The Georgia Hour, episode 186: Georgia’s Ballot Battlefield: Trump’s Paper Push vs. Kemp’s Shadow Games

In this fiery episode of The Geor­gia Hour, host BKP dives deep into Geor­gia’s elec­tion integri­ty cri­sis, chan­nel­ing raw frus­tra­tion and unyield­ing opti­mism as the state teeters on the brink of reclaim­ing fair votes. Kick­ing off with a recap of the pre­vi­ous day’s State Board of Elec­tions meet­ing, BKP asserts that patri­ots are “this close” to vic­to­ry, echo­ing Don­ald Trump’s recent ral­ly cries for same-day paper bal­lots and an out­right ban on mail-in vot­ing due to ram­pant fraud. He blasts absen­tee bal­lots as the “high­est risk method” for coer­cion, theft, and manip­u­la­tion, cit­ing Jim­my Carter’s own warn­ings and glob­al stan­dards that shun them except in dire cas­es.

BKP turns the spot­light on Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kem­p’s untapped pow­ers, using a recent exec­u­tive order sus­pend­ing Towns Coun­ty Sher­iff Ken­neth Hen­der­son as Exhib­it A to debunk claims that Kemp and Attor­ney Gen­er­al Chris Carr were pow­er­less against 2020 irreg­u­lar­i­ties or to oust Ful­ton Coun­ty DA Fani Willis. He refus­es to “clear” Kemp, Raf­fensperg­er, or Gabriel Ster­ling, insist­ing the gov­er­nor’s office—among the nation’s most potent—could have launched probes into jail deaths under Willis’s watch and bal­lot mis­han­dling. A graph­ic of Trump’s RICO charges under­scores the stakes, with BKP wager­ing Kemp and Carr could have axed Willis and halt­ed the probe.

The episode’s core unrav­els Ful­ton Coun­ty’s “fias­co,” where 200,000 bal­lot receipts van­ished, and offi­cials admit­ted pre-elec­tion destruc­tion of records. BKP spot­lights the Board­’s let­ter to the DOJ—now “pro­gress­ing” under Ed Martin—for a full audit, tying it to Trump’s pub­lic Ful­ton accu­sa­tions. Pub­lic tes­ti­monies steal the show: Activist Aman­da Pret­ty­man accus­es Board Chair­man John Fer­vi­er (Kemp appointee) of col­lud­ing with the Sec­re­tary of State’s office to ram through a con­sent decree bury­ing SEB Case 2023–25 (Rossi/Moncla’s Ful­ton probe) by resched­ul­ing it to exclude ally Rick Jef­feries. Text mes­sages reveal Fer­vier’s shady maneuvering—“I don’t think you want any part of this”—prompting calls for his imme­di­ate res­ig­na­tion from Joe Rossi and Sam Carn­line, who decry it as “obstruct­ing jus­tice.”

BKP prais­es Rossi’s steely con­fronta­tion, shar­ing a post-meet­ing call where the whistle­blow­er admit­ted shak­ing nerves. Shift­ing to reform, Dr. Jan­ice John­ston (a “great Amer­i­can hero”) pro­pos­es Board res­o­lu­tions urg­ing law­mak­ers to end no-excuse absen­tee voting—limiting it to excus­es like illness—and enforce a 7 PM Elec­tion Day cut­off for all bal­lots, includ­ing over­seas. The debate crack­les: Demo­c­rat Sara Tin­dall Ghaz­al and Fer­vi­er defend con­ve­nience for over­worked fam­i­lies (anec­dotes of sev­en-day shifts at Waf­fle House or res­i­den­cies), but John­ston coun­ters with fraud risks, lost bal­lot secre­cy, and over­bur­dened staff, invok­ing Carter’s fraud alerts and ear­ly vot­ing as suf­fi­cient alter­na­tives. Janelle King backs sim­pli­fi­ca­tion to ease work­er strain, while Fer­vier’s par­ti­san flip-flop draws scorn. The res­o­lu­tion pass­es nar­row­ly (3–2), a tool BKP urges lis­ten­ers to wield against guber­na­to­r­i­al can­di­dates.

Wrap­ping with a teas­er for tomor­row, BKP spot­lights open records activist Brent Mead­ows’ bomb­shell audit: 4,300 vio­la­tions by the Sec­re­tary of State’s office, includ­ing dele­tions of 102 elec­tion-data requests (like Jason Fra­zier’s), 600 crim­i­nal acts, and data­base tampering—erasing trans­paren­cy logs to hide Ful­ton secrets. He slams Lt. Gov. can­di­date Greg Dolezal for cozy­ing up to indict­ed Ful­ton Chair Ron Pitts and ral­lies “drifters” (true fight­ers) to restore elec­tions. Amid ad spots and shoutouts to sup­port­ers like Lau­ren, BKP ends on a defi­ant high: With Trump watch­ing, DOJ prob­ing, and res­o­lu­tions arm­ing vot­ers, Geor­gia’s “sun­shine” era of account­abil­i­ty is dawning—because “these peo­ple will not stop fight­ing.” 

Clock­ing in at a packed hour, this is elec­tion activism as unfil­tered call-to-arms.