{"id":20667,"date":"2019-01-17T12:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=20667"},"modified":"2019-01-17T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T17:07:14","slug":"videos-clyattville-precinct-at-board-of-elections-lowndes-county-georgia-2019-01-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/videos-clyattville-precinct-at-board-of-elections-lowndes-county-georgia-2019-01-08.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Clyattville Precinct at Board of Elections, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2019-01-08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nMost attending ever seen at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/194\/Board-of-Elections\">Lowndes County, Georgia, Board of Elections<\/a>!\r\nPotential closure of the Clyattville voting precinct was the issue.\r\nThat won&#8217;t happen because of the strength of the Clyattville community\r\nin organizing and working with the union hall.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiGnJuWDh1hvWsU-Jbt1tbDM&#038;disable_polymer=true\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Krs_OcCCgxY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe union hall,\r\nat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/222\/Polling-Locations\">\r\n5421 Madison Highway<\/a>,\r\nis<!--more-->\r\n\r\n the meeting of the workers union,\r\nUnited Steel Workers (USW) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usw.org\/news\/publications\/monday-morning-minute\/monday-morning-minute-june-4-2018\">Local 646<\/a>,\r\nat the paper mill,\r\nthe <a href=\"https:\/\/millstraining.packagingcorp.com\/MillsTrainingVideos\/\">\r\nValdosta Mill of Packaging Corporation of America (PCA)<\/a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"4241 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA, USW Union Hall\"\r\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/5241+Madison+Hwy,+Valdosta,+GA+31601\/@30.6956858,-83.3135457,3a,15y,101.36h,85.69t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smHC8SnFdf6ctM8zMUozi2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x88ee8a40ce7d8d13:0x9655302cb9ea2958!8m2!3d30.6955394!4d-83.3129427\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"7651\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" alt=\"4241 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA, USW Union Hall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3301e1158a846a9e152ac83cd5e0014a.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/5241+Madison+Hwy,+Valdosta,+GA+31601\/@30.6956858,-83.3135457,3a,15y,101.36h,85.69t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smHC8SnFdf6ctM8zMUozi2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x88ee8a40ce7d8d13:0x9655302cb9ea2958!8m2!3d30.6955394!4d-83.3129427\">Google maps Street View<\/a>, USW Union Hall, 4241 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe origin of the issue was the union hall said it didn&#8217;t want to\r\ncontinue being a polling station, due to some misunderstanding.\r\nThere is no other good location.\r\nThe old fire hall is not heated or cooled, and is used for storage.\r\nThe new fire hall is too small.\r\n<p>\r\nJerome Tucker, former Chair of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority,\r\nwas present at the Board of Elections meeting,\r\nand he will be the new poll manager for the Clyattville Precinct.\r\n<p>\r\nExactly how this happened is not clear, since it happened before the Board of Elections meeting.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Krs_OcCCgxY&#038;index=2&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGnJuWDh1hvWsU-Jbt1tbDM&#038;t=5m30s\">\r\nAccording to Jerome Tucker<\/a>,\r\napparently local people had a meeting &#8220;last Thursday&#8221;\r\nwith 35-40 people, including a union representative.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiGnJuWDh1hvWsU-Jbt1tbDM&#038;disable_polymer=true\">\r\na LAKE video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiGnJuWDh1hvWsU-Jbt1tbDM&#038;disable_polymer=true\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: Clyattville Precinct at Board of Elections, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2019-01-08\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, January 8, 2019.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -gretchen\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most attending ever seen at the Lowndes County, Georgia, Board of Elections! Potential closure of the Clyattville voting precinct was the issue. That won&#8217;t happen because of the strength of the Clyattville community in organizing and working with the union hall. 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