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AJC: Atlanta training center referendum petition passes 30,000 signatures, group says
“’Decisions this important...should represent the will and needs of the people,’ Keron Blair, New Georgia Project Action Fund Chief Field and Organizing Officer, said in a statement. “
11Alive: Opponents of future public safety training site say they are half way in the signature-collection process
“NGPAF organizer James Mayes said when all the signatures they’ve collected are added up, along with what was collected by other groups, they are on track to meet the August 19 deadline...”
Fox 5 Atlanta: Critics of controversial Atlanta training center canvass voters in referendum effort
“’We believe in the power of the ballot measure we believe in the power of the people,’ said James Mays, deputy field director of canvassing efforts for the voting-rights group.”
New Georgia Project Action Fund Joins Effort for Ballot Referendum on Atlanta Police Training Center, Known as “Cop City”
For Immediate Release [email protected] The organization’s canvassers have already begun collecting petition signatures. (Atlanta, GA) — New Georgia Project Action Fund (NGPAF) proudly joins a coalition of grassroots organizations and activists working to ensure City of Atlanta residents have [...]
AJC: Injunction in training center referendum lawsuit could push vote to 2024
“Groups assisting in collecting signatures including the nonprofit New Georgia Project Action Fund, which works to register voters.”
CNN: Democratic worries bubble up over Cornel West’s Green Party run as Biden campaign takes hands-off approach
“Billy Honor, the director of organizing for the New Georgia Project Action Fund, told CNN... ‘[Biden] is not popular in Atlanta.’”
Fox 5 Atlanta: Advocates for voters rights concerned about Georgia's upcoming ‘purge' of voter rolls
“Kendra Cotton, CEO of voting rights group New Georgia Project Action Fund, acknowledges voter rolls must be correct. She worries, however, the cancelations could disenfranchise legitimate, registered voters.”
Axios: Secretary of State set to trim Georgia voter rolls ahead of 2024
"’Voting is a right,’ said Kendra Cotton, the group's CEO. ‘If someone chooses not to use it, that doesn’t mean they lose it.’”
NewsOne: Georgia ‘Voter Suppression’ Alleged Over Plans To Drop Nearly 200K Registered Names From Rolls
“’The officials who oversee our elections…should be concerned with expanding access to the ballot box,’ New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO Kendra Cotton said in a statement emailed to NewsOne on Wednesday morning.”
AJC: Georgia plans to cancel registrations of 191,000 inactive voters
“’Georgia is well-known for its wide-ranging and creative attempts at voter suppression,’ New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO Kendra Cotton said.”
