Ossoff and Warnock: “It’s especially disturbing that the voters who stand to be impacted the most are people of color.”
Atlanta, Ga. — Today, The New York Times reported that Cobb County election officials are planning to close more than half of the polling locations utilized by early voters in the general election for the January 5 runoff. This move would disproportionately impact neighborhoods with large Black populations.
Cobb is the third-most populous county in Georgia.
In response, investigative journalist and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Reverend Raphael Warnock released the following joint statement:
“Georgia voters have shown all year that when the polls open, they will show up and break records. We expect the same for the runoffs, which is why election officials’ decision to cut the number of early vote locations in Cobb County in half is unacceptable. This plan will result in longer lines, longer wait times, and more barriers to the basic right of casting a ballot. It’s especially disturbing that the voters who stand to be impacted the most are people of color. Cobb County must change course and restore the 11 early voting locations so that Georgians can participate in this critically important election.”
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