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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge Orders Emergency paper Back Up of Voter records In Georgia
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https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-orders-emergency-paper-backups-of-voting-records-in-georgia/ZCOJUT7BIRB6JPWMXUEA4TFZDU/
A federal judge on Monday required paper backups of voter registration and absentee voting information at every Georgia polling place, a safeguard to allow voters to continue casting ballots if computers fail on Election Day.
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg ordered election officials to prepare paper copies of records showing who is registered to vote and whether theyve already voted before Nov. 3, either by absentee ballot or during in-person early voting.
The ruling could help prevent long lines if poll workers struggle with the states new voter check-in tablets, called Poll Pads, as they did during the states June 9 primary, Totenberg wrote. Some voters waited for hours because of a combination of high turnout, poll closures, social distancing, absentee ballot problems and difficulties operating voting equipment.
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg ordered election officials to prepare paper copies of records showing who is registered to vote and whether theyve already voted before Nov. 3, either by absentee ballot or during in-person early voting.
The ruling could help prevent long lines if poll workers struggle with the states new voter check-in tablets, called Poll Pads, as they did during the states June 9 primary, Totenberg wrote. Some voters waited for hours because of a combination of high turnout, poll closures, social distancing, absentee ballot problems and difficulties operating voting equipment.
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Judge Orders Emergency paper Back Up of Voter records In Georgia (Original Post)
jorgevlorgan
Sep 2020
OP
Seems like some judges are getting tired of Republican efforts to screw up elections.
Lonestarblue
Sep 2020
#7
Thekaspervote
(32,754 posts)1. Whoa!! Good news
questionseverything
(9,646 posts)5. Too bad it isn't every state
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,667 posts)2. good choice
Not as easy to fudge, but still Georgia....
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)3. awesome
Midnight Writer
(21,739 posts)4. Simple common sense. What do you know?
stillcool
(32,626 posts)6. hope it helps..
don't they already have paper copies of records? Isn't that what they use to cross your name off, when you vote?
Lonestarblue
(9,967 posts)7. Seems like some judges are getting tired of Republican efforts to screw up elections.
BumRushDaShow
(128,779 posts)8. We always had big binders full of voters here in Philly
for each of our Divisions. And the entry on the large binder sheet (controlled by one poll worker) with the person's name had a line under the name for the voter to sign on (for voter certification/signature check). In fact, there was a somewhat archaic and complicated additional "paper process" that went along with that, where an index card (controlled by a 2nd poll worker) had the voter's name I believe, and that would then get assigned a number in the order of "checking in", and that number was then added to a separate ledger sheet (by a 3rd poll worker) to get a tally of total voters so far.
I expect that if someone signed up previously to vote absentee or mail-in with this paper-check system, the person's name would not appear on a binder sheet (which would be for "in person" voting only). And if they came in to try to vote "in person", then they would probably have to do a provisional ballot request (for any reconciliation of whether a vote had been registered for them via absentee/mail-in or if it did not arrive in time) or they would need to drop off an official absentee/mail-in ballot (which is signed on the outer envelope).
I expect that if someone signed up previously to vote absentee or mail-in with this paper-check system, the person's name would not appear on a binder sheet (which would be for "in person" voting only). And if they came in to try to vote "in person", then they would probably have to do a provisional ballot request (for any reconciliation of whether a vote had been registered for them via absentee/mail-in or if it did not arrive in time) or they would need to drop off an official absentee/mail-in ballot (which is signed on the outer envelope).
ancianita
(36,017 posts)9. Lately, rulings that this govt. doesn't like haven't been complied with; wonder if GA will.
We'll see if scofflaw leadership has a trickle down effect.