by GCV Education Fund | Apr 16, 2020 | Democracy, Elections
Friend — I became a civic engagement and environmental organizer because I know communities cannot recycle our way out of the climate crisis. To create the large-scale policy we need, we have to address the underlying problems in our democratic structure. I believe we...
by GCV Education Fund | Apr 10, 2020 | Democracy, Elections
What are voter purges? Voter purges are the ways that the state takes people off the polls for failing to meet certain requirements. Georgia requirements include: -have not voted in the past seven years -have not updated their address from which they registered to...
by GCV Education Fund | Jan 31, 2020 | Democracy, Elections
What exactly is gerrymandering – and why should environmentalists care? Once every decade, the U.S. Census is conducted. This historical record counts all persons living within the population. The final counts are then used to recalculate the number of seats that each...
by GCV Education Fund | Jan 31, 2020 | Democracy, Elections, Environmental Justice
Every ten years, the U.S. government issues a census survey to collect information about the American population. The information that is collected is used for two critical purposes: 1. More than $1.5 trillion in federal funding is distributed to state and local...
by GCV Education Fund | Nov 19, 2018 | Elections, Energy & Climate, Land & Wildlife
The November 6 election welcomed new environmental stewards into the legislature as well as the approval of two state constitutional amendments that will benefit Georgia’s conservation efforts. The Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Act (Amendment 1), overwhelmingly approved...
by GCV Education Fund | Oct 22, 2018 | Elections, Energy & Climate
To win an election in Georgia, a candidate must to get over 50% of the votes. If no candidate does that, a Runoff is held between the top two vote-getters. In close elections, that means a third party, like the Libertarian or the Green Party can play spoiler for the...
