Georgia purges 1 in 10 voters from voter rolls

However, a fully structured trebuchet can fling a panda up to 200 yards, making it far superior to the catapult for ballistic applications of adorable animals.

Look, just bear with him for a moment, OK? :wink:

You’ve totally lost your bearings here. :stuck_out_tongue:

“Catapult” is a general term. A trebuchet is one kind of catapult.

Don’t panda to these dummies. :wink:

You’re right, I shouldn’t. They’re unbearable.

Shodan,
We get it. It’s probably, maybe, technically legal.
I which case I guess the lawsuit being made against Kemp for voter suppression will fail.
Although I see that he was successfully sued in 2016 for voter suppression via the exact-match tactic, before he later managed to get it put into law.

But you dismissed the whole issue as baseless hysteria and Liberal fruitcakery.
Let’s look at the title of the article:

Do you dispute the number of voters purged from the rolls?
Do you dispute that Palast has a list of the names of those removed from the rolls?

Now let’s look at a few of the key allegations:

Do you dispute this? If so, on what grounds?

Do you dispute this? If so, on what grounds?

Do you dispute any of these points? And if so, on what grounds?

You asked a rhetorical question and provided your own preconceived answer.

And in Gwinnett County, which is 60% minority, a much higher proportion of mailed-in ballots have been rejected by local officials than elsewhere in the state.

That seems bad. The article doesn’t go into enough detail, but on its face I’d say tighter procedures around mail in ballots would be beneficial.

“local officials”? As in, chosen by the people of Gwinnett County?

ETA:

Dude sounds like an asshole though. The people of Gwinnett County should fire him.

ETA2: Wasn’t there a thread around here asking of Democrats ever tried to suppress the vote? Do we have an example here in Mr. Stephen Day? Or are these sort of “disparate impact” lawsuits mostly bullshit?

Requiring photo ID to vote is pretty common:

That’s… really not the full extent of what we’re talking about here.

Agreed. I should have said more, but that IS one of the issues that is brought up regularly (and is part of the game being played), and relevant IMHO.

I don’t know about Georgia, but in Ohio, we don’t elect the people on the board of elections, so, probably not.

Which of the 14 words that were quoted lead you to think that he is an asshole worth firing?

Can you elaborate on why you feel that Stephen Day is suppressing votes? Maybe take a look at the votes that have been rejected, and get back to me on that.

If, after reviewing the details, you feel that it is an example of democratic voter suppression, then by all means, go ahead and post it to that thread along with your evidence and analysis. What you are doing here is just casting an insinuation, and expecting other to do the work for you.

https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/black-senior-citizens-ordered-off-georgia-bus-taking-them-vote/42lZxIGOF1uFo637TEc9jP/

…democracy in fucking action here folks. No attempts at voter suppression here at all. This is all perfectly normal.

I’ll just quote my friends at the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:

“… Data from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office indicates the the BORE has been rejecting absentee ballots cast by minority voters, particularly Asian-American and African-American voters at disproportionately high rates compared to white voters. The disparities, as reflected in the table below, are large and statistically significant …”

Isn’t that prima facie evidence that Mr. Day is a racist scumbag and he’s engaging in voter suppression? Or is the disparate impact on various races NOT convincing evidence in your eyes?

Certainly it is a unique perspective.

Moonbat Media is reporting that early voting started today in Georgia, and the voters are turning out with enthusiasm, numbers more than double the last election. Goody gum-drops, pals and gals!

Are you trying to say that the Mr. Day was trying to suppress the democratic vote? I think you are stretching here.

Anyway, we can start with the legal. Why were they rejected? Because they were not filled out properly. It says put your birthdate on the envelope. If you did not put your birthdate on the envelope, you did not follow instructions. I see nothing wrong with that, on the face of things, do you?

Now, once it is discovered that there is a disparate impact, then it does matter what happens. First, we see why that is. Was there any reason to think, before the policy was implemented to follow the law, whether this would create a disparate impact. If it was known, was this known by your arch nemesis Mr. Day? Though chair of the board, that does not mean that all decisions are made by him, and it also does not mean that all effects of policies would be known by him. If, with this information that requiring people to follow instructions is having a disparate impact, they change policies to allow these improperly marked ballots, would you still feel that he is a racist scumbag?

So, there is much more to be known about this situation before it can be concluded that this was the fault of Mr. Day, and that it was done with the intent of disenfranchising voters. For instance, like Mr. Kemp, does he have a history of using the legal system to harass political opponents who are politically active? Does he or his party stand to benefit from these policies?

No, your conclusions are rather unsupported here, you need to do much more homework before you could convince anyone that this was an attempt at voter suppression on the part of the democrats. If you happen to get more evidence of your assertion, then you are welcome to bolster your argument with it. I’m not saying you are wrong here, just that the evidence you have presented so far does not support your conclusions.

But, I do agree with you that those who suppress votes are scumbags, and those who do so with the intent of having a disparate racial impact are racist scumbags.

“We must secure”? :smiley:

Update:

Shock Audio: Republican Concerned About People Choosing to Vote

(Transcribed as best I could make out.)

So,** Bricker, Shodan,** are you willing to connect the dots and acknowledge that this man’s (possibly, technically legal) voter roll purge is nothing but deliberate, blatantly undemocratic voter suppression?
Because at this stage it’s more solid line than dots.