Stacey Abrams,
the Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia, talking to the press in Atlanta on May 24:
Reporter: What do the early voting numbers inform you? Is it doable that the Democrats had been mistaken and that the brand new regulation isn’t suppressing votes?
Abrams: The query about voter suppression and voter turnout is causation with out correlation—I’m sorry, you may make errors even when you already know what you’re speaking about—it’s correlation with out causation. We know that elevated turnout has nothing to do with suppression. Suppression is about whether or not you make it tough for voters to entry the poll. And in Georgia we all know issue has been put in place for too many Georgians . . . We know that throughout this state voters are nonetheless going through difficulties, and that is simply the first. Primary voters are typically extra lively and engaged voters, however regardless of the problem, regardless of the outrage that’s official and actual, we all know voters need their proper to vote to be made actual and be held sacrosanct and so they’re exhibiting up. We know that voter turnout just isn’t proof that there isn’t suppression, it’s the antidote to suppression.
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Appeared within the May 26, 2022, print version as ‘Notable & Quotable: Turnout.’
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