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Jerry LambeDec 29th, 2020, 12:08 pm
U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner
A federal judge on Monday evening sided with a voting rights organization seeking to prevent two counties from purging thousands of “targeted voters” from their voting rolls less than two weeks ahead of the state’s highly consequential Senate runoff elections.
The controversy stems from the election boards in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County voting to remove the names of more than 4,000 individuals whom they claimed had moved out of state based on unverified data obtained from the National Change of Address (NCOA) registry. “Targeted voters” those whose names appeared on the NCOA registry list attempting to vote in-person would only be permitted to cast provisional ballots, while those seeking to vote via mail would have to provide additional evidence of residency before being sent a ballot.
Judge blocks attempted voter purge in two Georgia counties ahead of runoffs By Melissa Quinn Record-breaking fundraising in Georgia Senate races
Washington A federal judge in Georgia on Monday blocked two Georgia counties from removing more than 4,000 registered voters from their rolls and preventing them from casting a regular ballot in the January 5 runoff elections, which will determine which party controls the Senate.
U.S. District Judge Leslie Gardner sided with Majority Forward, a voter registration group, and Gamaliel Warren Turner, a Georgia voter, in their challenge to efforts by the boards of elections in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County that targeted a total of 4,185 registered voters.
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A sign in an Atlanta neighborhood on Dec. 11 urges people to vote early in Georgia’s two Senate races. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
A federal judge on Monday ordered two Georgia counties to reverse a decision removing thousands of voters from the rolls ahead of Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine which political party controls the Senate.
The counties seemed to have improperly relied on unverified change-of-address data to invalidate registrations, the judge, Leslie Abrams Gardner, said in her order filed late on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Federal judge blocks voter eligibility challenge ahead of Georgia runoffs Follow Us
Question of the Day FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, people wait in line on the first day of advance voting for Georgia’s Senate runoff election at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Ga. A federal judge on Monday, Dec. 28, . more > By - Associated Press - Tuesday, December 29, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ga. A federal judge ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged ahead of next week’s runoff elections for the U.S. Senate.
U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner blocked election boards in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County, which includes Columbus, from forcing large numbers of voters to prove their residency before casting ballots in the runoffs. The judge ruled that denying so many voters