re: State of GA accused of wrongly purging nearly 200,000 from voter rolls

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Raffensperger's office said at the time that its list of "inactive voters" was composed of people who did not respond to a notice sent to them because they had either moved or had election mail returned undeliverable. His office said that inactive status also applied to people who did not have contact with the election system over the past three years, US News reported. 

In response, the voting rights group Fair Fight Action filed a lawsuit seeking to nullify the removal of about 120,000 voters from the rolls. A federal judge in late December rejected its attempt, concluding that the challenge did not show the purges violated the U.S. Constitution, though the lawsuit did lead to the state reinstating about 22,000 voters on the rolls. 

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So the lawsuit says people were removed even though they hadn't moved while the actual reason they were removed was for not participating in any elections and not responding to the state reaching out to them about it. Good, remove them.

If you were at one time registered to vote, but haven't voted in years, the states are required to remove you from the voter rolls.

BTW.. already been decided in favor of states by SCOTUS.


WASHINGTON – Failing to vote can lead to getting knocked off voter registration rolls, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that probably will help Republicans and hurt Democrats.

The court's conservative majority ruled 5-4 that Ohio did not violate federal laws by purging voters who failed to vote for six years and did not confirm their residency. Ohio has the strictest such law in the nation.

The ruling protects similar laws in six states, including several electing governors or U.S. senators this fall. They are Pennsylvania, Georgia, Oregon, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Montana.

Civil rights groups challenged Ohio's procedure for cleaning up voter registration rolls, arguing that it disproportionately affects minorities, the poor and people with disabilities. The Trump administration reversed the position taken by its predecessor and sided with Ohio.

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I’m here. It seems like they did this. And even if it was completely within the letter of the law, it’s a really crappy law