GOPer Doubles Down On Excessive Black Voting Complaint: I Prefer ‘Educated Voters’

Rep. Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, speaks about the governor's 65% school funding legislation from the well of the House at the Capitol in Atlanta Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
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The Georgia state senator who ranted about excessive black voting and vowed to fight a move to expand early voting in DeKalb County defended his remarks on Facebook, saying that he would rather have more educated voters than an increase in the total number of voters.

The Republican state senator, Fran Millar (pictured), wrote that in a comment responding to others on his post where he vowed to end Sunday balloting in DeKalb County because that area is “dominated by African American shoppers” and has “large African American mega churches.”

“I do agree with Galloway and I never claimed to be nonpartisan,” Millar wrote. “I would prefer more educated voters than a greater increase in the number of voters. If you don’t believe this is an efort [sic] to maximize Democratic votes pure and simple, then you are not a realist. This is a partisan stunt and I hope it can be stopped. Furthermore I don’t control where people are allowed to vote but am glad Brookhaven has been added for the last week.”

That comment came a few hours after Millar published his longwinded email about an appointee of Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) who “has disappointed those of us that hoped he could bring the county together.” Millar, in that same email, said that he talked with another lawmaker about ending early voting there.

“Democrats are showing their hand on how they might boost their numbers,” Millar wrote.

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  1. It’s a partisan stunt to encourage more eligible voters to vote.

  2. It’s refreshing to see a Klansman come out of the political closet and stop pretending to be of fair and just mind.

  3. Avatar for mjv135 mjv135 says:

    To paraphrase Orwell, all voters are equal but some are more equal than others.

  4. Y’all mean ejacated like teabag goobers?

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