ATLANTA — Some local pastors think someone is putting out misinformation about the date of the big election to keep the Black community from voting. A sign posted in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood suggests the election is Nov. 5, and not Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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“That’s not true. This is not true,” members of the organization, Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, said during their meeting Monday.
The pastors wanted to make it clear to everyone. The election is not Nov. 5 as this sign suggests.
They want everyone to focus on the actual date: “When?” someone asked. “Tuesday. November the 3rd, the crowd responded.
This all began after a member of Associate Pastor Gregory Saunders’ church, Berean Seventh Day Adventist on H.E. Holmes Drive and Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, thought the election date had changed after seeing the sign with the inaccurate date.
“This is where the sign was posted,” Saunders showed Channel 2’s Tom Jones.
Pastor Saunders says he immediately took down the sign and set the record straight amongst his congregation. He let them know the election is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Then he says another pastor in another predominantly Black community saw a similar sign with an inaccurate date.
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Who would do this?" Jones asked.
“Someone who is intentional. Who doesn’t want to see the process work honestly,” Saunders replied.
Back at the Concerned Black Clergy meeting, the president of the organization had this observation: “I’ve only seen this in the Black community,” Rev. Shanan Jones said.
The pastors say this is an effort to misguide and trick Black people into not voting.
“Don’t listen to the mis[information] and disinformation. Get the facts,” Helen Butler of the Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda said.
They came up with this chant to drive home the point that the election is Tuesday, and people need to get out and vote: “Have you heard. Have you heard. November the 3rd. November the 3rd.”
The pastors say they now plan to use the Nov. 5 date to celebrate their election victories.
The polls open at seven o’clock Tuesday morning.
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