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Bruce Sellers (Georgia, USA)'s avatar

Earlier today when I saw the Pro Publica report on the Georgia voter registration challenges I wondered if HCR would pick up on it. And she did! I found it both interesting and infuriating. However, I would urge folks to read it (HCR has the link in her footnotes) to see how it is being dealt with. Democratic activists, even from Stacy Abrams' Fair Fight initiative, are taking this very seriously and are taking measures to see that this is dealt with. Even Sec'y of State Raffensperger's office is taking it on as well -- it appears that Raffensperger's office took Pro Publica's report VERY seriously. They mainly want to ensure that Georgia is in compliance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) with regard to how such challenges are initiated and handled and that there is uniform policy in all 159 of Georgia's counties. (They did may a big boo-boo, because at one point they refer to Gwinnett county as the state's "most populous county" and then a few paragraphs later, they called it the state's "second most populous county" . . . oops!) Anyway, I like to think shining a light on this pretty outrageous occurrence from the '22 election is going to ensure that this will not be the case in the run-up to'24. Georgia is going to be under a magnifying glass as one of the key swing states, so there is a lot at stake and I think Raffensperger is going to want to see to it that things run smoothly. Also, with the looming indictment of the Big Orange Menace, and possible trial, we will be getting increased scrutiny because of that too.

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William Burke's avatar

Where is the civil rights division of the US Department of justice? Oh, right. Merrick Garland.

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James Vander Poel's avatar

It's right here: https://www.justice.gov/voting

And your sniping at the Attorney General is out of line. He's doing his job. As are all the people who work at DOJ.

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William Burke's avatar

You’re right James. I was unfair and I apologize to all the faithful DOJ employees who are no doubt working their asses off for us. I’m hoping against hope that Merrick Garland and his ace assistant, Jack Smith, bring a monstrous RICO charge against all of these seditionists. When that happens, I’ll frame a picture of Merrick and Jack and mount the picture in my hall of heroes. Thank you for bringing my faux pas to my attention. I can do better.

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