Faced with ‘Cop City’ Referendum Push, Atlanta Changes Up Its Election Rules

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Faced with ‘Cop City’ Referendum Push, Atlanta Changes Up Its Election Rules
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So if the state tries to stop the will of the people when they go through the "proper channels," what recourse do the people have left to get their voices heard?

I'm afraid to tell you because this would happen to me. (I'm not even exaggerating about that: I live in Atlanta and am genuinely afraid to do so much as put a yard sign up opposing Cop City.)

a man’s rights rest in three boxes; the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box.