Judge Denies Effort to Have 200,000 People Restored to Georgia Voter Rolls Before Runoffs
By Zachary Stieber
December 17, 2020 Updated: December 17, 2020
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected an effort to place nearly 200,000 names back on Georgia voter rolls before next month’s Senate runoff elections.
“Plaintiffs have shown that Georgia’s list maintenance process may not be accurate in identifying voters who have actually moved. But they have not shown, or even alleged, that the process is applied differently to any class of voters,†Judge Steve Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia wrote in his ruling. “Here, there is no evidence at this stage that the list maintenance process is not uniformly applied.â€
The judge said putting the names back on the rolls would “impose a severe burden†on the office of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as it administers the election, and create confusion.
He also noted that voters had a year to re-register themselves, and some likely did so.
“Plaintiffs acknowledge that they do not know how many people on their list of cancelled registrations may have re-registered before Dec. 7, 2020,†Jones wrote. “Thus, the risk of dual registrations and voter confusion is high.â€
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