A federal judge has rejected efforts by elections officials in two Georgia counties to cancel thousands of voter registrations ahead of next week’s key runoff races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner issued an injunction to block officials in Muscogee and Ben Hill counties from dismissing the registrations.
The restrictive efforts are supported by the Georgia Republican Party and conservative Texas-based True the Vote, and aim to challenge registrations of more than 360,000 voters who recently changed their address. More than 4,000 are in Muscogee and Ben Hill counties.
Most Georgia counties have rejected the effort, but Muscogee and Ben Hill counties required voters on the list to cast provisional ballots for next week’s election — which may or may not be counted after a subsequent review process.
Federal law bars any systemic removal of voters from registration rolls within 90 days of an election. It also only allows removal if voters are notified that their registration is being canceled and they don’t vote for two consecutive federal election cycles.
In her order, Gardner, Obama appointee and the sister of Georgia Democratic leader Stacey Abrams, ruled that removing the registrations would be illegal, particularly because many of the voters on the list were not properly notified.
Georgia will vote to elect both of its U.S. senators in runoff races on Jan. 5. In one race, incumbent GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler faces a challenge from Democrat Raphael Warnock. In the other, incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue is being challenged by Democrat Jon Ossoff.
Neither Loeffler nor Perdue met the 50% vote threshold in November’s election to hold their seats outright.
If Warnock and Ossoff win, by virtue of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote, Democrats will control the Senate for the first time since 2015.
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If Federal law bars any systemic removal of voters from registration rolls within 90 days of an election, why does it not ban the ADDITION of voters 90 days before an election,,,like the 360,000 who changed their addresses above,,,,probably from New York.
Exactly. HOW CAN someone less than 2 months away from the election, EITHER REGISTER OR change their registration, IF “The removal of duplicate or wrong names’ can’t be done?
YET ANOTHER judge, proves he’s wasting oxygen!
Fraud, we see no fraud.. WE ARE COMMITTING IT!!
stacy abrahms is related to this judge.
how is that for collusion?
HOW IS THAT not an OBVIOUS and overt as hell CONFLICT of interest!??
Georgia judge, Stacey Abrams’ sister, rules against voter purge
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-judge-stacey-abrams-sister-wont-recuse-election-suit-rules-against-voter-purge-before-runoffs
Stacey Abrams’ sister, an Obama appointee for the record.
How convenient to have a judge who is the sister of one of the significant parts of the Georgia debacle to throw the case out of course. Conflict of interest and personal bias come to mind.
YET< not a single bloody republican, seems to be OUTRAGED at that OVERT conflict of interest.. NOT a single one.. that i can see at least.
It's like the ENTIRE GOP has just decided, to lie down, and put their OWN heads into the chopping block… WITH THE REST OF THE NATION to follow..
Wait a damn minute. Fed judges have no police power or authority to dictate to elected state legislators.
The governor of GA is Repub & state legislature is under Repub control & they get to decide what election laws apply, not any unelected & obviously corrupt judges.
If the elected Repub majority in GA & other states fails to exert their majority power to initiate, enforce & defend the very laws that represent the wishes of the citizens who elected them then they are not only derelict in their duty but useless.
Seems to me the elected Repub majority legislature in GA can & should ignore judge & use their legislative power to just do whatever needed to ensure the legality & integrity of the vote which has been so obviously defiled nationwide by the Dem Party & their judicial, media & high tech operatives.
THEY have been the ones BREAKING their own laws.. So i doubt the COP (cowardly old prats) party down there, will do a damn thing about what’s gone on.