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The Guardian reports:
Georgia secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp improperly purged more than 340,000 voters from the state's registration rolls, an investigation charges.
Greg Palast, a journalist and the director of the Palast Investigative Fund, said an analysis he commissioned found 340,134 voters were removed from the rolls on the grounds that they had moved - but they actually still live at the address where they are registered.
"Their registration is cancelled. Not pending, not inactive – cancelled. If they show up to vote on 6 November, they will not be allowed to vote. That's wrong," Palast told reporters on a call on Friday. "We can prove they're still there. They should be allowed to vote."
[...] Palast and the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda filed a lawsuit against Kemp on Friday to force him to release additional records related to the state's removal of voters.
Under Georgia procedures, registered voters who have not cast ballots for three years are sent a notice asking them to confirm they still live at their address. If they don't return it, they are marked inactive. If they don't vote for two more general elections after that, they are removed from the rolls.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday October 24 2018, @05:31PM (2 children)
Voter ID doesn't sound like a bad idea, but it will do precisely nothing to stop election fraud (ballot box stuffing). Voter ID would stop voting fraud (voter impersonation), but the numbers of proven documented cases are extremely small.
Voter ID is however exceptionally good for voter disenfranchisement when paired with other tactics, such as limiting times in certain areas to acquire said ID, or closing those locations altogether.
Answer now is don't give in; aim for a new tomorrow.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:41PM (1 child)
To stuff a faked ballot into a ballot box you first have to add an entry to the log for a fake voter or the counts will not match. Large numbers of entries on the books for voters who have moved, died or never even existed in the first place and can therefore be counted on to not actually appear after you have "voted" them are required to pull off widespread fraud. Securing the lists of registered voters from antics is therefore the first step in securing the whole election process.
As for the other stuff, really can't understand why other places can't be more like we run elections. Polls open from daylight to dark, plenty of time for anyone who isn't pulling a 12 hour shift on a similar daylight to dark schedule to vote and most of those get a lunch break so they can also vote. Have never had more than three people ahead of me in line to vote. When I lived in Texas the elections were equally efficient. Seems to be a problem of incompetent Democrats running elections in big Blue shitholes.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Thursday October 25 2018, @03:22PM
You are still referring to Election Fraud, and not Voter Fraud. Voter ID will do nothing to stop Election Fraud. Purging the rolls of those who have died or moved is a step towards stopping it however.
If the goal was to make sure all citizens are able to vote efficiently I'd have no problem with Voter ID. Look up Alabama DMV closings for a great example of what they did to disenfranchise voters a few years ago. Since then they have walked back most of that after getting their hands slapped by the courts, but that doesn't change the fact that it was done.
Oh, and I'll give you one guess on which party was party to those actions. Hint: it doesn't start with a "d".
Answer now is don't give in; aim for a new tomorrow.