Georgia Primary

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
PROGRAM #10381 12:00 PM PT

Georgia Primary.

Voters in Georgia went to the polls on Tuesday to decide contested primaries for Congress, state legislature and local offices. How to read the voter turnout and election results?

Guest: Carlos Medina, Lead Community Organizer, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights – GLAHR, Mi Gente, Atlanta, GA, today from Liberty County, GA.

New Georgia Voting Rules. Georgia Republican Gov. Bryan Kemp signed legislation that makes controversial changes to voting rights and the way elections are run in the state, ahead of the presidential election. The new laws, called a “step backwards for voter rights and voting access” by civil rights leaders, include provisions that could determine the outcome of the November election in this key state. What’s in those laws? What’s the road ahead in the legal battle?

Guest: Adelina Nicholls, Executive Director, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights-GLAHR, Atlanta, GA.

Auto Workers Win, Lose Union Votes. A month after auto workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee voted in a landslide to unionize, workers at Alabama’s Mercedes plant voted against joining the UAW. How to read these mixed results? Are Southern governors who have attacked labor organizing having an impact?

Guest: Angel, Member, United Auto Workers-UAW, Local 52, Chattanooga, TN.

Photo: Valerie Reneé via Flickr 

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