Uh huh….
Georgia governor signs election changes into law
The bill signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will implement new rules in the battleground state. less than six months before Election Day.
May 7, 2024, 9:40 PM CDT / Source: The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Tuesday that makes additional changes to Georgia’s election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential contest in the battleground state, including defining probable causes for removing voters from the rolls when their eligibility is challenged.
Republican activists — fueled by debunked theories of a stolen election — have challenged more than 100,000 voters in the state in recent years. The activists say they are rooting out duplicate records and removing voters who have moved out of state.
The bill Kemp signed into law — SB 189 — lists death, evidence of voting or registering in another jurisdiction, a tax exemption indicating a primary residence elsewhere, or a nonresidential address as probable causes for removing voters from the rolls. Most controversially, it says the National Change of Address list can be considered, though not exclusively.
Supporters have said the probable cause definition would make the challenge process more difficult. Opponents have disputed that, saying the changes would enable more baseless attacks on voters that would overwhelm election administrators and disenfranchise legitimate voters. For example, people sometimes live at a place of business, which would be considered a nonresidential address. Officials with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office say there are more reliable types of information, such as driver’s license data, to confirm a voter’s eligibility.
The Georgia bill also allows challenges to be accepted and voters removed from the rolls up until 45 days before an election. That provision in part has prompted the threat of lawsuits from liberal groups because federal law says states and counties can’t make systematic changes to voting rolls within 90 days of a federal election.
The measure also says homeless people must use the county voter registration office as their address instead of where they live. Opponents have said that could make it harder for homeless citizens to cast ballots because their registered polling place might be far away.
Let’s get to the more than 100,000 voters challenged.
I want people to completely understand this.
These people were not at the polls and someone challenged their voter status based on their signature doesn’t match the official signature on the voter rolls.
No, these people were challenged – THOUSANDS AT A TIME, by people who didn’t know them. Based on ‘ just cause’.
It’s one of the most outrageous forms of Voter Suppression.
I also want to point out the fallability of using the NCOA registry. People go to the Post Office and fill out a Change of Address form for whatever reason. You could be leaving for a short time, and want your mail sent to another address. You still live at your address, but for this snapshot of moment in time, you are leaving. They want to use that registry, with notorious holes in it, to be a way of justifying their voter suppression tactic of challenging voters.
No…absolutely not…ridiculous…
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(https://x.com/atrupar/status/1788565950519742891?s=02)
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(https://x.com/ElliotKaufman6/status/1788312619427778725?s=02)
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