# Republican activists work to purge voters in Georgia **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** ai, trump\ **Created:** [December 4, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103 "2023-12-04T16:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103/1 "2023-12-04T16:20:07Z")
This is all really horrifying and sad, and yet nothing new. They have a horde of people combing through the rolls, and AI programs that can pop out hundreds of challenges at once, forcing people to show up and argue against them when they might not have the time off. One lady says that God is telling her to do it. Georgia needs help, and _maybe_ Raffensberger will provide it. Maybe. > **[Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eligible-voters-swept-up-conservative-activists-purge-voter-rolls/)** > > An army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists in search of registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103/2 "2023-12-04T16:29:13Z")
This is some awful and undemocratic stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103/3 "2023-12-04T16:39:52Z")
If this were to purge the rolls of those that cannot legally vote: criminals, non-citizens, no longer a resident, double-registered voters etc. then I’d support it. But to take a way a person’s right to vote because their 1 looks like a 7 … it’s reasons like that that I left the Republican Party. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103/4 "2023-12-04T17:41:46Z")
And how many Republican voters are getting flagged, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103/5 "2023-12-04T17:57:19Z")
It would also be interesting to know what percentage of minority voters are flagged. Not that this Supreme Court would take notice. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103/6 "2023-12-04T18:33:31Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > But to take a way a person’s right to vote because their 1 looks like a 7 … it’s reasons like that that I left the Republican Party. It’s reasons like that that I left the south, and the mid west, and Pennsylvania. And Mars is right out. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103/7 "2023-12-04T19:01:31Z")
There was a Jeffrey Wright documentary from _years_ ago that covered this. > **[Home | Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook](https://www.riggedthefilm.com/)** > > Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook is a documentary feature chronicling how American democracy is being threatened, and what we can do to save it. It came out 4 years ago. They actually showed right wing activists in Georgia removing people for frivolous reasons. To them it was like a holy crusade. Here is an article about it: > **[New documentary 'Rigged' chronicles voter suppression](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/rigged-voter-suppression-playbook-n1056956)** > > “This is a story that needs to be told — and heard,” said the actor Jeffrey Wright, who narrates the documentary. I originally watched it on Netflix, it looks like you can watch it online for free from that first link I posted. It’s a good film though as you expect it can be a bit of a downer.