Georgia GOP Secretary of State, Who's Running for Governor, Sued for Blocking Voter Registrations
Several civil rights organizations are suing Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp to stop the state from enforcing a law that has put more than 53,000 voter registrations on hold.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday, asks a judge to overturn Georgia's "exact match" law, which requires voter registration information to match driver's licenses, state ID cards or Social Security records.
The lawsuit alleges that the law, passed by the Georgia General Assembly last year, has a disproportionate impact on African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans who want to become registered voters.
About 80 percent of applications put on pending status were submitted by those minority groups, according to the lawsuit.
Under the law, registrations can be placed on hold because of a missing hyphen, an extra space or the use of a nickname in official government records.
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Kemp has said the "exact match" law is legal, and anyone placed on the state's list of pending voters can still cast a ballot if they show valid photo ID either when they go to vote or beforehand.
A spokeswoman for Kemp called the lawsuit a publicity stunt that will waste taxpayer money when the state defends the law in court.
"Their claims are completely bogus," said spokeswoman Candice Broce. "The so-called 'exact match' law was passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. (Nathan) Deal. It mirrors a Florida law recently upheld in federal court. The 53,000 Georgians cited in the complaint can vote in the Nov. 6 election. Any claims to the contrary are politically motivated and utterly false.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 25, 2018 4:36 AM
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So sick of these cheating fuckers. How come you never hear about Democrats doing all of this cheating? How much more obvious does it have to be that the Repugs are all frauds and criminals? The state of politics is just more proof of the old saying that nice people finish last.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 12, 2018 9:44 PM
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I can't wait for them to explain why, in a state with something like a 40% minority population, over 80% of the blocked applications are for minorities. Assholes.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 12, 2018 9:45 PM
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Watch it end up at the Supreme Court with a 5/4 decision in favor of the racists.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 12, 2018 9:46 PM
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I'll have a beer during that ruling, R3.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 12, 2018 9:48 PM
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This makes me sick and I live in georgia. I hope they get this straightened out fast.
I'm team Stacey Abrams all the way.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 12, 2018 10:10 PM
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[quote]How come you never hear about Democrats doing all of this cheating?
Because Democrats actually want people to vote. Republicans know that more people voting means more Democrats elected.
Republican strategist Paul Weyrich in 1980, standing beside Ronald Reagan at an evangelical gathering, said: “I don’t want everyone to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of the people… As a matter of fact, our leverage in the election quite candidly goes up as the voting population goes down. We have no responsibility, moral or otherwise, to turn out our opposition. It’s important to turn out those who are with us.”
Voter suppression has been a key part of their strategy ever since.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 12, 2018 10:29 PM
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r6, it's always been part of their strategy. See: the 15th Amendment, allowing non-white men to vote in 1870, and FIFTY years later, the 19th Amendment, allowing women the right to vote in 1920. And 1962's 24th Amendment, protecting poor people's right to vote by outlawing poll taxes. These amendments were all made grudgingly, people died fighting for these rights and rich straight white men have never stopped trying to thwart the ability of the Amended people to have representational votes.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 12, 2018 10:48 PM
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Some Cuban-American Republican was on MSNBC today saying only 20% of the country is liberal. What??
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 12, 2018 11:02 PM
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Good. Sue his voter suppressing ass.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 12, 2018 11:57 PM
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This voter suppression is so brazen. The GOP just doesn’t give a shit about hiding it anymore.
They figure of Trump can get away with blatantly lying daily, so can they
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 13, 2018 12:07 AM
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I think the Republican lost the suit.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 25, 2018 3:53 AM
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Yes. Glad I gave to the ACLU, who brought the suit.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 25, 2018 4:18 AM
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