An Obama-appointed federal judge has ruled that voters in two Georgia counties shouldn’t be purged from voter rolls, even if they’ve moved out of those counties.
This is ludicrous. We need reform of this system because states SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE VOTERS FROM ROLLS WHEN APPROPRIATE.
Judge blocks voter purge in 2 Georgia counties https://t.co/M1svGbNKSi via @politico
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 29, 2020
More from Politico:
A federal judge in Georgia on Monday ordered two counties to reverse a decision removing more than 4,000 voters from the rolls ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections that will decide control of the U.S. Senate.
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The suit, brought by national Democratic Party attorney Marc Elias’ group Democracy Forward, followed an effort to challenge the lengthy roster of voters simply because their registrations appeared to match U.S. Postal Service change-of address records. Voting officials in the two counties agreed to remove the voters, despite warnings from Democrats that such postal data is not a reliable or conclusive indicator that a voter has given up their local residence.
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[Judge] Gardner’s 11-page ruling released Monday night noted that the removals of the voters appeared to violate federal law because they were not given proper notice and because they qualify as the type of systematic voter roll cleaning that is not permitted within 90 days of a federal election.
How interesting.
But it gets more interesting, still:
Democrats in Georgia are arguing that a change of address form received at the Post Offuce doesn’t prove you’ve actually moved and you can still vote using that old address.
Look who the judge is who ruled for them. https://t.co/QHAcVe0tTk pic.twitter.com/nwAapSv2AC
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 29, 2020
Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner is Stacey Abrams’ sister? You don’t say!
This makes no sense. A judge (the sister of Stacey Abrams) ruled that when someone tells the US Postal Service they have moved they still can vote from their old address.
Rules have no meaning any more. This is nuts. https://t.co/X9FUkto3td
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) December 29, 2020
It should be nuts. But it’s actually just really predictable.
Ah-mazing. https://t.co/sOsTcCOBT2
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 29, 2020
Stacey Abrams sister (yup) thinks exactly this. What a joke. https://t.co/xfPyKUnuWH
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 29, 2020
Stacey Abrams’ sister was understandably asked to recuse herself from the case, which is understandable, given her close ties to, you know, Stacey Abrams:
The motion requesting Gardner’s recusal noted that a voter registration group affiliated with Abrams, Fair Fight, filed a suit in another federal court in Georgia last week complaining that a national organization dedicated to targeting voter fraud, True the Vote, is making unjustified challenges to Georgia voters in the lead-up to the Jan. 5 runoffs.
Gardner, for her part, found “no basis for recusal.”
Go figure.
Eh, you sound like a Trumpkin conspiracy theorist, QANon level.
— Jake (@UCCowboy) December 29, 2020
It’s literally the ruling from a federal judge https://t.co/P5ud7voQYo
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 29, 2020
It literally is.
Nothing to see here…
— Andrew Comings (@AndrewComings) December 29, 2020
— Gamehenge (@TheeGamehenge) December 29, 2020
Heh.
Anyway, stay tuned to see how this all plays out:
Prediction: 11th Circuit reverses/grants injunctive relief and Democrats screech about how it’s voter suppression
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) December 29, 2020
Of course they will. https://t.co/DB7YaZriqM
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 29, 2020
Count on it.
