Brian Kemp's Voter Suppression Tactics Take a Hit in Court
Advocates of full and unrestricted voting rights in Georgia won a significant victory in federal court on Friday that will give relief to more than 3,000 naturalized citizens who had been blocked from casting a regular ballot in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The ruling represents a defeat for both Brian Kemp — currently Georgia’s Secretary of State and the Republican gubernatorial nominee — as well as the controversial “exact match” law that he has used to suspend tens of thousands of voter applications this cycle.
U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross, an Obama appointee in the Northern District of Georgia, issued a 36-page ruling granting the emergency injunction filed jointly October 19th by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Campaign Legal Center.
Kemp’s gubernatorial campaign offered no comment on the ruling. Candice Broce, Press Secretary and Staff Attorney for the Georgia Secretary of State office, tells Rolling Stone, “Earlier today, Judge May recognized that changing existing election procedures at the last minute is a terrible idea. There are already processes in place for individuals to rectify any issues to cast their ballot. We agree with the Judge’s decision. In a separate ruling, Judge Ross acknowledged that Georgia already has a process in place to check citizenship at the polls. She decided to also allow poll managers to participate in the verification process. It is a minor change to the current system.”
The Stacey Abrams campaign echoed a statement issued by the Democratic Party of Georgia, calling the ruling “another major defeat for Brian Kemp’s voter suppression efforts” and arguing that he “cannot be trusted to protect the votes of Georgians, and he has made no secret that he wants fewer people to vote.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/brian-kemp-voter-suppression-georgia-751346/
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his current gig as Georgia's SOS can't Suppress MOAR VOTES against his opponent Stacy Abrams.
That's a real Pisser
