Georgia settles suit challenging voter registration process

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 4:37 pm, Thursday, February 9, 2017


ATLANTA (AP) — A spokeswoman for Georgia's top election official says the state has settled a federal lawsuit that argued thousands of residents had been blocked from registering to vote.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/2lpfH6X ) reports that Georgia will no longer reject voter registration applications that don't exactly match identifying information in state and federal databases.

Candice Broce is a spokeswoman for Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Broce says the settlement was advised by the state's attorney general and will avoid the cost of further litigation.

The suit brought in September by the NAACP and other organizations argued that black, Latino and Asian-American applicants were more likely than whites to be rejected because of the policy.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Georgia-settles-suit-challenging-voter-10921681.php

[elleng]

1. Good news.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Resistance is not futile, it is utile.

Way to go, NAACP! A big win for justice!

[CottonBear]

3. Excellent news.

I knew Kemp before he was elected. He was a young good old boy developer/contractor before being handpicked by the GA GOP to run for office.

SoS Kemp's #1 job is to make voting as difficult as possible for Georgians, especially minorities.

The groups that brought the suit will now have to make sure that the state complies with the ruling.

[gademocrat7]

4. Thank you, NAACP

And everyone who helped with this suit.

[Dustlawyer]

5. The white noise coming from Trump is masking important issues like the voter

suppression and Russian hacking. The important things are getting lost in the daily bull shite coming from Trump.

Don't let this happen, stay focused!!!!!