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Georgia plans to remove over 300,000 inactive voters from its rolls

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Georgia plans to remove over 300,000 inactive voters from its rolls

The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election in a state with two Senate seats up for grabs.

Georgia could soon cancel roughly 315,000 voter registrations in the state, the secretary of state's office confirmed Tuesday. The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The state will also have an unusual "double-barreled" Senate contest, with both of its seats up for grabs at the same time.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office said that it plans to send notices to voters who have been inactive for the past couple of elections and the notice will come with a paid return postage to give voters the opportunity to remain active. People have 30 days to return the notice.
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At least it gives those folks a chance to revalidate their otherwise dormant voter registrations. But it smells like voter suppression to me.
 
It is voter suppression. The GOP cannot win elections in the south without cheating.

Wonder how many of those revalidation cards will get misdirected by the post office due to lack of forwarding addresses or simply not received or mailed back due to address changes?
 
Georgia plans to remove over 300,000 inactive voters from its rolls

The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election in a state with two Senate seats up for grabs.

Georgia could soon cancel roughly 315,000 voter registrations in the state, the secretary of state's office confirmed Tuesday. The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The state will also have an unusual "double-barreled" Senate contest, with both of its seats up for grabs at the same time.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office said that it plans to send notices to voters who have been inactive for the past couple of elections and the notice will come with a paid return postage to give voters the opportunity to remain active. People have 30 days to return the notice.
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At least it gives those folks a chance to revalidate their otherwise dormant voter registrations. But it smells like voter suppression to me.

The process still sucks, but I am glad they are releasing the rolls ahead of times so foundations can at least help out. That is a good first step to fixing the disenfranchisement issue.

The all too often issue of closing down polling places needs to be absolutely addressed as well.

I am not so worried about having an ID. My son got a nondriver ID for $8.50 (at least in Ohio).
 
It is voter suppression. The GOP cannot win elections in the south without cheating.

If these people have not been voting, then why is it voter suppression?
 
If these people have not been voting, then why is it voter suppression?

Because if they just show up at the polling place as they had done before, they would be ineligible to vote because there would be no registration for them.
 
Because if they just show up at the polling place as they had done before, they would be ineligible to vote because there would be no registration for them.

But these people had not showed up over the past two or more elections. Most likely dead, moved away, or no longer have any interest in voting.
 
But these people had not showed up over the past two or more elections. Most likely dead, moved away, or no longer have any interest in voting.

Many people do not vote in every presidential election, especially the young & the elderly.
 
Georgia plans to remove over 300,000 inactive voters from its rolls

The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election in a state with two Senate seats up for grabs.

Georgia could soon cancel roughly 315,000 voter registrations in the state, the secretary of state's office confirmed Tuesday. The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The state will also have an unusual "double-barreled" Senate contest, with both of its seats up for grabs at the same time.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office said that it plans to send notices to voters who have been inactive for the past couple of elections and the notice will come with a paid return postage to give voters the opportunity to remain active. People have 30 days to return the notice.
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At least it gives those folks a chance to revalidate their otherwise dormant voter registrations. But it smells like voter suppression to me.

This is what I don't understand. "Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office said that it plans to send notices to voters who have been inactive for the past couple of elections and the notice will come with a paid return postage to give voters the opportunity to remain active. The notices will be sent out in November and people have 30 days to return the notice."

I think that is against Georgia law. By that I mean we had a law that if a voter hasn't voted in any election, federal, state, local, special, primary, splosh, sales tax, school board in the last six years, then that voters name can be removed from the registration rolls. My question, is Raffensperger talking about the last two year or did he use the word couple when he actually meant six.

Unless the law has been changed within the last few years, no name can be removed unless they move, die, or haven't voted in any election for the last six years.
 
Many people do not vote in every presidential election, especially the young & the elderly.

Then all they have to do is check the I'm still alive box on the pre addressed form and drop it back in the mail.

There has to be some way of keeping the rolls at least somewhat up to date.
 
Good Christian folks cheating.
 
Georgia plans to remove over 300,000 inactive voters from its rolls

The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election in a state with two Senate seats up for grabs.

