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Voter Fraud Charges from 2010 Fizzle in Quitman, south Georgia

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(APN) QUITMAN — On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, after four years, two mistrials, and a third trial that lasted over four week, Lula Smart, one of the original “Quitman 10,” was finally found not guilty on all charges of voter fraud.    Georgia’s Republican Legislature has used the spectre of “voter fraud” to justify efforts that have made it more […]

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Black Leaders Mobilize to Help the Quitman Ten

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Black leaders and elected officials held a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol on Monday, January 23, 2012, to discuss their concern regarding the Quitman Ten, a group of Black elected officials and voters from Quitman, Georgia, who are facing questionable indictments for voter fraud. Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia is a small town of approximate […]

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