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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:33 AM Oct 2018

Brian Kemp's office to be sued for purging 700,000 voters from Georgia rolls

In a response, Kemp says Georgia has never used data from the Crosscheck Program to conduct list maintenance in this state.
Author: Michael King Published: 9:13 AM EDT October 2, 2018

ATLANTA -- According to a release, members of the SCLC, Rainbow-PUSH Coalition, the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, and the New Georgia Project are planning to join with others to file a federal lawsuit against Georgia's Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

Kemp's office is accused of using a racially-biased methodology for removing as many as 700,000 legitimate voters from the state's voter rolls over the past two years.

The suit claims that the secretary of state's office has not sent notice of the removal to voters. The group says that at a Tuesday news conference they will publish a database containing each of the names of the voters removed since 2017, so that those voters may re-register prior to the state's October 9 deadline.

The group says the lawsuit was initiated by journalist Greg Palast as part of his research for Rolling Stone magazine. Other similar federal suits will be filed against other state officials around the nation in conjunction with the Georgia suit. They claim that during his research, Palast uncovered a so-called 'purge list' from what is called the 'Crosscheck Program' allegedly supplied to the secretary of state's office by Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/brian-kemps-office-to-be-sued-for-purging-700000-voters-from-georgia-rolls/85-600064018

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Brian Kemp's office to be sued for purging 700,000 voters from Georgia rolls (Original Post) workinclasszero Oct 2018 OP

If it goes to supreme court the right will win. Let's fight this hard. lancelyons Oct 2018 #1

There are multiple issues regarding voting in GA. One is the mail in "absentee" japple Oct 2018 #2

lancelyons

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1. If it goes to supreme court the right will win. Let's fight this hard.

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Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:41 AM

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japple

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2. There are multiple issues regarding voting in GA. One is the mail in "absentee"

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Sun Oct 7, 2018, 07:53 PM

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ballot (which is my choice in this election.) Apparently there is a discrepancy between GA law and the absentee ballot. The Oath of Elector, which is the sworn testament of the voter, states, "I, the undersigned, do swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia; that my residence address is ___ in the County of ___, that the date of my birth is ___ (Month and Day): and the rest of the oath. The problem is that line affirming the date of birth is labeled (Month and Day) as opposed to Month/Day/Year. We have heard that there is a possibility that absentee ballot voters will have their votes disqualified because Georgia law requires that the voter's year of birth is required on their oath. We are seeking clarification with our local board of elections office this week.

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