Ga. Judge Won t Register Purged Voters For Senate Runoffs By By
Rosie Manins Law360 (December 16, 2020, 5:12 PM EST) A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday said he will not restore the eligibility of almost 200,000 voters purged from the rolls in 2019 so they can vote in the Jan. 5 runoff elections for the state s two U.S. Senate seats.
U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones said four multi-state voter advocacy groups that
made the request have not proven a likelihood of success on their claims necessary for a preliminary injunction, while also raising issues with their standing and failure to provide defendant Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger with a statutorily required notice.
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Federal Judge Steve C. Jones, a Barack Obama appointee, is set to decide whether some 200,000 people purged from the Georgia voter rolls in 2019 can be put back on, allowing them to cast a ballot in the January 5 runoff election for two Senate seats.
The Law 360 website reported on the consequential case:
U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones said at the end of a three-hour hearing Thursday that he’ll decide “pretty quickly” whether to grant a request by four multi-state voter and civil rights organizations to re-register the purged voters. Voter registration for Georgia’s senatorial runoffs, which will decide the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans in the upper chamber, closed Monday.
A federal judge in Georgia is considering whether almost 200,000 people purged from the state's registered voters list in 2019 should immediately be added back so they can vote in the Jan. 5 runoff elections for two U.S Senate seats.