare reState Board of Elections rinogona kubvisa bhodhi redunhu kana rikasatonga nemazvo pamatambudziko aya.
Uye ndiani achaita bhodhi rehurumende? Mutemo mutsva unopa bhodhi kuvatungamiri veGOP vedare reparamende pamwe nemumiriri waGavhuna weRepublican Brian Kemp, uyo ane mukurumbira wakashata nemanomano ake egwaro revavhoti izvo zvakamupa mukana wekutonga naStacey Abrams.
The Chokwadi the Vote zvinonetsa, zvichitsigirwa zviri pamutemo neRepublican Party, yakatarisana nematunhu eAtlanta ane vavhoti vazhinji veruvara. Gweta rinorwira kodzero dzekuvhota, VaBarbara Arnwine, muvambi weTransformative Justice Coalition uye mumwe mumhan'ari neBlack Voters Matter, anoyambira kuti bhodhi idzva rehurumende richava nemvumo yekubvisa bhodhi renzvimbo nekudarika sarudzo dzemuno.
Tevera Mari
Ndekupi heki iyo Chokwadi iyo Vote's Engelbrecht yakawana madhora ekukwidza uku kurwiswa kwematunhu mazhinji kune maGeorgian?
Muna 2016, muongorori wedu Zach D. Roberts akatarisana naEngelbrecht pamusoro pemari yake neKoch Brothers, iyo yaasina kuramba. ProPublica zvakare yakatsvaga Chokwadi muhoro weVhoti kuBradley Foundation, iyo timu yedu yakafumura seyo vanopa mari yekuedza kuchenesa zvisizvo vavhoti vatema muMilwaukee.
Usaderedze Chokwadi Vote. Gweta riri kutungamira kurwisa kwavo kuGeorgia ndiJames Bopp Jr., uyo akapokana Citizens United mudare reSupreme Court yakavhura musuwo wekuti mari dzemakambani dzipinze muchetura musarudzo dzedu.
Tevera Mazita
Ndiyo mari yacho. Asi Chokwadi Rondedzero yeVhoti yemavhoti akakodzera kukwikwidza anonzi akabva kuUS Post Office's National Change of Address registry.
Inonzwika zviri pamutemo. Inonzwika zviri pamutemo. Hazvisizvo. Muna 2017 na2018, Brian Kemp, uyo aiva Munyori weHurumende uye mumiriri wegavhuna, akashandisa runyoro rwakafanana kubvisa mazana ezviuru zvevavhoti pamusana pezvavakanga vabuda muGeorgia.
Iyo Palast Investigative Fund, inoshandira ratidza, akabhadhara nyanzvi dzepamusoro dzenyika mukushandiswa kwemafaira epositi uye akawana kuti runyoro rwaKemp rwakanga rwakanyanya sematatu emadhora. Kemp akatiwo aivimba nePost Office, asi nyanzvi dzakaona kuti Kemp yakanga yarambidza zvisizvo 340,355 kubva musarudzo.
Takawana mumwe wevavhoti akapomerwa mhosva yekunyoresa zvisiri pamutemo kubva kune yaimbova kero: Christine Jordan ane makore makumi mapfumbamwe nemaviri, hama yamushakabvu Dr. Martin Luther King. Ndaive naye paaiva akabuda musarudzo.
Stacey Abrams akataura nyaya yedu mukutaura kuti akange abiridzirwa kunze kwekukunda. Uye akanga akanyengedzwa.
Muna 2020, iyo ACLU yakaburitsa nyowani ripoti nePalast Investigative Fund umo takaziva, nezita nekero, vamwe 198,351 vekuGeorgia vakabviswa zvisirizvo. VaBlack Voters Matter vakamhan'arira kudare rehurumende kuti vabvise vavhoti.
Zvakanyanya kukosha, Black Voters Matter - kushanda neSouthwest Voter Registration Education Project, iyo inotsvaga kupa simba nharaunda dzeLatino neLatina kuti dzinyorese kuvhota - dzakashandisa makadhi, zvikwangwani, kufona uye kushambadza kunyoresazve vanhu vatakaona.
Mugumisiro wacho: Vavhoti veGeorgia, kwete kuchenesa, vakasarudza purezidhendi nemaseneta.
Izvo hazvina kufadza VaTrump kana vakavimbika vake veMAGA mudare reparamende.
Uye nyaya yemubatanidzwa (yandakapupurira pamusoro peBlack Voters Matter) yakakunda chibvumirano chinogumbura kubva kuhurumende chekuti Georgia inofanira kutevedzera maitiro akaoma mumutemo wemubatanidzwa waireva kumisa kubviswa kwevavhoti vasina mhosva.
Asi ikozvino, vavhoti vasina mhosva chenjerai.
Kudzivirira Federal Law - kana Kuityora?
