Georgia County Orders Elderly Black Voters Off Bus Taking Them To The Polls

Guille said:
I don't think it is what's in place. If it were there'd be no need for the subterfuge, the response from the county would have been very simple but it wasn't.
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There's a rule there somewhere. someone called in a violation. Can't ignore that.
Bottom line, they'll get to vote...
You shouldn't have to show your ID, etc. to get into your old HS if you want to go back and visit, but I bet you do...the world is pretty screwed up....
 
It was the director of the senior center that ordered the people out of the bus.
The director and rightly so was uncomfortable allowing seniors to leave the faculty in a bus with an unknown third party.
There are legal liability concerns here for the senior center.
No one is preventing anyone from voting.

A lawyer would have a field day with this if the bus were involved in an accidental
 
TOP said:
They'll get to the polls....plenty of time. The group obviously broke rules that are in place...
I can't transport groups without written permission/bunches of forms first. That's the way it is today...thanks to, GEE.. I wonder*....
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^another RWer missing the point.
 
krudzu said:
Have you ever been to a senior center? They have lectures and classes and libraries and arts and crafts clubs.. Some have a farmer's market once a week.. Typically you can also renew your diriver's license and register to vote.. They are NOT seniors that require round the clock nursing assistance.
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So you say.

Was there a senior center on Riker's when you were there, faux "Saudi princess?"
 
Legion said:
1. The County has guidelines in place prohibiting non-permitted political activity on government premises.
2. You have no way of knowing whether any of the seniors in question is "impaired" or not, do you?
3. The bus or van they take to the polls isn't the issue in this case; the issue is the county guidelines regarding political activity at government owned premises.
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The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex - Official Site


bensoncenter.org

The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex, commonly referred to as The Benson Center, serves North Fulton County residents through three distinct levels of services for independent, semi-independent and semi-dependent individuals. ... The Sandy Springs Neighborhood Center is managed by Senior Services North Fulton. Senior Services North ...

http://bensoncenter.org/
 
he was not their babysitters idioit


He had NO LEGAL right to order them off the bus


he had NO PROOF there was any incident of the problem he claimed


he merely saw they were all black and assumed they would all vote Democratic party.

he had no proof of what he claimed he feared
 
kudzu said:
The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex - Official Site


bensoncenter.org

The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex, commonly referred to as The Benson Center, serves North Fulton County residents through three distinct levels of services for independent, semi-independent and semi-dependent individuals. ... The Sandy Springs Neighborhood Center is managed by Senior Services North Fulton. Senior Services North ...

http://bensoncenter.org/
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The Multipurpose Facility goal is to serve independent participants 55 years of age or older through various cutting edge programs (classes), services and events. The Multipurpose Facility programming is geared towards participants who are looking for classes and opportunities to build and maintain social networks.
 
krudzu said:
The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex - Official Site bensoncenter.org The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex, commonly referred to as The Benson Center, serves North Fulton County residents through three distinct levels of services for independent, semi-independent and semi-dependent individuals. ... The Sandy Springs Neighborhood Center is managed by Senior Services North Fulton. Senior Services North ...http://bensoncenter.org/
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The Adult Day Care Facility offers a structured, comprehensive program for adults with functional limitations for all or part of the day. Examples of functional limitations may include some difficulty with mobility, dining, toileting reminders, as well as other physical or cognitive challenges. Our programs offer a variety of social, health and related support services in a protective setting.

Maybe you should have read the web page, faux "Saudi princess."

Say, does the Prince volunteer there as wheelchair pusher? :rofl2:
 
kudzu said:
10/17/2018 05:19 pm ET


.“We knew it was an intimidation tactic,” Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown said.

.Dozens of black senior citizens in rural Georgia were ordered off a bus bound for the polls after county officials said the event constituted prohibited “political activity.”


