{"id":39631,"date":"2021-04-08T09:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=39631"},"modified":"2021-04-08T09:46:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:46:45","slug":"outrage-over-georgia-voter-protections-isnt-on-the-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2021\/04\/08\/outrage-over-georgia-voter-protections-isnt-on-the-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage Over Georgia Voter Protections \u201cIsn\u2019t on the Level\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ballot integrity rules such as those recently passed in Georgia<\/a><\/strong> are commonly and viciously described by the left, and reported in the mainstream media, as racist. Yet they protect black votes \u2013 oftentimes the most at risk<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 from being diluted by those seeking to coopt American elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a change that the woke police have brought to us,\u201d lamented Project 21<\/a><\/strong> Co-Chairman Horace Cooper<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On the Fox News Channel program \u201cThe Ingraham Angle,\u201d Horace said that the left\u2019s fury \u2013 which led Major League Baseball to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver \u2013 is also causing economic hardship for black Georgians:<\/p>\n

[W]hat we have now done is punish a city \u2013 Atlanta \u2013 with an over 50% minority population<\/a><\/strong> by taking from them nearly $100 million<\/a><\/strong> in new opportunities and sending it to Denver, which has barely a nine percent black population.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Highlighting the confusion created by the left\u2019s ire for real and unobtrusive voter integrity rules, guest host Brian Kilmeade asked:<\/p>\n

If minority voters overwhelmingly support having voter ID \u2013 not a license, just ID, a utility bill \u2013 then why are people using terms like Jim Crow 2.0? Does it make sense to you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Horace replied:<\/p>\n

It makes sense to me because this isn\u2019t on the level.<\/p>\n

The plan here is to manipulate people. It is to divide people. Black Americans aren\u2019t any less likely to be able to get access to a driver\u2019s license than white Americans or any other communities in our country.<\/p>\n

The truth of the matter is, when they say these things, they do them intentionally to create the impression that America is a place, in the 21st<\/sup> century, [where] we ought to be worrying about who our neighbors are based primarily on their skin color.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Contrary to the leftist narrative that black voters are disadvantaged by voter protections, Kilmeade noted that recent polling showed black approval for voter ID measures at 73%<\/a><\/strong>. Horace explained that keeping people’s ballots from being compromised by \u201cghosts\u201d and those not legally allowed to vote protects all Americans:<\/p>\n

Our organization has done multiple studies, and they show that it is actually black Americans who are most likely victimized when voter fraud takes place. It turns out that it is very tempting to manipulate election returns when black communities are involved.<\/p>\n

Black Americans, like white Americans, need voter integrity. We need to be sure so that, when Gallup asks Americans why we don\u2019t vote, we don\u2019t answer “because my vote can\u2019t make a difference.” We need to make sure that every person is confident when they go in [a polling place that] real votes are gonna decide elections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Project 21 has made policy recommendations<\/a><\/strong> for voter ID, citizen-only voting and voter roll maintenance \u2013 among other protections \u2013 in its \u201cBlueprint for a Better Deal for Black America.\u201d<\/a><\/strong> Additional recommendations will be released soon in a second edition of the Blueprint.<\/p>\n