00:00Oh, we got the black boat in the water.
00:10They always, man, no backbone, no nothing.
00:14Maurice Combs is no fan of Donald Trump.
00:17I mean, everything coming out of his mouth is not true.
00:21He'll be voting for Kamala Harris in November's election.
00:25I have mixed thoughts, but I'm going to stand behind her because she's a running Democrat.
00:31In 2020, Joe Biden flipped the peach state.
00:35Several recounts didn't change the outcome, but Donald Trump didn't let go.
00:40Four years on, Brad Raffensperger is making a show of testing election systems around
00:46the state.
00:47We have fair, secure, accurate elections here in Georgia.
00:51But a Republican-dominated state election board is passing new rules, allowing politically
00:57appointed election officials to conduct investigations and recounts at their own discretion.
01:03They're talking about opening up those ballot boxes at the local precincts instead of bringing
01:07back to the headquarters in a secured box.
01:10Should the rules be overturned?
01:13I do not support the rules as they are.
01:16That's a yes?
01:17I do not support the rules as they are.
01:19Donald Trump has heaped praise on the board members pushing the changes.
01:25He liked what we were doing and that's what he said.
01:27I haven't had any conversations with him or his team.
01:30Board member Janelle King rejects allegations the new rules are designed to cause chaos.
01:37You're 100% sure that Georgia's election results will be certified?
01:41I can't be 100% sure of anything, but I will say that if I had to bet as much as everything
01:46I have, I would put it on there that yes, it will be certified.
01:49That's her calling for the board members to be removed.
01:53Last time around, Donald Trump tried to overthrow our votes and now him and his MAGA allies
01:58are doing similar things at the state election board.
02:01The criminal case against Donald Trump over his alleged election interference in Georgia
02:07in 2020 is on hold, but the former president has made the indictment part of his campaign.
02:14It's like a slap to the face because he's, he's, he's privileged.
02:23You know, a lot.
02:24I got friends that can't vote because they're convicted felon and then he can run for president.
02:30I think that comment was awkward, but I get it.
02:33It's not a matter of, of black men identifying with being criminals.
02:39That's not what this is about.
02:41This is about black men feeling like they've been marginalized and that he can release
02:44one of the few white men in America that can relate to that.
02:48Feelings run deep because in a state like Georgia, every single vote counts.
02:53Joe Biden won here by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020.
02:59Atlanta businessman Azad Ahmadi will be voting for Donald Trump for a third time.
03:05I know where he stands, whether he likes something or he doesn't.
03:08It's very clear to me.
03:09Ahmadi's fiance thinks that for the first time, she'll also back a Republican presidential
03:15candidate, even if a black woman is running for the Democrats.
03:19Your initial thought is, wow, you know, there is the African-American woman in the position
03:24to be president, right?
03:26And then that facade kind of went out the window.
03:30It's like, where has she's, where has she been the whole presidency when Biden was here?
03:35I mean, it's like she was a ghost.
03:40In the complex maths of the U.S. presidential system, a candidate needs 270 electoral college
03:48votes to take the White House.
03:51Whoever wins Georgia gets 16, and that's quite a prize.
03:57It could even be enough to decide the entire presidential race.
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