They came by the thousands to vote early, descendants of slaves, children of the civil rights era and other Georgians standing in line for hours when all could have been somewhere else. Born during a pivotal year of the civil rights movement, when Black people were still fighting for the right to vote
SAVANNAH, Ga. — They came by the thousands to vote early, descendants of slaves, children of the civil rights era and other Georgians standing in line for hours when all could have been somewhere else.
“I won’t let anything get in the way of me and this opportunity,” said Morgan, who coordinates an adult literacy program. Story continuesEarly voters have waited in long lines in other states, including Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee. But in Georgia, which is viewed as more of a contested state than in the past, elections have drawn heightened attention in recent years.
“If you look at those lines, they look like they’re long, but everyone is spaced 6 feet out on center, and that just makes your lines look a whole lot longer,” he said during a news conference at the Capitol.
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