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Washington Post: The county to watch in the Georgia Senate runoff
But turning out those voters takes work, said Billy Honor, the organizing director for the New Georgia Project, the group that decided to focus its get-out-the-vote efforts on Henry County in the home stretch. “If I can use a religious [...]
AP: Nonprofits strain to support voters in Georgia Senate race
“It’s not just, ‘Find new canvassers and recruit new volunteers.’ It’s also, ‘Find new money,’” said Kendra Cotton, CEO of New Georgia Project — founded by Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who lost her second campaign to become the state’s governor [...]
Teen Vogue: Young Georgians Are Getting Out the Vote for the December 6 Senate Runoff
Kierra Stanford, 24, a lead organizer with the New Georgia Project, a nonpartisan organization founded by Stacey Abrams and dedicated to increasing voter registration and turnout, says one of the hurdles to organizing for the runoff is education: Many young [...]
Boston Globe: In a shortened Georgia Senate sprint, candidates court split-ticket voters
“They do not want to expand the electorate,” said Kendra Cotton, chief executive of the New Georgia Project, a nonpartisan organization founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams that has worked to register and mobilize new voters. “They know Georgia is browning [...]
Capital Beat: Counties gearing up for weekend early voting ahead of Senate runoff, polls to be open Sunday in Floyd
Voting rights groups urged county election officials Tuesday to allow weekend early voting in their communities. “Georgians deserve more than five or six days of early voting,” said Stephanie Ali, policy director for the New Georgia Project.
Statement from New Georgia Project on Georgia Supreme Court’s Ruling to Uphold Early Voting on Saturday for U.S. Senate Runoff Election
November 23, 2022 For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected]; (Atlanta, GA) - New Georgia Project Field Director, Elijah Grace, released the following statement regarding the Georgia Supreme Court’s ruling to allow early voting for the U.S. Senate runoff election to begin [...]
Puff, Puff, Pass Better Legislation: The Cannabis Industry is on the Ballot this November
Puff, Puff, Pass Better Legislation: The Cannabis Industry is on the Ballot this November The United States medical cannabis industry is expected to be valued at $40 billion by 2030 and to grow annually at a compound rate of over [...]
More than abortion access: why we need reproductive justice voters this November Jasmine Keith, Reproductive Justice Lead Organizer, New Georgia Project
More than abortion access: why we need reproductive justice voters this November Jasmine Keith, Reproductive Justice Lead Organizer, New Georgia Project The Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning 50 years of abortion protections under Roe [...]
Maggie Bell, Lead Organizer for New Georgia Project’s Agenda for Young Georgians, Spearheads Campaign to Take on Student Debt Cancellation
New Georgia Project (NGP) is so much more than a voter registration and civic engagement organization. We are also organizers. Through our field work, phone banking, and award-winning research, we engage Georgians across the state to learn what exactly impacts [...]
WRDW: Website breaks down ballot for Georgia voters ahead of Election Day
There is a new resource voters can use to better understand candidates and issues on the ballot this October. New Georgia Project created a website called ReadySet.Vote. You type in your address and the site starts breaking down the voting [...]
