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Should Georgians vote on whether to return the confederate battle emblem to the state flag? Some argue a vote is not fair when it's about a symbol of hatred and slavery. Using the flag conflict as an example, this feature story examines the broader question: In a democracy, should people always get the vote?
Citizens and lawmakers on both sides of the issue weigh in.
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Should Georgians vote on whether to return the confederate battle emblem to the state flag? Some argue a vote is not fair when it's about a symbol of hatred and slavery. Using the flag conflict as an example, this feature story examines the broader question: In a democracy, should people always get the vote? Citizens and lawmakers on both sides of the issue weigh in.
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Local Host Intro: The power to vote is central to democracies. But is voting always the best way to settle debate? Earlier this year, Georgia state lawmakers wrestled with the idea of letting people vote on whether to place the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. Georgia Public Radio?s Emily Kopp reports.
On a cool January day in Atlanta?more than a thousand Southern heritage buffs, dressed in Confederate uniforms and antebellum dresses, paraded at the State Capitol.
They waved Georgia?s old state flag, with the star-studded blue cross on a red field, the symbol commonly known as the confederate battle emblem.
Georgia?s first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Sonny Perdue, had just taken office.
Sons of Confederate Veterans member John Hall said the governor soon would fulfill a key campaign pledge: to hold a vote on the state flag.
Hall: After 130 years, we...
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Review of Grand Old Flag
Nicely-paced and narrated look at an emotional and politically complex matter. While Southern states struggle to resolve their flag conflicts, the report touches on a larger notion: whether voter referendums are always in the public's best interest. Given the 2003 Californa Governor's recall brouhaha (and expense), it is an issue worth exploring.