老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia Calls on Secretary of State to Stop Removing Citizens from the Voter Rolls

November 4, 2019 9:00 am

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ATLANTA 鈥 The 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia has found discrepancies in the Secretary of State鈥檚 office list of 330,000 Georgia citizens whose voter registrations it intends to cancel. The list is supposed to include 鈥渋nactive鈥 voters who have not voted in two general elections. However, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia has found a number of citizens documented to have voted in the November 2018 elections, according to the Secretary of State鈥檚 voter history list compiled one month after those elections.

鈥淭oday, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia sent an open records request to obtain the voting history and other documents related to 70 individuals who were documented to have voted in the November 2018 elections. The voter registration of one Georgia citizen canceled in error is one citizen too many,鈥 said Andrea Young, executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia. 鈥淲e call on the Secretary of State to stop removing citizens from the voter rolls and focus on serving the citizens of Georgia by ensuring access to the ballot and free and fair elections.鈥

The Secretary鈥檚 office has a history of massive error in canceling registrations. In 2017, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State鈥檚 Office for illegally canceling nearly 160,000 registered Georgia voters from the active voter rolls. On the eve of a final court date, then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia case by agreeing to comply with state and federal laws.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, the Coalition for the People鈥檚 Agenda, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta, Common Cause Georgia, and other civic organizations will be monitoring elections on Tuesday.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia encourages all Georgians with elections tomorrow to cast their ballots. Voters who encounter problems are encouraged to call the Election Protection hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.

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