Updated Dec. 11 at 10:15 a.m. PT.
A lawsuit alleges Georgia unlawfully purged almost 200,000 voters from the voter rolls. “Every American should be upset about this,” said Barbara Arnwine, one of the suit’s three co-plaintiffs. “The state of Georgia did not do its job. It did not protect the constitutional rights of its citizens.”
Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. (Real Deal Press)
With the upcoming Jan. 5 runoff elections quickly approaching, all eyes are on the state of Georgia and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in particular.
Last week, the Black Voters Matter Fund, Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC), and the Rainbow Push Coalition filed a complaint against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, alleging Georgia unlawfully purged almost 200,000 voters from the voter rolls based on the (incorrect) assumption they had moved. An investigation conducted by The Palast Investigative Fund revealed that in all likelihood, those voters still li
December 17, 2020 10:38 a.m.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Georgia does not have to restore nearly 200,000 voters to the rolls for the runoff, though he admitted that there may be “discrepancies” in records used to show that those voters had moved out of the state.
Advocacy groups including the Black Voters Matter Fund brought the lawsuit against Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in early December.
Judge Steve Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, an Obama appointee, found that the advocacy groups both lacked the standing necessary to sue, and that they failed to prove that the rolls were purged with a discriminatory aim.