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Atlanta mayor issues order to mitigate impact of SB 202, officials say By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team Published  Keisha Lance Bottoms state of the city address in 2021. (Photo: City of Atlanta) ATLANTA - Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Tuesday issued an administrative order aimed at expanding access to voting for Atlanta residents.  Officials said the order directs the City’s Chief Equity Officer to implement a series of actions to mitigate the impact of new voting restrictions imposed by SB...

MLB All-Star Game 2021 moved to Denver after being pulled out of Georgia Updated 1:29 PM; Facebook Share The 2021 MLB All-Star Game will be moving from Georgia to the Rocky Mountains. On Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced that Coors Field in Denver, Colorado will be the new host for the All-Star Game after the league decided to pull the event earlier this month. The move makes the Colorado Rockies the new host of the All-Star Game, with the team already having put in a bid to host the ev...

Perfect Timing!  My wife shared an article with me last night called "What I Can Teach You About Racism" by Carol Swain.  The timing is perfect because of what happened over the weekend.  Major league(?) baseball, backed by corporate sponsors, decided to pull the 2021 baseball all star game out of Atlanta, Georgia The motivation for the decision was as a "woke" reaction to (and punishment for?) the Georgia State Legislature passing an election reform bill. Senate Bill 202  called the  "Ele...

Statewide The state attracted national attention following passage of SB 202, titled the “Election Integrity Act of 2021,” which introduces sweeping changes to absentee ballot requirements and other election law. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp March 25, changes Georgias absentee voting rules, adding new identification requirements and moving back the request deadline. A record 1.3 million absentee ballots were cast in the 2020 Georgia General Election, overwhelming s...

Georgia Governor Criticizes MLB For Buying Into Liberal Lies About New Election Law Saturday, April 3, 2021 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, at a news conference at the state Capitol Saturday, slammed Major League Baseballs decision to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta over the leagues objection to a new voting law in the state. Brynn Anderson / AP Georgia Governor Brian Kemp lashed out at Major League Baseball for its decision to take both the All-Star Game and its draft out of the sta...

POLITICO All eyes are on Georgia. Again. For Georgians, the new voting law is the epitome of voter suppression — or it’s the embodiment of election integrity. Demonstrators take part in a sit-in protest as Gov. Brian Kemp holds a press conference on March 22, 2021. | Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP Link Copied ATLANTA — When Joe Biden launched his presidential campaign, he dubbed it the “battle for the soul of the nation.” Locals argue that battle is being waged in...

Georgia Governor Criticizes MLB For Buying Into Liberal ‘Lies’ About New Election Law By Matthew S. Schwartz  April 3, 2021 Georgia Governor Brian Kemp lashed out at Major League Baseball for its decision to take both the All-Star Game and its draft out of the state this year, in response to Georgia’s new voting law. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred had said that relocating those events was the best way to “demonstrate our values” and oppose restrictions on voting. But in a press confere...

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sunday said Major League Baseball's decision to pull its all-star game from Atlanta in response to Georgia's new restrictive

MLB made the decision Friday afternoon.

Flanked by supporters, Kemp doubles down of defense of Georgia election law following All-Star Game fallout The governor spoke at the Georgia State Capitol flanked by backers of the new Georgia election reform law. Author: Adrianne M Haney, Christopher Buchanan Published: 10:55 AM EDT April 3, 2021 Updated: 1:10 PM EDT April 3, 2021 ATLANTA — A fired-up Gov. Brian Kemp continued his defense of the Georgia election reform law on Saturday, and con...