Lawsuit: Georgia Voter Registration Process Violates the Law

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Georgia's voter registration process violates the Voting Rights Act and has prevented tens of thousands of residents, mostly minorities, from registering to vote, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Under a policy implemented in 2010, people aren't added to the voter rolls if identifying information on their applications doesn't exactly match information in databases maintained by the Georgia Department of Driver Services or the Social Security Administration, the lawsuit says.

"What Georgia is doing is denying people the ability to make it onto the registration rolls at the outset, which is what's so problematic about this matching program," said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

The organization said it filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Gainesville, in north Georgia, along with other legal organizations on behalf of a coalition of civil rights groups.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-georgia-voter-registration-process-violates-law-42080632

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By KATE BRUMBACK, ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Sep 14, 2016, 9:22 AM ET

[Sunlei]

1. Always Republicans who FU voting policy for Americans.

[turbinetree]

2. I still think the tory's ( republicans in america) wish there was still a king

I truly believe this, they supported the concept of a king, and they are still upset that they lost a revolution

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Appeals Court already blocked their form over the weekend

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141569183

Am guessing they are establishing the other issues related to that.

[Massacure]

4. Georgia should just use this as an opportunity to update their records and be done with it.

Oh, you live at 123 Main St. now? Our DMV records show that you lie at 456 American Blvd. Would you like us to generate a change of address form and send it to the DMV on your behalf?