Liberal Democrats oppose purging the voter rolls in any state. People die, and people move away, but without properly managed followup, their names are never reported to the election board.
Over a lot of years, the number of people on the voter rolls can end up swelling to more people than eligible voters living in the district. This is an area that can be rife for corruption.
Votes can be manufactured using the names of voters that should have been purged. Democrats call it “voter suppression,” and they try to make it seem like legitimate voters will not get to do their civic duty.
It begins with a letter to the last known address of a voter. If they answer the letter, they are not removed.
If they are removed, a second letter is sent out. That person can then re-register to vote in a process that takes 24 to 48 hours.
Stacey Abrams, who refused to concede after losing the election for governor by a whopping 55,000 votes, has blamed her loss on voter suppression, even though more Blacks voted in the 2018 election than had ever voted before in Georgia.
Earlier this month, a federal judge allowed Georgia to purge 309,000 names from its voter rolls, but he also scheduled a second hearing to hear additional arguments.
Fair Fight Action, a voting rights group started by sore loser and 2018 failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, immediately filed an emergency motion to stop the purge.
“Georgians should not lose their right to vote simply because they have not expressed that right in recent elections, and Georgia’s practice of removing voters who have declined to participate in recent elections violates the United States Constitution,” Fair Fight Action CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo said in a statement.
Bronson Stocking at Townhall reported:
In a ruling on Friday, a judge decided that Abrams’ group was improperly asking the judge to interpret state law and said the group failed to prove anyone’s constitutional rights would be violated as a result; and that any voter registration erroneously canceled could simply be restored within 24 to 48 hours, according to the defense.
“Proper list maintenance is not only required by long-standing laws but is also important in maintaining the integrity and smooth functioning of elections,” said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “Georgia has registered nearly a half-million voters since the last election, clear proof that we are doing things to make it easy for people to vote.”