Georgia could soon cancel roughly 315,000 voter registrations in the state, the secretary of state's office confirmed Tuesday. The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The state will also have an unusual "double-barreled" Senate contest, with both of its seats up for grabs at the same time.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office said that it plans to send notices to voters who have been inactive for the past couple of elections and the notice will come with a paid return postage to give voters the opportunity to remain active. People have 30 days to return the notice.
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At least it gives those folks a chance to revalidate their otherwise dormant voter registrations. But it smells like voter suppression to me.

That is because it is voter suppression. Kemp pulled the same stunt to ensure a win against Abrams, and is now ensuring they double down on the plan to help out ole President Oompa Loompa do well in GA in 2020.

Typical Republican shenanigans... go after the voters that would not vote for them anyway.

A couple Senate seats need help too.
 
Georgia plans to remove over 300,000 inactive voters from its rolls

The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election in a state with two Senate seats up for grabs.

Georgia could soon cancel roughly 315,000 voter registrations in the state, the secretary of state's office confirmed Tuesday. The move comes ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The state will also have an unusual "double-barreled" Senate contest, with both of its seats up for grabs at the same time.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office said that it plans to send notices to voters who have been inactive for the past couple of elections and the notice will come with a paid return postage to give voters the opportunity to remain active. People have 30 days to return the notice.
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At least it gives those folks a chance to revalidate their otherwise dormant voter registrations. But it smells like voter suppression to me.

it is definitely voter suppression, stuff like this should NEVER be done at this time.

If they want to do it the day after the 2020 election then put time effort and money into getting the word out etc (not just a return postage that may not be getting to the person) then thats all good

major changes should always have to happen in a certain frame WAY before any voting is going to take place and if it doesnt then any purge list should be in limbo and if that person shows up they get to vote
 
But these people had not showed up over the past two or more elections. Most likely dead, moved away, or no longer have any interest in voting.

First, you take the inactive voter rolls and run them against state DMV with the query to remove anyone who has notified that they have moved out of state. Anyone still left you have to leave alone because you do not know if they will vote or not.

Second, you take the inactive voter roll and run them against the state death registry with the query to remove anyone who has been declared deceased. Anyone still left you leave alone because you do not know if they will not vote or not.

This is how you start to clean up your voter rolls. But you cannot simply take someone off because they haven't voted; you have to ascertain why. And if there is no reason, then they stay on because...you don't know if they will vote or not.

Very simple.
 
Then all they have to do is check the I'm still alive box on the pre addressed form and drop it back in the mail.

There has to be some way of keeping the rolls at least somewhat up to date.

There is...I suggest you look at spending bills that include updating voter rolls and if you find that the GOP votes against them, then you know why; it's easier to make it difficult for those who may vote against them to register to vote than to have a simple system that all can use where there are larger amounts of voters that they have to fight for or against in election campaigns.
 
First, you take the inactive voter rolls and run them against state DMV with the query to remove anyone who has notified that they have moved out of state. Anyone still left you have to leave alone because you do not know if they will vote or not.

Second, you take the inactive voter roll and run them against the state death registry with the query to remove anyone who has been declared deceased. Anyone still left you leave alone because you do not know if they will not vote or not.

This is how you start to clean up your voter rolls. But you cannot simply take someone off because they haven't voted; you have to ascertain why. And if there is no reason, then they stay on because...you don't know if they will vote or not.

Very simple.

Or, barring that, which is fraught with problems. simply send those who have participated for a couple cycles a letter asking if they are still eligible, alive, or interested.
 
There is...I suggest you look at spending bills that include updating voter rolls and if you find that the GOP votes against them, then you know why; it's easier to make it difficult for those who may vote against them to register to vote than to have a simple system that all can use where there are larger amounts of voters that they have to fight for or against in election campaigns.

Don't the rules apply to both the Democrats and the Republicans? Or are you stating that Democrats are not smart enough to keep their voting rolls up to date, but Republicans are.
 
Wonder how many of those revalidation cards will get misdirected by the post office due to lack of forwarding addresses or simply not received or mailed back due to address changes?

Voter eligibility is based on residency. If you’ve moved, and haven’t updated your registration, then you shouldn’t be eligible to vote.

There’s no legitimate reason to oppose the action described in the OP.
 
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