Georgia: federal judge allows state to proceed with mass voting rolls purge

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/16/stacey-abrams-georgia-group-files-motion-voter-purge

Associated Press in Atlanta
Mon 16 Dec 2019 17.32 EST

A federal judge is allowing Georgia to proceed with a mass purge of its voting rolls planned for Monday evening, but he also scheduled a hearing later in the week to hear more arguments about the matter.

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In October, the secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, released a list of more than 313,000 voters whose registrations were at risk of being canceled, about 4% of registered voters in Georgia. Those voters were mailed notices in November and had 30 days to respond in order to keep their registration intact.

Walter Jones, a spokesman for the secretary of state, said the purge was planned for overnight Monday into Tuesday. He said the exact number and names of voters removed would not be known until then and that more information would be made available later.

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