11 Oct 2018 11:03 am
UPDATE:Misty » 10 Oct 2018 9:32 pm » wrote:Typical Republican voter suppression tactics.
The man who is running for governor in Georgia is also the man who is overseeing the election.
He has put more than 53,000 voter registration applications on hold, 70% of which are the applications of black voters. And BTW, his opponent is black.53K Georgia voter registration applications on hold with Kemp's office: report.
More than 53,000 voter registration applications are sitting on hold with Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp's (R) office, according to a new Associated Press report.
A majority of the applicants on that list are black, the AP reported Tuesday, and many applicants may be unaware that their applications have been put on hold. Tuesday marked the state's deadline for residents to register and be eligible to vote in the November general election.
APNewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed.
A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned.
The server’s data was destroyed July 7 by technicians at the Center for Elections Systems at Kennesaw State University, which runs the state’s election system. The data wipe was revealed in an email sent last week from an assistant state attorney general to plaintiffs in the case that was later obtained by the AP. More emails obtained in a public records request confirmed the wipe.
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It’s not clear who ordered the server’s data irretrievably erased.
The Kennesaw elections center answers to Georgia’s secretary of state, Brian Kemp, a Republican running for governor in 2018 and the suit’s main defendant. His spokeswoman issued a statement Thursday saying his office had neither involvement nor advanced warning of the decision. It blamed “the undeniable ineptitude” at the Kennesaw State elections center.
After declining comment for more than 24 hours, Kennesaw State’s media office issued a statement late Thursday attributing the server wiping to “standard operating procedure.” It did not respond to the AP’s question on who ordered the action.