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Jodi is originally from Rome, Georgia. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina. She lives in Marietta with her husband.

Jodi is a real estate agent and a general contractor at her father's construction company. She also is a scenic painter in the film industry. She has worked as a television host for 25 years.

Jodi Diodati's campaign for state representative is her first entry into politics.

Wants to get rid of state income tax, lower other taxes, and get rid of tax exemptions for special interest groups.

Wants to audit state programs in order to cut funding.

- Wants to get rid of state income tax, lower other taxes, and get rid of tax exemptions for special interest groups. 
- Supports deregulating business. 
- Wants to audit state programs in order to cut funding.

Economy

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Voting & Elections

Wants hospitals to provide prices online for common services like x-rays, outpatient visits, cesarean deliveries, and lab tests.

Supports letting doctors prescribe off label medications to patients.

Wants to "ensure medical freedom and a patient's 'Right to Try' without government overreach or interference."

- Wants hospitals to provide prices online for common services like x-rays, outpatient visits, cesarean deliveries, and lab tests. 
- Supports letting doctors prescribe off label medications to patients. 
- Wants to "ensure medical freedom and a patient's 'Right to Try' without government overreach or interference." 
- Supports legalizing medical marijuana.

Healthcare

Wants to audit school funding for "wasteful spending" to use to teacher pay.

Supports offering more job training to high school students.

Wants to restrict the use of school waivers for classroom size.

- Wants to audit school funding for "wasteful spending" to use to teacher pay. 
- Supports offering more job training to high school students. 
- Wants to restrict the use of school waivers for classroom size.

Education

Wants voters to decide whether to legalize marijuana for adults 21 years or older.

Supports more funding to the police for de-escalation training and other nonlethal tactics.

Believes that dash and body cam footage of police shootings should be made public after 30 days unless the department can prove that releasing the footage would compromise an investigation.

Wants to require police officers to do foot patrols to engage with the community.

- Wants voters to decide whether to legalize marijuana for adults 21 years or older. 
- Supports more funding to the police for de-escalation training and other nonlethal tactics. 
- Believes that dash and body cam footage of police shootings should be made public after 30 days unless the department can prove that releasing the footage would compromise an investigation. 
- Wants to require police officers to do foot patrols to engage with the community.

Public Safety

Jodi Diodati

Saira is from Georgia. She has a bachelor's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a law degree from Georgetown University. She lives in the Atlanta area with her family.

Saira is a civil rights lawyer. She works for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Previously, she was in the U.S. Peace Corps.

Saira Draper was the Georgia Director of Voter Protection for the State Democratic Party for the 2020 elections. Her campaign for State Representative is her first entry into elected politics.

Plans to make "voting as simple and convenient as possible while appropriately balancing access and security."

Wants to repeal SB 202. She said, "The impact of these restrictions are falling disproportionately on voters of color, suppressing their voices."

Promises to work to get rid of barriers to voting by expanding vote-by-mail and drop boxes, allowing same-day voter registration, and protecting Sunday voting.

Wants to fully fund elections and voter education efforts.

Supports using hand-marked paper ballots instead of machines for voting.

Wants redistricting to be done by an independent commission "charged with promoting partisan fairness, competitiveness, and racial/ethnic representation."

- Plans to make "voting as simple and convenient as possible while appropriately balancing access and security."
- Wants to repeal SB 202. She said, "The impact of these restrictions are falling disproportionately on voters of color, suppressing their voices."
- Promises to work to get rid of barriers to voting by expanding vote-by-mail and drop boxes, allowing same-day voter registration, and protecting Sunday voting. 
- Wants to fully fund elections and voter education efforts. 
- Supports using hand-marked paper ballots instead of machines for voting. 
- Wants redistricting to be done by an independent commission "charged with promoting partisan fairness, competitiveness, and racial/ethnic representation."

Wants to make healthcare available to more Georgians, including expanding Medicaid.

Supports creating a state-level program to import prescription drugs from other countries to reduce drug costs by at least 50%.

- Wants to make healthcare available to more Georgians, including expanding Medicaid. 
- Supports creating a state-level program to import prescription drugs from other countries to reduce drug costs by at least 50%.

Wants to raise teacher pay, fully fund public schools, update the funding formula to provide more money to students living in poverty, and increase transportation funding.

Supports "teaching history the good, bad and ugly."

- Wants to raise teacher pay, fully fund public schools, update the funding formula to provide more money to students living in poverty, and increase transportation funding. 
- Supports "teaching history - the good, bad and ugly."

Said that we must "think broadly about how to prevent harm and victimization."

Opposes recent actions of the state legislature that make it easier to get guns.

Wants to make the streets safer by increasing pedestrian and biking infrastructure.

Believes that providing people with a safe place to live is an important part of crime prevention, and wants to provide more housing in Georgia.

- Said that we must "think broadly about how to prevent harm and victimization."
- Opposes recent actions of the state legislature that make it easier to get guns.
- Wants to make the streets safer by increasing pedestrian and biking infrastructure.
- Believes that providing people with a safe place to live is an important part of crime prevention, and wants to provide more housing in Georgia.

Plans to provide tax relief to low-income homeowners.

Supports increased protections for renters.

Plans to pass state-level Earned Income Tax Credit, which would reduce the amount of income tax owed by lowand middle-income families, and supports a more progressive state tax rate.

Wants to protect workers and small businesses by providing better access to loans and federal support and underwriting loan guarantees, for minority and women-owned businesses in particular.

Supports paid sick and family leave policies and affordable local childcare options.

- Plans to provide tax relief to low-income homeowners.
- Supports increased protections for renters.
- Plans to pass state-level Earned Income Tax Credit, which would reduce the amount of income tax owed by low- and middle-income families, and supports a more progressive state tax rate. 
- Wants to protect workers and small businesses by providing better access to loans and federal support and underwriting loan guarantees, for minority and women-owned businesses in particular.
- Supports paid sick and family leave policies and affordable local childcare options.

Saira Draper

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Georgia State House of Representatives.
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