Tag: referendum
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Block Cop City group issues call for mass action to stop construction
By: Matt Scott Update: Block Cop City organizers now say the nationwide tour will cover 70 cities. Just days after members of the clergy and other people of faith chained themselves to construction equipment at the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site, a new group, Block Cop City, announced plans for a mass action on Nov.…
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Referendum coalition requests election monitors oversee City’s process
On Tuesday, the Cop City Vote Coalition requested the Carter Center monitor how Atlanta undertakes the verification process to validate the referendum petition that would put the future of the training center opponents call “Cop City” on the ballot. The coalition made its request to the director of the Carter Center’s Democracy Program David Carroll…