{"id":13057,"date":"2018-11-09T10:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=13057"},"modified":"2018-11-09T16:59:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:59:01","slug":"stacey-abrams-voter-suppression-provisional-ballots-democrats-and-colorofchange-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/09\/stacey-abrams-voter-suppression-provisional-ballots-democrats-and-colorofchange-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams, &#8220;voter suppression&#8221;, provisional ballots, Democrats and &#8216;ColorOfChange&#8217; in Georgia &#8211; updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12641\" style=\"width: 942px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/abrams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12641\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/abrams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"932\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/abrams.jpg 932w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/abrams-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/abrams-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tea Party<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure they are the nicest of folks, but I never heard of these people until yesterday, when they sent me a text out of nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>The second listed text below (bottom) came to my mobile phone last night. I have no idea how they got my phone number or who &#8216;Daisy&#8221; is. After I Googled &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/colorofchange.org\">ColorOfChange<\/a>&#8216; this morning and signed up to join with an email address, I received the top text.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Added<\/strong> 3:00PM: My landline has been ringing all day &#8211; three times this message is left on the voicemail:<\/p>\n<table class=\"transcript-inner\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"transcript-header\">\n<h2 class=\"transcript-title\">Voicemail from (866) 687-8683<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clear-fix\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"transcript-content\">&#8220;Hello I&#8217;m Congressman John Lewis Georgia. You still have the chance to make history. Did you anyone you know receive a provisional(?) paper ballot on Tuesday to make your vote count go to your County election office right now. Bring your ID and your ballot receipt. If you have any trouble call 8665 vote on www.go vote Georgia. Don&#8217;t wait make your vote count. Paid for by Karen &#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"transcript-footer\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Added 5:58 PM &#8211; Now, in the AJC, \u00a0I see that Spellman College is passing on the same message as Lewis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local\/spelman-president-urges-students-confirm-their-votes-are-counted\/HfsMkUoyWiCYwEU39uMi5L\/?utm_source=newspaper&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=6375294&amp;ecmp=newspaper_email&amp;#user\/access\/9e6c.e5993bb9.1518739800.\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local\/spelman-president-urges-students-confirm-their-votes-are-counted\/HfsMkUoyWiCYwEU39uMi5L\/?utm_source=newspaper&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=6375294&amp;ecmp=newspaper_email&amp;#user\/access\/9e6c.e5993bb9.1518739800.\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-13070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-10.36.45-AM-1024x155.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-10.36.45-AM-1024x155.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-10.36.45-AM-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-10.36.45-AM-768x116.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-10.36.45-AM.png 1248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure they are the nicest of folks, but I never heard of these people until yesterday, when they sent me a text out of nowhere. The second listed text below (bottom) came to my mobile phone last night. I have no idea how they got my phone number or who &#8216;Daisy&#8221; is. 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