Showing posts with label voting rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voting rights. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Woman has challenged hundreds of voter registrations in Georgia

Saw this post at Bluesky, and then read this: 

their volunteer group had spent the last several months challenging voter rolls and expressing skepticism about the upcoming presidential election before either candidate received a single vote.

...

A longtime compliance officer, [the 65-year-old woman] had found her political voice during the last few years by taking advantage of a new Georgia law that allows private citizens to file mass challenges against other people’s eligibility to vote. She has legally challenged more than a thousand voters in Chatham County during the past 18 months

...

In Pittsburgh, a Trump supporter has challenged more than 25,000 people

Thursday, August 10, 2017

"State and local Republicans have expanded early voting in GOP-dominated areas and restricted it in Democratic areas"

IS:
From 2008 to 2016, GOP officials expanded early voting stations in Republican dominated Hamilton County, IndyStar's analysis found, and decreased them in the state's biggest Democratic hotbed, Marion County.

That made voting more convenient in GOP areas for people with transportation issues or busy schedules. And the results were immediate.