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b'Georgians went to the polls in record numbers during the May 24 primary ahead of the crucial 2022 midterm elections, despite renewed GOP efforts to suppress the votes of the state\\u2019s communities of color. Passed in the wake of the 2020 elections, inspired in large part by former President Trump\\u2019s baseless claims of election fraud, Georgia\\u2019s SB 202 (the Election Integrity Act of 2021) is perhaps the most egregious example of Republicans\\u2019 nationwide efforts to roll back voting rights through a flurry of restrictive voting laws. Such laws disproportionately impact people in low-income communities and communities of color, and they are being passed at a moment when the power of communities of color to shape election outcomes is rapidly increasing. Case in point: Georgia\\u2019s Latinx community has grown by 30% over the past decade and now comprises 10% of the state\\u2019s population.

In this on-the-ground report for our special series \\u201cDefending Democracy in the 2022 Midterm Elections,\\u201d TRNN\\u2019s Jaisal Noor and Jeffrey Moustache speak with organizers from the Georgia Alliance of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO), an advocacy group that helps Latinx voters unlock their political power, about how they are working to \\u201cout-organize voter suppression\\u201d by mobilizing and empowering the state\\u2019s Latinx community.

Read the transcript of this report: https://therealnews.com/how-georgias-latinx-community-is-working-to-out-organize-voter-suppression

Pre-Production/Studio: Jaisal Noor, Jeffrey Moustache
Post-Production: Jaisal Noor, Jeffrey Moustache, Cameron Granadino

This story is part of a series that was made possible with the support of the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems.


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