Umthombo: Inyaniso
Xa sasiqala ingxelo yokuba ukunikezela ngesilayi sepizza kumvoti olinde iiyure ezintathu emgceni lulwaphulo mthetho ngoku eGeorgia, eminye imithombo yeendaba yakhawuleza yalithatha ibali, iqaqambisa inkohlakalo yamaRiphabhlikhi aseGeorgia enza ukuba uninzi lwabavoti abaMnyama bahlupheke yindlala kunye nonxano kwimigca yeGOP eyenziwe ngabom ixesha elide. ukuvala izikhululo zovoto kwisininzi-kwimimandla yabaMnyama.
Kodwa ukuvinjelwa kokutya kumgca we-iceberg kuphela xa kuziwa kwimimiselo eyoyikisayo efihliweyo kumaphepha e-95 yomthetho omtsha wokulwa nokuvota waseGeorgia.
UDonald Trump wafuna ukuba unobhala welizwe laseGeorgia "fumana iivoti ze-11,780". Isihlwele se-MAGA kwi-legislature yaseGeorgia sifumene iivoti ze-364,541 zokukhansela, oko kukuthi, abavoti abo amavoti abo aya kuvalwa ekubaleni ukhetho olulandelayo.
Ukuqonda ukuba olu hlaselo luninzi kubemi luza kusebenza njani, kufuneka sibuyele kuDisemba 21, 2020, ngaphambi nje kokuba iSenate yaseGeorgia iqhube, xa iNyaniso iVoti, iqela laseTexas elasekwa ngumkhosi womnqamlezo weTea uCatherine Engelbrecht, wacela umngeni kwilungelo lama-364,541. AmaGeorgia ukuba avote. Ulifunda kakuhle elo nani: Bangaphezu kwesithathu kwisigidi sabavoti abaphantse baphulukana nevoti yabo.
Phantse. Iibhodi zokhetho ze-County, ezijongene nezisongelo ze-ACLU kunye ne-Fair Fight ka-Stacey Abrams, zagatya imingeni, ziphawula ukuba amanani ayekhulu kakhulu ukuba athembeke. Omnye umvoti unokucela umngeni komnye ukuba unolwazi lobuqu lokuba omnye umvoti liqhophololo. I-shill yendawo esetyenziswa liqela laseTexas yayingazi nto kwabo bacela umngeni.
Nangona kunjalo, umthetho omtsha waseGeorgia ugunyazisa imingeni engenamkhawulo. Kwaye unobhala waseRiphabhlikhi waseGeorgia wamema ngovuyo iVoti ukuba ihlasele abavoti. (Ukufumana okungakumbi ngoNobhala weLizwe uBrad Raffensperger, igqwetha lamalungelo okuvota uGerald Griggs ambiza ngokuba “nguMcinezeli oyiNtloko,” bona ingxelo yam. Intando yeninzi Ngoku!)
Kodwa ngaba ezo bhodi zedolophu aziyi kukhaba nayiphi na imiceli mngeni emitsha? Ihlokondiba le-MAGA kwindlu yowiso-mthetho likufumene oko. Ngaphantsi komthetho omtsha, iBhodi yoNyulo kaRhulumente inokususa ibhodi yesiphaluka ukuba ayifuni, ngokombono wombuso, ukulawula ngokufanelekileyo kule mingeni.
Ngaphantsi komthetho omtsha, iBhodi yoNyulo kaRhulumente inokususa ibhodi yesiphaluka ukuba ayifuni, ngokombono wombuso, ukulawula ngokufanelekileyo kule mingeni.
Kwaye ngubani oza kwenza ibhodi karhulumente? Umthetho omtsha unikezela ibhodi kwiinkokeli ze-GOP zendlu yowiso-mthetho kunye nommeli weRiphabhlikhi uRhuluneli uBrian Kemp, odume kakubi ngobuqhetseba bakhe kuluhlu lwabavoti nto leyo eyamnika ugqatso lolawulo ngokuchasene no-Stacey Abrams.
INyaniso yoMceli mngeni weVoti, exhaswa ngokusemthethweni yiRiphabhlikhi Party, egxile kwiingingqi zaseAtlanta ezinobuninzi babavoti bemibala. Igqwetha lamalungelo okuvota uBarbara Arnwine, umseki weTransformative Justice Coalition kunye nommangali kunye noMbambisene wabavoti abaMnyama, ulumkisa ukuba ibhodi entsha yelizwe iya kuba negunya lokususa ibhodi yendawo kunye nokugqithisa izigqibo zendawo.
