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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 01:58 PM Oct 2018

Georgia county ballot rejection, blacks twice the rate, asians three times the rate

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/20/politics/gwinnett-county-absentee-ballots/index.html

One suburban Georgia county has become a flashpoint for concerns over voter suppression for rejecting hundreds of mail-in absentee ballots weeks before Election Day.

Gwinnett County, located northeast of Atlanta, now faces two federal lawsuits and accusations from voting rights activists who say the rejections disproportionately affect minority voters, particularly Asian Americans and African Americans.

The county has rejected 595 absentee ballots, which account for more than a third of the total absentee-ballot rejections in the state, even though Gwinnett County accounts for only about 6% of absentee ballots submitted in Georgia, according to state data analyzed by CNN Friday. More than 300 of the rejected ballots belonged to African Americans and Asian Americans.

Officials tossed out the ballots due to missing birthdates, address discrepancies, signatures that do not match those on registration records and other issues, according to the data.

A lawsuit brought by the Coalition for Good Governance on behalf of a group of Georgia voters demands that a judge order the county to notify voters within one day of the rejections and provide adequate time to address the discrepancies.
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Georgia county ballot rejection, blacks twice the rate, asians three times the rate (Original Post) Demovictory9 Oct 2018 OP
When will people in red and purple states learn. Blue_true Oct 2018 #1
Will the court get involved? triron Oct 2018 #2

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
1. When will people in red and purple states learn.
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 02:05 PM
Oct 2018

When in person early voting is an option, get their asses in early to vote in person. Anything else allows Republican's to play dirty tricks.

I honestly don't understand why Whites that call themselves decent human beings see this happening and still plan to vote for Kemp.

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