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Cattledog

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Sun Oct 28, 2018, 07:56 AM Oct 2018

Largest single voter purge in history happened in GA July 2017

More than 500,000 voters purged in one night by Brian Kemp.


One evening in July 2017, computers at the Georgia Secretary of State’s office were set to a monumental task. Through the night, they would sift through a list of 6.6 million registered voters, seeking out those who didn’t belong.
By dawn, more than 500,000 people were registered no more.

This purge, according to election-law experts, may represent the largest mass disenfranchisement in U.S. history.

It also underscores how Georgia – where people once died for the right to vote – has systematically enacted some of the strictest voting laws in the nation over the past two decades. While officials say the laws are aimed at preventing election fraud, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says no state has done more than Georgia in recent years to make voting difficult, especially for minorities.

https://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/voter-purge-begs-question-what-the-matter-with-georgia/YAFvuk3Bu95kJIMaDiDFqJ/
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Largest single voter purge in history happened in GA July 2017 (Original Post) Cattledog Oct 2018 OP
Too bad we no longer have a functioning office of Civil Rights at DOJ. sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #1
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