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Apho heck wenza Inyaniso iVoti's Engelbrecht yafumana iidola zokunyusa olu hlaselo lwamazwe amaninzi kumaGeorgia?
Kwi-2016, umphandi wethu u-Zach D. Roberts wabhekana no-Engelbrecht malunga nenkxaso-mali yakhe ngabakwaKoch Brothers, engazange ayiphike. IPublica Ikwalandelele iNyaniso yeVoti ingeniso kwiBradley Foundation, ethi iqela lethu liyiveze njenge abaxhasi bemali yokuzama ukucoca ngokungalunganga abavoti abaMnyama eMilwaukee.
Musa ukuthoba iVoti yiNyaniso. Igqwetha elikhokela uhlaselo lwabo eGeorgia nguJames Bopp Omnci., owaxoxayo Abemi baManyeneyo kwityala leNkundla ePhakamileyo elavula ucango lokuba imali yenkampani ityhefe kunyulo lwethu.
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Yimali leyo. Kodwa yinyani uluhlu lweVoti yeevoti ezilungele umngeni ekucingelwa ukuba zivela kwi-Ofisi yePosi yase-US yoTshintsho lweSizwe lobhaliso lweedilesi.
Kuvakala ngokusemthethweni. Ivakala ngokusemthethweni. Akunjalo. Kwi-2017 kunye ne-2018, u-Brian Kemp, ngoko ke uNobhala kaRhulumente kunye nomviwa werhuluneli, wasebenzisa uluhlu olufanayo lokususa amakhulu amawaka abavoti ngenxa yokuba baye baphuma eGeorgia.
IPalast Investigative Fund, isebenzela show, baqeshe iingcali eziphezulu zesizwe ekusebenziseni iifayile zeposi kwaye zafumanisa ukuba uluhlu lwe-Kemp lwalufana ne-phony njenge-bill ye-dollar ezintathu. U-Kemp ukwabanga ukuba uthembele kwiPosi, kodwa iingcali zafumanisa ukuba uKemp wayevale ngempazamo i-340,355 kuvoto.
Sifumene omnye wabavoti owatyholwa ngokungekho mthethweni ngokubhalisa ngokungekho mthethweni kwidilesi yangaphambili: uChristine Jordan oneminyaka engama-92 ubudala, umzala wongasekhoyo uGqr Martin Luther King. Ndandikunye naye xa wayekhona uphume kwi-polls.
UStacey Abrams ucaphule ibali lethu ekubhengezeni ukuba uqhathwe kwiloyiso. Uye waqhathwa.
Ngo-2020, i-ACLU yakhupha entsha umbiko yiPalast Investigative Fund apho sichonge, ngamagama nangedilesi, abanye abantu baseGeorgia abayi-198,351 abasuswe ngokungalunganga. Umba wabavoti abaNtsundu umangalele kwinkundla yomdibaniso ukuze kurhoxiswe ukususwa.
I-Crucially, i-Black Voters Matter - isebenzisana neProjekthi yeMfundo yoBhaliso loMvoti we-Southwest, efuna ukuxhobisa uluntu lwaseLatino nolwaseLatina ukuba lubhalisele ukuvota - lusebenzise iiposikhadi, iibhilibhodi, iifowuni kunye nopapasho ukubhalisa kwakhona amaxhoba esiwachongileyo.
Isiphumo: Abavoti baseGeorgia, kungekhona abahlanjululweyo, bakhetha umongameli kunye neesenenja.
Loo nto ayimenzanga uTrump okanye abathembekileyo bakhe kwi-MAGA kwindlu yowiso-mthetho.
Kwaye ityala federal (apho ndangqina Black Abavoti Matter) iphumelele isivumelwano ekrwada evela karhulumente ukuba Georgia kufuneka ilandele inkqubo entsonkothileyo kumthetho federal kwakuthetha ukumisa ukususwa abavoti abangenatyala.
Kodwa ngoku, abavoti abamsulwa balumkele.
Ukunqanda uMthetho we-Federal-okanye uyawophula?
Yinyani iVoti iyakhala ukuba uNobhala weLizwe laseGeorgia uRaffensperger uyimemile ukuba icele umngeni kubavoti abaninzi.
Ngelixa umshicileli wenze uninzi lwemfazwe yakhe noTrump, uRaffensperger ulilungu leRiphabhlikhi elithatha inxaxheba-enye yeengcali zocinezelo ezikhohlakeleyo endikhe ndadibana nazo kumsebenzi wam omde.
