At least for now, a federal judge won’t order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections
Andy Brown takes a break on top of what remains of a tree that destroyed his SUV when it fell during Hurricane Helene on in Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. .
The lawsuit was filed by the Georgia conference of the NAACP, the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda and the New Georgia Project. All three groups say they had to cancel voter registration activities last week. Historically, there’s a spike in Georgia voter registrations just before the deadline, the plaintiffs said.
and kept people from registering in person because at least 37 county election offices were closed for parts of last week. They also note mail service was suspended for a time in 27 counties, including the cities of Augusta, Savannah, Statesboro, Dublin and Vidalia. “On the other hand, the state wants to strictly construe its deadline against people who will lose the fundamental right to vote," she said.
“They have not identified a single plaintiff they claim has been harmed by the failure to register to vote,” she said, adding that counties “do not need this additional burden placed on them.”
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