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babylonsister

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Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:08 PM Oct 2019

Voter registration surges in Georgia ahead of 2020 elections


Voter registration surges in Georgia ahead of 2020 elections
AJC CONTINUING COVERAGE: VOTER REGISTRATION 2 hours ago
By Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



New voters have registered in droves in Georgia since last year’s midterms, expanding the electorate ahead of the 2020 presidential election year when the state is expected to be a key political battleground.

More than 352,000 people signed up to vote in the past 11 months,
the vast majority of them automatically registering when they obtain a driver’s license, according to data from the secretary of state’s office. The influx has boosted Georgia’s voter rolls to a record high of nearly 7.4 million.

Many of the new voters are racial minorities or under age 30, both groups that are more likely to support Democrats than Republicans, according to a Pew Research Center poll.

About 47% of the new voters who identified their race are minorities and 45% are age 30 or younger, according to an analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of a list of voters registered from Nov. 6 to Aug. 12. By comparison, 40% of all Georgia voters are minorities and 14% are age 30 or younger. The voter list was obtained from the secretary of state’s office and provided to the AJC by Fair Fight PAC, a political action committee that supports Democratic parties nationwide.

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Voter registration surges in Georgia ahead of 2020 elections (Original Post) babylonsister Oct 2019 OP
No doubt followed by a surge in Republican voter suppression RAB910 Oct 2019 #1
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