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Vote to Stop Cop City @CopCityVote

A campaign to put a referendum to Stop Cop City on the ballot. It's time for the people of Atlanta to decide. #StopCopCity Email: press@copcityvote.com

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🔥 Ready to level up your organizing? Join the ATL Organizing School (Feb 28 - Mar 2) for 3 days of deep strategy, connection, and power-building. Spots are limited! Apply now at bit.ly/atlorganizingschool 💥 #ATLOrganizingSchool #WeKeepUsSafe #StopCopCity
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‼️ Donald Trump and Andre Dickens have something in common: they both believe it’s OK to obstruct democracy when they don’t get their way. 2025 is an election year for mayor and city council. Watch the full video and join us to hold them accountable at copcityvote.org
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RT @Susi_ATL: I bet having a referendum on the Nov ballot would increase turnout
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So it *CAN* be done!
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Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlanta_press
19 Feb 2024
ATLANTA—The City Council passed legislation allowing a referendum vote on a 1% sales tax for water and sewer projects that would last for a maximum of six years and raise $1,100,000,000. The special election will be May 21, 2024.
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Timothy Pratt@TimothyJPratt
10 Feb 2024
IN press conf. aftr SWAT raid, Atlanta mayor Dickens on right way “to make your voice heard” on 'Cop City': “going to city council” meetings–but same council won't count/verify 100k petition sign's fm voters wanting to decide on project: @micahinATL theguardian.com/us-news/2024…

Georgia police and FBI conduct Swat-style raids on ‘Cop City’ activists’ homes

Pre-dawn operations in residential areas resulted in a woman forced out of her home with no shirt and a man dragged by his hair

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Atlanta City Council has failed us. We deserve better. You deserve better. It is time to replace them. Nominate yourself or someone else to run for Atlanta City Council in 2025 at tinyurl.com/citycouncil25. And please share widely!
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WATCH: For months, Council has delayed, twisted, and undermined the process to stop Cop City from being on the ballot. We're setting the record straight on how this has unfolded—and the damage it's done to public trust and democracy: youtu.be/P9xJqN9De4s

Public Comment 2/5/24

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Today, @atlcouncil sided with voter suppression over people forcing through a process w/ signature matching. After the committee vote, Atlantans occupied the Council dais. This action in response to Council resulted in 3 being cuffed before ultimately being released. #gapol
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ALT a green background with text reading "The City Council passed signature matching, over the objections of voters, experts, and leaders. But now they need to START THE COUNT. DROP THE APPEAL." with a photo of a Black woman with locs standing at the dais of Council President Doug Shipman and speaking forcefully into the camera.

a green background with text reading "Howard Shook and Andrea Boone hijacked the bill in committee to re-add signature matching, a voter suppression tactic. Over the objections of voters and Councilperson Bakhtiari, the bill’s original sponsor, Council passed this process into law 10-5." with a photo of Atlantans occupying the Council dais, with two people holding a green banner that reads "STOP COP CITY. PUT IT ON THE BALLOT."

ALT a green background with text reading "Howard Shook and Andrea Boone hijacked the bill in committee to re-add signature matching, a voter suppression tactic. Over the objections of voters and Councilperson Bakhtiari, the bill’s original sponsor, Council passed this process into law 10-5." with a photo of Atlantans occupying the Council dais, with two people holding a green banner that reads "STOP COP CITY. PUT IT ON THE BALLOT."

a green background with text reading "13 brave Atlantans occupied the Council dais after the bill was hijacked, demanding the will of the people to be heard and that Council stop playing games with their voters. 3 were arrested, but ultimately released." with a photo of 3 police officers standing and detaining protestors occupying the council dais, with one protestor in handcuffs and two others with raised fists.

ALT a green background with text reading "13 brave Atlantans occupied the Council dais after the bill was hijacked, demanding the will of the people to be heard and that Council stop playing games with their voters. 3 were arrested, but ultimately released." with a photo of 3 police officers standing and detaining protestors occupying the council dais, with one protestor in handcuffs and two others with raised fists.

