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Community Mobilizes to Register Voters Amid Nationwide Purge

9/28/2025

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Paine College students and Augusta community members held a Sept. 27, 2025 phone bank to help Richmond County voters register by Oct. 6.
It followed a nationwide voter purge affecting hundreds of thousands, including many in Richmond County.
Southern Poverty Law Center Georgia (SPLC Georgia), Georgia Shift, and Indivisible CSRA collaborated. Bri Jackson urged checking voter status and polling locations.

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Story summary

Paine College students and Augusta community members held a Sept. 27, 2025 phone bank to help Richmond County voters register by Oct. 6.
It followed a nationwide voter purge affecting hundreds of thousands, including many in Richmond County.
Southern Poverty Law Center Georgia (SPLC Georgia), Georgia Shift, and Indivisible CSRA collaborated. Bri Jackson urged checking voter status and polling locations.