A Jefferson County clerk reportedly told staff members from the Leisure Center in Louisville on Monday ― the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia ― that roughly 40 black people couldn’t take part in the trip after receiving a complaint from an unnamed caller.


The trip had been organized by the nonpartisan Black Voters Matter, which is embarking on a bus tour across several southern states with the goal of urging black people to vote. The caller said the bus, which was painted with the words “The South is Rising Tour,” should not be allowed to bring people to the polls, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


Jefferson County Administrator Adam Brett said the trip, set to depart from a county-run senior center, was political and therefore violated guidelines imposed on county-sponsored events, the AJC reported. Although Black Voters Matter is a nonpartisan organization, Jefferson County Democratic Party Chairwoman Diane Evans helped organize the event.


Officials “felt uncomfortable with allowing senior center patrons to leave the facility in a bus with an unknown third party,” Brett told the AJC. “No seniors at the Jefferson County senior center were denied their right to vote.”

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-voters-matter-bus-georgia_us_5bc76a27e4b055bc947ce32b
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This bus went to a county government establishment on county property and the seniors were driven to the rec center. The attorney for the county spoke on this not just the director. They would be liable if something happened because it wasn't approved ahead of time.

Jefferson County administration felt uncomfortable with allowing senior center patrons to leave the facility in a bus with an unknown third party,..No seniors at the Jefferson County senior center were denied their right to vote.
 
are you actually still discussing this

look, if you are too stupid to stop whomever is trying to stop you from voting, I don't want you voting

NEXT
 
evince said:
The Multipurpose Facility goal is to serve independent participants 55 years of age or older through various cutting edge programs (classes), services and events. The Multipurpose Facility programming is geared towards participants who are looking for classes and opportunities to build and maintain social networks.
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The Adult Day Care Facility offers a structured, comprehensive program for adults with functional limitations for all or part of the day. Examples of functional limitations may include some difficulty with mobility, dining, toileting reminders, as well as other physical or cognitive challenges. Our programs offer a variety of social, health and related support services in a protective setting.

Sounds like a place for you, Desh. :rofl2:
 
kudzu said:
Have you ever been to a senior center? They have lectures and classes and libraries and arts and crafts clubs.. Some have a farmer's market once a week.. Typically you can also renew your diriver's license and register to vote..

They are NOT seniors that require round the clock nursing assistance.
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Some are private-some are funded by the city....They do have rules and guidelines for trips....and county activities..(Driver's license renewal-doubtful ? Voter registration...probably...)
 
Tomorrow the AJC is coming out with a front page story about a black couple who had to stop at a red light on their way to the polls.
 
Tkaffen said:
It was the director of the senior center that ordered the people out of the bus.
The director and rightly so was uncomfortable allowing seniors to leave the faculty in a bus with an unknown third party.
There are legal liability concerns here for the senior center.
No one is preventing anyone from voting.

A lawyer would have a field day with this if the bus were involved in an accidental
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they don't own these citizens to order them around


they are independent human beings


PROVE they were nursing home residents who the facility was in charge of
 
krudzu said:
The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex - Official Site bensoncenter.org The Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex, commonly referred to as The Benson Center, serves North Fulton County residents through three distinct levels of services for independent, semi-independent and semi-dependent individuals. ... The Sandy Springs Neighborhood Center is managed by Senior Services North Fulton. Senior Services North ... http://bensoncenter.org/
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That's not the Center in question, faux "Saudi princess."
 
Tkaffen said:
It was the director of the senior center that ordered the people out of the bus.
The director and rightly so was uncomfortable allowing seniors to leave the faculty in a bus with an unknown third party.
There are legal liability concerns here for the senior center.
No one is preventing anyone from voting.

A lawyer would have a field day with this if the bus were involved in an accidental
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"A Jefferson County clerk reportedly told staff members from the Leisure Center in Louisville on Monday ― the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia ― that roughly 40 black people couldn’t take part in the trip after receiving a complaint from an unnamed caller. "
 
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