Federal judge won't undo Georgia voter purge

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia doesn't have to put almost 100,000 voters back on its rolls, a federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones ruled that a voting rights advocacy group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams is improperly asking him to interpret state law. Jones also said the group hasn't proved that people who have been removed had their constitutional rights violated.

However, Jones also ordered Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to do more to warn people that they had been removed. The judge is especially singling out a southwest Georgia state House district where a Jan. 28 special election is scheduled. Voters there who have been removed have only until Monday to re-register.

Raffensperger in October released a list of over 313,000 voters whose registrations were at risk of being canceled. Fair Fight Action, a voting rights group, had asked for the purge to be halted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/federal-judge-wont-undo-georgia-voter-purge/ar-BBYoXD7?li=BBnb7Kz

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...for visibility...nt

[rampartc]

2. this can be ubdone by voter registration

[evertonfc]

3. I don't understand

how people don't vote over numerous election cycles. Yes I do- they don't give a fuck. Second, people have months to make sure they are registered and on the rolls. Pain in the ass? yes but people in other countries walk miles to the fucking polls. No question there is voter suppression but we have been talking about this for years. You have to take some responsibility even in adversity. Make sure you are resisted and have proper ID. No one is going to do Not for you and zero excuses having had ample time. Jesus.

[FM123]

4. OK, I have a crazy idea that I think about from time to time...

Almost half the states have open primaries where it does not require voters to be affiliated with a political party in order to vote for partisan candidates SO in states like Georgia that have so much voter suppression, why not just register as a republican? With this scheming repub governor Kemp at the helm it is more likely that Dems are purged than repugs, this gives us a fighting chance to have our votes counted right under their noses...

[stopdiggin]

5. you change your registration as often

and as many times as you like. there is nothing to prevent what you suggest. larger problem is people who can't be bothered to register even once!

(change of address is a much thornier thicket .. and an avenue for much more nefarious motives and shenanigans.)