40,000 Black And Hispanic Voter Registrations Lost And Found In Georgia

[RandySF]

Upwards of 40,000 new voter registrations went on the lamb in Georgia for a brief period a few weeks ago, as voting rights groups scrambled to find out where more than half of the newly registered voters’ records had gone. Amidst the confusion, some groups came to the conclusion that Secretary of State Brian Kemp was somehow connected to the disappearance of the predominantly black and Hispanic voter registrations. However, following the filing of a lawsuit on October 10 against Secretary Kemp, as well as county officials, the missing registrations were finally accounted for.

The controversy over voter registration began with the New Georgia Project (NGP), an organization seeking to register new and critical voting populations in the state. The NGP outlines on its website that it seeks to target specific populations in its voter registration efforts.

“Over the past decade, the population of Georgia increased 18%. The Rising American Electorate (RAE) – people of color, those 18 to 29 years of age, and unmarried women – is a significant part of that growth,” the NGP said.

The group hoped to mobilize that population in Georgia to get out and vote.


http://genprogress.org/voices/2014/10/21/32248/40000-black-and-hispanic-voter-registrations-lost-and-found-in-georgia/

[oldandhappy]

1. Does anyone know what happened with the voter registration efforts in Ferguson during

and after the riots immediately following the death of Brown? This voter suppression thing is really really scary.

[elleng]

2. Doesn't sound quite like 'found' to me.'

Want to hear what NGP has to say.

'Now, the saga seems to be coming to a close as the midterm elections near and Secretary of State Kemp claims that most of the ‘missing’ registrations have been accounted for. According to Kemp, about 40,000 of the 56,001 have been processed. As a result, he’s not happy about the lawsuit.

“It’s time for the New Georgia Project and others to stop throwing out random numbers and baseless accusations and let the counties do their jobs,” Kemp said.

But wit h the reveal of the lost and found registrations inGeorgia coming after voting rights groups took decisive legal action, suspicions haven’t been entirely laid to rest. A legal representative for the groups registering voters is still unclear as to why some registrations are on the pending list—a list of about 5,000, at the moment—and would still like to see the issue resolved before elections.

It seems for the foreseeable future in the Peach State, after the case of the disappearing voter registrations, partisan mistrust may linger for quite a while on both sides.'

[murielm99]

3. On both sides?

BS.

[freshwest]

4. Both sides and both parties are the same is a media driven meme that I hope Americans get over soon.

It's an appeal to a higher view of other people than the GOP represents.

[The Magistrate]

6. Yes Ma'am, On Both Sides

Republicans may feel some mistrust over whether Republican officials are still doing their utmost to suppress turn-out by minorities and the young, and Democrats may feel some mistrust over whether Republican officials are still doing their utmost to suppress turn-out by minorities and the young. So you see, there could still be partisan mistrust on both sides....

[Gothmog]

5. Lawsuits work