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Council passed their suppressionist process, but their job isn’t done. The mayor needs to drop the appeal and get out of the way so counting can start. We’re ready to make it happen. We stand with those who put their bodies on the line on the dais today. The people will be heard.
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These brave Atlantans occupied the @atlcouncil seats to contrast the people’s will with the Council’s rejection of democracy.
🥨@marisapk
5 Feb 2024
BREAKING: At least three people have been arrested after Atlanta voters occupied the dais of @atlcouncil after Howard Shook and Andrea Boone forced re-introduction of signature matching into the signature verification process for the @CopCityVote referendum.
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Reminder to @atlcouncil—Nearly 30 organizations national leaders have endorsed this bill. Let democracy happen. @WestmorelandATL @Michael_J_Bond @AlexWanforATL @JasonHWinston @AmirForATL @ByronAmos @jasonsdozier @AndreaBooneNow @MarciOverstreet @keisha_waites @antoniolewisatl
New Georgia Project Action Fund@ngpaction
17 Jan 2024
✍🏽 AN OPEN LETTER URGING ATLANTA LEADERS TO PASS REFERENDUM LEGISLATION: Signed, GA’s leading voter rights orgs including @fairfightaction @AsianAAF @BlackVotersMtr @GAMVP @AAAJ_Atlanta @CommunityMvt @GLAHR_ @WfpGeorgia @PoderLatinx @DisabledSouth @georgiayouthco more
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Andre Dickens, June 2023: "We respect each person’s right to free speech and the process regarding referendum." Andre Dickens, January 2024: "[the referendum] hasn't advanced because it's not the right route to take...it's just political." Which one is it, @andreforatlanta?
Patrick Quinn@PatrickQuinnTV
29 Jan 2024
RIGHT NOW: "I'm disturbed by it." Mayor Andre Dickens reacts to two 'Stop Cop City' activists chaining themselves to construction equipment of contractors involved in the building of the public safety training center. APD arrested 2 GA residents for criminal trespassing.
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"I knocked on doors gathering [referendum] signatures...residents tried every legal avenue to #stopcopcity, but the City has stonewalled us at every step. I don't want to have to be doing this, but direct action & civil disobedience are the only options we have left." -Temperance
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlanta_press
29 Jan 2024
BREAKING: Two activists are using reinforced pipes to lock themselves to construction equipment at a Brasfield & Gorrie work site at 12th and Juniper in Midtown Atlanta. Brasfield & Gorrie is a funder of the Atlanta Police Foundation and is contracted to build Cop City.
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Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlanta_press
29 Jan 2024
BREAKING: Two activists are using reinforced pipes to lock themselves to construction equipment at a Brasfield & Gorrie work site at 12th and Juniper in Midtown Atlanta. Brasfield & Gorrie is a funder of the Atlanta Police Foundation and is contracted to build Cop City.
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Instead of protecting direct democracy, our city continues to obstruct it. Tell Mayor Dickens Matt Westmoreland, and ANY other members pushing voter suppression: get out of the way and let the people decide. @WfpGeorgia @ngpaction @fairfightaction @bmigeorgia @CASAforall
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🥨@marisapk
22 Jan 2024
NOW: 10 mins before a committee vote on referendum legislation, @WestmorelandATL & allies of @andreforatlanta snuck a substitute, putting @LilianaforATL's name on it w/o their approval—or knowledge. The sub *re-adds* signature matching, a non-starter for voting rights experts.
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They said they’d engage the community: they didn’t. They said they’d be transparent: they weren’t. They said they’d verify petitions: they haven’t. They said the cost wouldn’t change: it did. Enough. Put the power back in the hands of the people and let the people decide.
Riley Bunch@ribunchreports
17 Jan 2024
BREAKING: The cost of Atlanta’s public safety training center has increased by $19M, according to a presentation given by the city to City Council. Taxpayers will not be on the hook for increased costs, the city says. #atpol ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/co…
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New Georgia Project Action Fund@ngpaction
17 Jan 2024
✍🏽 AN OPEN LETTER URGING ATLANTA LEADERS TO PASS REFERENDUM LEGISLATION: Signed, GA’s leading voter rights orgs including @fairfightaction @AsianAAF @BlackVotersMtr @GAMVP @AAAJ_Atlanta @CommunityMvt @GLAHR_ @WfpGeorgia @PoderLatinx @DisabledSouth @georgiayouthco more
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