@creatinglake @dansinker The legal origin of Georgia's runoff law is that it was put into place to prevent Black people from winning elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/12/05/georgia-runoff-warnock-walker/
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@creatinglake @dansinker The legal origin of Georgia's runoff law is that it was put into place to prevent Black people from winning elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/12/05/georgia-runoff-warnock-walker/ 1 comment
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@dandean @creatinglake literally put in place in the weeks before the Civl Rights Act was passed to dilute the power of newly-enfranchised black voters.