Ngoku uye wachaza ngokuphandle ukuba unokusebenzisa iNyaniso yoMceli mngeni weVoti ukuphepha ukunyanzeliswa komthetho we-federal. Yinyani iVoti ikhupha ingxelo yeendaba ucaphula uRaffensperger:
"Ndithe ukususela ngoSuku loNyulo ukuba kufuneka ndilandele umthetho ekuqhutyweni konyulo lwethu, kwaye ndiye ndakhuthaza abantu baseGeorgia ukuba bachaze naziphi na iingxaki ezikrokrelekayo ukuba iofisi yam iphande," kusho uNobhala kaRhulumente waseGeorgia uBrad Raffensperger. "Nangona umthetho wobumbano usithintela amandla ethu okuhlaziya uluhlu lwethu lwabavoti, uMngeni weNyulo sisithuthi esiphantsi komthetho wethu wokuqinisekisa ukuthembeka kwabavoti."
Ngamanye amazwi, ngelixa uRaffensperger kufuneka alandele umthetho we-federal, ubanga ukuba iNyaniso iVoti ayifuni, kwaye unokwamkela ngovuyo imingeni yeVoti.
Umthetho weFederal uyawalela amazwe ukuba asuse abavoti phakathi kweentsuku ezingama-90 zonyulo lomanyano. Ifuna ukuba abavoti abacelwa umngeni kuba kucingelwa ukuba bahlala ngaphandle korhulumente kufuneka bathunyelwe iposikhadi, kwiinyanga ngaphambi konyulo, elivumela umvoti ukuba anqumamise ukususwa kwabo. Kwaye ifuna ulwazi lweposi lokutshintsha kwedilesi luvela kumthombo onelayisensi yeposi, hayi “uJoe’s Purges-R-Us.”
I-GOP ikholelwa ukuba abavoti baseGeorgia abanakuthenjwa ukuba bakhethe iisenenja zabo kunye nerhuluneli. Endaweni yoko, amaRiphabhlikhi athembele kuJim Crow ukuba "yinyani ivoti."
Kodwa uRaffensperger uthi ukuba yiNyaniso iVoti ayinikezi saziso kubavoti, isebenzisa uludwe olungenampepha-mvume lobuxoki kwaye ifuna ukuba abavoti basuswe ngaphandle kwesaziso kwiintsuku nje eziphambi konyulo, leyo yindlela entle kakhulu yokuchasa ukhuseleko lomfelandawonye.
Kwaye ukuba ibhodi yonyulo lwedolophu ifumanisa ukuba Iindlela zeVoti ziyinyani, zingalunganga kwaye azikho semthethweni, njengoko zisenzile ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ibhodi yelizwe entsha engathathi hlangothi inokuvele ilawule idolophu.
Ngamanye amazwi, ukuya esihogweni nomthetho womanyano. Urhulumente akakwazi ukwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho, kodwa urhulumente unokwamkela nje inkqubo engekho mthethweni esetyenziswe ngulo msebenzi we-Koch-moneyed.
Kuyinyaniso ukuba iVoti ithi umsebenzi wayo wokucoca awusongeli amalungelo kuba iingingqi kuya kufuneka zithumele umvoti ngamnye ocela umngeni ileta ebavumela ukuba babonise ukuva ukuze bakhusele ukubhaliswa okanye ukuvota kwabo.
Kodwa, njengoko u-Arnwine wandixelelayo, phantse akukho mntu unokuthatha usuku emsebenzini ukuze avele kwinkundla yamatyala ukuze angqine ukuba ungoobani na. Kwaye eminye imingeni ingenzeka emva kokuba umvoti efake ivoti.
USen. Raphael Warnock sele ekhankasela ukuba abambe isihlalo sakhe ngo-2022. Kulindeleke ukuba abe kwivoti kunye no-Stacey Abrams ogijimela "ukunyulwa kwakhona" njengerhuluneli. Ngokucacileyo, i-GOP ikholelwa ukuba abavoti baseGeorgia abanakuthenjwa ukuba bakhethe iisenenja zabo kunye nerhuluneli. Endaweni yoko, amaRiphabhlikhi athembele kuJim Crow ukuba "yinyani ivoti."
Intatheli ephandayo uGreg Palast ungumbhali mva nje wendlela uTrump abiwe ngayo ngo-2020, eyona mali iDemokhrasi ingcono inokuthenga, ngoku ifilimu, Eyona mali iDemokhrasi ingcono inokuthenga: Ityala loNyulo olubiweyo. I-Palast ilandelele iqhinga lokuvota ngokobuhlanga kwi-Guardian, i-Rolling Stone, iDemokhrasi ngoku! kunye neNyaniso.
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