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Georgia State Senator vows to block early voting site too 'near' black voters

A voter arrives at a polling location to vote in Portland, Maine November 3, 2009. Among the issues on the ballot is an effort to repeal Maine's gay marriage law, which was adopted last spring by the Legislature.

Important tip for Republican lawmakers: even if you intend to close down early voting locations because they are too close to where black Americans live, you are not supposed to actually write these things down.
A Republican state senator in Georgia has vowed to end Sunday balloting in Dekalb County when lawmakers gather there at the Capitol in January, due to the fact that the area is "dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches." [...]

"Now we are to have Sunday voting at South DeKalb Mall just prior to the election," [State Sen. Frank Millar] wrote in the email. "Per Jim Galloway of the AJC, this location is dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches such as New Birth Missionary Baptist. Galloway also points out the Democratic Party thinks this is a wonderful idea – what a surprise. I’m sure Michelle Nunn and Jason Carter are delighted with this blatantly partisan move in DeKalb."

Even in Georgia, you are not supposed to get caught being so direct about these things. You are making a mockery of Chief Justice John Roberts' proclamations on the subject.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/09/1328381/-Georgia-State-Senator-vows-to-block-early-voting-site-too-near-black-voters