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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Carlisa N. Johnson

‘We’re hitting the soil’: Georgia activists mobilize voters in an off year

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Cliff Albright speaks at a rally at the Lincoln Memorial in 2021. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images

After mobilizing voters for several statewide elections last year, from the primary to the November midterm and then the December runoff, voting rights groups in Georgia say there’s no time to rest. Organizers from New Project Georgia are hitting the streets and going door to door to register voters to continue expanding the state’s electorate, building Georgia’s growing influence on national politics.

Keron Blair, the group’s chief field and organizing officer, is coordinating upwards of 50 organizers in an effort to accelerate voter expansion during this time when many voters become disengaged.

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