Chokwadi Vhoti irikuchema kuti Munyori weHurumende yeGeorgia Raffensperger akatoikoka kuti idenha vavhoti vakawanda.
Nepo vezvenhau vaita yakawanda yehondo yake naTrump, Raffensperger anonyanya kutsigira Republican hack - imwe yenyanzvi dzakaipa dzekudzvinyirira dzandakasangana nadzo mubasa rangu refu.
Iye zvino akataura pachena kuti anogona kushandisa Chokwadi cheVhoti kupikisa hunyengeri kudzivirira kuomeswa kwemutemo wemubatanidzwa. Chokwadi Vote's press release quotes Raffensperger:
"Ndakataura kubva paZuva reSarudzo kuti ndinofanira kutevedzera mutemo mukuitwa kwesarudzo dzedu, uye ndakakurudzira vanhu vekuGeorgia kuti vataure chero matambudziko anofungidzirwa kuti hofisi yangu iongorore," akadaro Secretary of State weGeorgia, Brad Raffensperger. “Kunyangwe mutemo wemubatanidzwa uchirambidza kugona kwedu kugadzirisa mazita ekunyoresa kuvhota, Elector Challenge imotokari iri pasi pemutemo wedu kuona kuvimbika kwevavhoti.
Mune mamwe mazwi, nepo Raffensperger achifanira kutevera mutemo wemubatanidzwa, anoti Chokwadi Vote haifanire kudaro, uye anogona kugamuchira nemufaro matambudziko eVote.
Mutemo weFederal unorambidza nyika kubvisa vavhoti mukati memazuva makumi mapfumbamwe esarudzo dzemubatanidzwa. Zvinoda kuti vanhu vanovhota vari kunzi vanogara kunze kwenyika vanofanira kutumirwa postcard, mwedzi isati yaitwa sarudzo, zvichibvumira muvhoti kumisa kubviswa kwavo. Uye inoda iyo yepositi yekuchinja-ye-kero ruzivo runobva kuhofisi yepositi ine rezinesi sosi, kwete "Joe's Purges-R-Us."
GOP inotenda kuti vavhoti veGeorgia havavimbike kuti vasarudze maseneta avo uye gavhuna. Asi, maRepublicans vari kutarisira Jim Crow kuti "ivhoti yechokwadi."
Asi Raffensperger ari kuti kana Chokwadi Vhoti isingapihwe vavhoti chiziviso, inoshandisa runyoro rwemanyepo isina rezenisi uye inoda kuti vavhoti vabviswe pasina chiziviso mazuva mashoma sarudzo dzisati dzaitwa, iyo inzira yakanaka yekunzvenga kuchengetedzwa kwemubatanidzwa.
Uye kana dare resarudzo redunhu rikawana Chokwadi nzira dzeVhoti dzakarerekera, dzisiri pamutemo, sezvavakaita kusvika pari zvino, bhodhi idzva rehurumende rinotora divi rinogona kungokunda dunhu.
Mune mamwe mazwi, kugehena nemutemo wemubatanidzwa. Hurumende haigone kupara mhosva, asi nyika inogona kungotora nzira isiri pamutemo inoshandiswa neiyi Koch-mari yekushandisa.
Ichokwadi kuti Vote inoti kushanda kwayo kwekuchenesa hakutyisidzi kodzero nekuti matunhu anozotumira muvhoti wega wega anopokana tsamba inovabvumira kuti vauye kudare kuti vadzivirire kunyoresa kwavo kana kuvhota.
Asi, sezvandakaudzwa naArnwine, anenge hapana achatora zuva rekuzorora kubasa kuti auye kudare senzira yedare kuratidza kuti ndivanaani. Uye mamwe matambudziko anogona kuitika mushure mekunge muvhoti avhota.
Seneta Raphael Warnock vari kutoita mushandirapamwe kuti vatore chigaro chavo muna 2022. Anotarisirwa kunge ari mugwaro revavhoti naStacey Abrams vachikwikwidza “kusarudzwazve” sagavhuna. Zviripachena, GOP inotenda kuti vavhoti veGeorgia havavimbike kuti vasarudze maseneta avo uye gavhuna. Asi, maRepublicans vari kutarisira Jim Crow kuti "ivhoti yechokwadi."
Mutori wenhau anoferefeta Greg Palast ndiye munyori nguva pfupi yadarika weMaitiro aVaTrump Akabira 2020, Iyo Yakanakisa Democracy Mari Inogona Kutenga, ikozvino firimu, Iyo Yakanakisa Democracy Mari Inogona Kutenga: Nyaya Yesarudzo Yakabiwa. Palast anga achiteedzera hunyengeri hwemavhoti erudzi rweThe Guardian, Rolling Stone, Democracy Now! uye Chokwadi.
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