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Court decision, shall be v, holder in 2013. that's when the supreme court gutted the -- 1688 places close. before that, georgia was one in nine states that was not allowed to changes election laws, in ways that would negatively impact minority voters ability to cast a ballot without federal approval. in georgia specifically, 10% of all polling locations have been closed across the state, since that supreme court decision. just last year, -- past major new restrictive voting laws that made it harder to vote absentee, or would drop boxes. making physical polling places all the more important. wh...

Group did is so interesting. they fought back in a way that worked. legally in georgia, if you can get 20% of the registered voters in a voting district to sign a petition opposing the closing of a polling place, it must stay opened. this group of activists gathered enough signatures to meet that threshold for three of lincoln counties seven polling places. the board of elections is still verifying those signatures. as for now, they have successfully delayed the vote on this issue and may very well have saved them from being consolidated. joining us now is the reverend denise freeman, a lincol...

It was i was trying to do and why it was the scriptural thing to do. all four of them lifted their hands and said were in. we went to washington four months later and there was 3600 people and we were just supposed to take each one ourselves and christians united for israel was born. we have now expanded to just over 7 million people, we are organized by regions, by state, by voting district, we can put 30,000 e-mails in the office of a senator or congressman who gets crosswise with the purpose of israel in 24 hours. mark: let me ask you a question. why is this important in your view, the unit...

After explained to them what it was i was trying to do and why it was the scriptural thing to do. all four of them lifted their hands and said were in. we went to washington four months later and there was 3600 people and we were just supposed to take each one ourselves and christians united for israel was born. we have now expanded to just over 7 million people, we are organized by regions, by state, by voting district, we can put 30,000 e-mails in the office of a senator or congressman who gets crosswise with the purpose of israel in 24 hours. mark: let me ask you a question. why is this imp...

PHUKET: Siricharat Trairat, sister of the former mayor of Thepkrasattri Municipality, has been named as the unofficial winner of the mayoral by-election held in the central Phuket enclave last weekend