A Georgia House Democrat was arrested Thursday night after repeatedly banging on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s office door.
Rep. Park Cannon (D-GA-58) was banging on the door in protest of an election integrity bill signed into law Thursday. Democrats contend that the bill constitutes “voter suppression.”
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“There is no reason for me to be arrested. I am a legislator!” Cannon can be heard saying as she is taken into custody.
Cannon faces charges of “obstructing law enforcement officers by use of threats or violence” and “disrupting general assembly sessions or other meetings of members” after police reportedly asked her to leave the premises.
“Hey everyone, thank you for your support. I’ve been released from jail. I am not the first Georgian to be arrested for fighting voter suppression. I’d love to say I’m the last, but we know that isn’t true,” Cannon said on Twitter after the incident.
Hey everyone, thank you for your support. I’ve been released from jail. I am not the first Georgian to be arrested for fighting voter suppression. I’d love to say I’m the last, but we know that isn’t true. #SB202
— Representative Park Cannon (@Cannonfor58) March 26, 2021
The summary of SB 202 says the bill provides “that persons or entities that mail absentee ballot applications shall mail such applications only to eligible registered electors who have not already requested, been issued, or voted an absentee ballot.”
It also implements voter identification requirements for absentee.
States implemented “no excuse” absentee voting during the 2020 election cycle due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which Republicans argue hurts election integrity.
“I was proud to sign S.B. 202 to ensure elections in Georgia are secure, fair, and accessible. I appreciate the hard work of members of the General Assembly to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat,” Kemp said of the bill on Twitter.
I was proud to sign S.B. 202 to ensure elections in Georgia are secure, fair, and accessible. I appreciate the hard work of members of the General Assembly to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. pic.twitter.com/1ztPnfD6rd
— Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) March 25, 2021
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund disagreed with Kemp.
“Today’s passage of S.B. 202 by the Georgia state legislature and its subsequent signing into law by Governor Kemp is a shameful, anti-democratic measure targeted at Black voters who turned out in overwhelming numbers to participate in the November and January elections,” they said in statement. “The legislature has worked for over a month to craft a bill that creates unconscionable barriers to voting.”
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Her arrest record does not say arrested for “VOTER SUPRESSION’
According to Kemp she was arrested for stomping and kicking state trooper, not just banging on the door. She said she was allowed to be inside, WHICH SHE WAS NOT. SHE IS ALLOWED TO BE IN OTHER PLACES WHEN IN SESSION, But can be in someones office WHEN SHE IS INVITED. If I was her, she should have known by her last fake outrage, the same state troopers would be looking out for her. THIS IS A FELONY SHE IS CHARGED WITH. She is making like she did nothing wrong, and is the victim, imagine that. I dont know about GA, but some places, if a rep is charged with a felony, they must be let go, and cannot hold office, or run for public office. LETS HOPE. I WANT THESE DEMOCRATS TO SHOW and prove how this set of laws which is the way its supposed to be done, hurts anyone, other cheaters. PROVE IT….I SAY…And everyone else should say also.
Looks like insurrection again! Why do these people have a big mouthpiece screeching at the law officers? Can they answer what their problem is to make sure Georgia elections are free of fraud? They love to get their minute of fame. A lot of the folks that went in the Capitol are still in jail. Insurrection!