Protecting Voter Rights in Cobb County
On September 13, 2021, the ACLU of Georgia sent a letter to the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration urging it to reverse its decision to move a polling location from Cooper Middle School to the Cobb County Police Academy. At the board’s meeting that afternoon, Rahul Garabadu, ACLU of Georgia’s voting right attorney, testified.
On the heels of a board of elections meeting, Liberty is Peachy Host Kenyatta speaks with ACLU-GA Voting Rights Staff Attorney Rahul Garabadu and ACLU-GA Senior Policy Counsel Vasu Abhiraman about reversing the Cobb County elections board’s decision that moved a polling location in a majority Black precinct from a middle school to the county police academy.
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ACLU urges Cobb elections board to move new polling location away from police academy – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cobb elections board to reconsider polling place at police academy after ACLU pressure – Marietta Daily Journal
Cobb elections board reconsiders voting location move to police academy – Atlanta Journal-constitution