this is how voter suppression works

/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-header-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=22 {NAME}, After the GOP lost Georgia in the 2020 presidential election, along with both of their U.S. Senate seats, Republicans in the state quickly passed a law restricting the right to vote throughout the state. While in 2020 voters could request a mail-in ballot up until the Friday before Election Day, under the new law, voters must request their ballot no later than 11 days before an election. Republicans then tested this law in the very low-key November 2021 municipal elections. A recent analysis showed that more than half of the mail-in ballot requests were rejected because they arrived after the state’s newly imposed deadline. By shortening the amount of time voters have to request their ballot, and rejecting them for being late, the law makes voting more burdensome. As a result, some people may not vote at all, and that is exactly how voter suppression works. [When the Democratic majority took control of the U.S. House, we made sure to pass bills that protect the ballot box – and unsurprisingly, no Republicans backed us up. Now with the midterm election months away, we are in danger of losing that majority – but we can and will fight back. Will you contribute whatever you can today so that my team and I have the resources to continue defending the ballot box?](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-SL-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=22) If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation to help Hank Johnson keep Georgia blue will go through immediately: [$5](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?express_lane=true&refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-EG-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=5) [$10](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?express_lane=true&refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-EG-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=10) [$15](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?express_lane=true&refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-EG-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=15) [$25](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?express_lane=true&refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-EG-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=25) [$50](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?express_lane=true&refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-EG-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=50) [Other](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?express_lane=true&refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-EG-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=other) If half of mail-in ballot applications were rejected during municipal elections, imagine how many more will be rejected in November 2022 and November 2024. And to just drive the point home at who is targeted by the GOP: Black voters, who make up a third of the electorate in Georgia, accounted for half of the ballot rejections. [It’s 2022, and Republicans are trying to reset the clock to 1922 when Black people’s right to vote was nullified in the South by Jim Crow. We can’t let them take the House and allow them to try to make their voter suppression policy federal law. Contribute today and let the GOP know that you will not tolerate voter suppression.](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-SL-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=22) [DONATE](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-SB-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=22) Hank Johnson (he/him) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hank Johnson Facebook Icon](/zfGIOlvhMvp1SKACeepjT2NaLcNAqpipQxnNITXy0PU=) [Hank Johnson Twitter Icon](/0GhRDIPhugpkvaCnlI7a5KAhoEq1_mX2nciwjTzNSUA=) [Hank Johnson Instagram Icon](/thyHyyEW8v2GRMy774kec9N-TdL1c-RfwNRknOwmLww=) Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the middle class. This email was sent to {EMAIL} because we want to keep you fully informed about Hank's persistent work toward better healthcare, gun safety reform, quality education, and well-paying jobs. [DONATE NOW](/Lbgb8mYlqvg4lM3V12_JHkIECvvg4HMq_OB9NimWdcY=?refcode=E14141-20220219-votersuppression-footer-VotingRightsElections-RegTemplate-NA-NA&amount=22) If you prefer, contribution checks may also be mailed to Hank's campaign office at: Hank Johnson for Congress 4153 Flat Shoals Pkwy Suite 322 Building C, 2nd Fl. Decatur GA 30034 United States Paid for by Committee to Re-elect Henry "Hank" Johnson [unsubscribe](/b-gPOarRCkW5jM7HdNWP31KmuomFCdX4SQ3kyVR9T-k=)