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Is Karen Handel illegally purging Georgia voters?

by Mel on Oct 9, 2008 at 2:44 PM

States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal, from the NY Times:

In addition to the six swing states, three more states appear to be violating federal law. Alabama and Georgia seem to be improperly using Social Security information to screen registration applications from new voters. And Louisiana appears to have removed thousands of voters after the federal deadline for taking such action.

Under federal law, election officials are supposed to use the Social Security database to check a registration application only as a last resort, if no record of the applicant is found on state databases, like those for driver's licenses or identification cards.

Via Ruby.

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2 Responses to “Is Karen Handel illegally purging Georgia voters?”

  • sndeak October 9, 2008

    SOS race in 2010 is more important to me than the Gov. race.

  • Zaid October 9, 2008

    This is way too common in Georgia. Watch the film "American Blackout."