New Georgia Project
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Sep 9, 2026
How To Protect Voting Rights (with Stacey Abrams)
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9:33Stacey AbramsGUEST
In the process of doing that work, I realized how many thousands of Georgians, especially people of color, weren't registered to vote.
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9:40Stacey AbramsGUEST
And so in 2014, we turned what was called the New Georgia Project for signing people up for the ACA into a voter registration effort.
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9:48Stacey AbramsGUEST
Fast-forward to 2018, we had thousands of people who'd been added to the rolls.
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9:53Stacey AbramsGUEST
And then 2018 went through an election which-- with some aggressive voter suppression.
Who Funds That?: Who Funds That? EP 20: How Charities Are Influencing Elections
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7:30Parker ThayerGUEST
So intent and effect are there across the board, across the entire industry.
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7:33Parker ThayerGUEST
Another great example, the New Georgia Project, founded by Stacey Abrams, who was a Democrat candidate, got fined $300,000 because they were literally just handing out vote for Stacey Abrams mailers.
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7:44Tiffany GabayHOST
Now, isn't the irony that in Georgia they tried to claim that there was voter suppression when, in fact, voter turnout had actually increased?
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7:53Parker ThayerGUEST
This this is that that is a fantastic segue.