ATLANTA — Fair Fight Action today released a statement denouncing anti-voter Governor Brian Kemp’s signing of Senate Bill 92, a bill that attacks progressive prosecutors and robs voters of a voice in the criminal legal system.
The bill comes on the heels of record voter turnout in recent historic Georgia elections, which ushered in a diverse wave of progressive and pro-criminal justice reform prosecutors, and in turn spurred this hyper-partisan, national right-wing coordinated effort to undo the will of voters. The anti-voting and anti-criminal justice reform politicians behind Senate Bill 92 have fully embraced anti-democracy principles.
Fair Fight Action Deputy Executive Director Esosa Osa released the following statement:
“Georgia voters’ ability to provide critical input into the criminal legal system is now under threat following the signing of SB 92 into law—the latest effort in Governor Kemp’s harmful, anti-democratic agenda.
The signing of SB 92 adds to Kemp’s years-long track record of attempting to silence the voices of Georgians—particularly Black and brown Georgians who are already disproportionately criminalized by the state’s criminal legal system. Georgians deserve a voice in deciding how the criminal legal system works in their communities, and Senate Bill 92 seeks to take away the voice of Georgia voters.
Make no mistake: this is part of a larger trend we are seeing nationally, where some far-right politicians are using every tool available to overturn elections. From Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Iowa, Pennsylvania, to Georgia—this is a coordinated effort that will impact voters across the country.”
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