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With Another Razor-Thin Election Looming, Georgia Provides Little Clarity on Voting in a Natural Disaster
Published on September 20, 2024 by Alex Ip



As the climate crisis worsens extreme weather events, the rights of voters in disaster-prone regions become threatened. The stakes can't be higher in key battleground Georgia, which saw twice as many severe storms in 2023 than any other recorded year. 🍑

“With margins as narrow as Georgia’s, it could actually alter the results of the election,” 
says Jamie Mitchem, an emergency management and natural disasters expert (who also is a past The Xylom contributor!)

https://www.thexylom.com/post/with-another-razor-thin-election-looming-georgia-provides-little-clarity-on-voting-in-a-natural-dis