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RandySF

(70,925 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 06:36 PM Oct 16

Republicans challenge more than 63,000 voters in Georgia, but few removed, AP finds

Atlanta — From Georgia's mountains to its Atlantic shore, challenges to the qualifications of voters have rolled in this summer and fall, part of a wide-ranging national effort coordinated by Donald Trump’s allies to enlist Republican activists to remove people they view as suspect from the voting rolls.

Thus far, barely 1% of people called into question have been removed from the rolls or placed into challenged status, mostly because counties are disregarding challenges. But those who allege Georgia's voting rolls are bloated with ineligible voters are trying to change that, filing lawsuits and pushing the Trump-aligned State Election Board to order counties to do more.

The Associated Press finds more than 63,000 Georgians have been challenged since July 1, when a law that could make it easier to uphold challenges partially took effect. The AP's survey covered Georgia's 39 most populous counties, as well as six other counties with challenge activity. That’s a big surge from 2023 and the first half of 2024, when the AP found that about 18,000 voters were challenged.

And efforts are spreading geographically. They had been concentrated in majority-Democratic counties in metro Atlanta. But since July 1, 100 or more voters have been challenged in at least 20 counties statewide, including some heavily Republican areas.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/16/republicans-challenge-more-than-63000-voters-georgia-but-few-removed-ap-finds/75699337007/

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Republicans challenge more than 63,000 voters in Georgia, but few removed, AP finds (Original Post) RandySF Oct 16 OP
this is literally the only thing the Republican party does now PedroXimenez Oct 16 #1

PedroXimenez

(613 posts)
1. this is literally the only thing the Republican party does now
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 06:42 PM
Oct 16

Govern? are you kidding? No time for that, they're busy keeping people from voting.

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