Kemp: 'Ridiculous' To Suggest I Step Down For Stalling 53K Voter Registrations

[workinclasszero]

By Allegra Kirkland October 15, 2018 10:53 am

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) is going on the offensive against critics of his office’s policy that blocked 53,000 Georgians—most of them black—from registering to vote.

Calls for him to resign over the policy are “ridiculous,” Kemp, who is locked in a close race for governor, said Friday.

Speaking to the Forsyth County News, the GOP nominee for governor called claims of mass voter suppression “fake news” and a “manufactured story from the Democrats.”

Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams argued last week that Kemp had to step down so that Georgians can “have confidence that their Secretary of State competently and impartially oversee this election.”

An Associated Press review of state records found that some 70 percent of the 53,000 people affected by the policy are black.

Kemp has insisted that affected voters can still cast ballots in person on Election Day, and attacked “outside agitators”—a term used by segregationists in the South—for stirring up controversy about his policy.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/brian-kemp-ridiculous-step-down-holding-up-georgia-voter-registration

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. who you gonna believe

You gonna believe your lyin' eyes and state records, or a GOPer?

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Should be jailed

This is criminal.

[SunSeeker]

3. Seems like a pretty blatant civil rights violation. This should be disqualifying.

[regnaD kciN]

5. It would be, if the Voting Rights Act were still in effect...

...but it’s not, because the Republican-controlled SCOTUS decided there was “no need” for such measures anymore.

[SunSeeker]

7. Much of the VRA is still in effect. And all of 42 USC 1983 is still on the books.

But of course, it requires a lawsuit and having to prove it in court. The Georgia Coalition of the People’s Agenda, the local NAACP and other civil rights groups filed a lawsuit last Thursday, which seeks to halt enforcement of the “exact match” rule. https://www.politicususa.com/2018/10/12/voting-rights-group-sues-gop-brian-kemp-for-boosting-his-campaign-by-depressing-minority-voters.html Maybe they can get a TRO, but there's only 3 weeks left before the election.

[Turin_C3PO]

4. I would support life in prison

for those who would take away our sacred right to vote. Seriously, it’s THAT important.

[BeckyDem]

6. Kemp: Voting rights are ridiculous.

Stacey must win this race.