{"id":137,"date":"2019-10-30T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voterpurgeproject.org\/?p=137"},"modified":"2020-08-19T20:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:10:54","slug":"georgia-plans-to-purge-300000-names-from-its-voter-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voterpurgeproject.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/30\/georgia-plans-to-purge-300000-names-from-its-voter-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Plans to Purge 300,000 Names From Its Voter Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Voting rights advocates described the removals as troubling, saying it was just the beginning of efforts to suppress the vote in battleground states.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>By Nicholas Casey<br>Oct. 30, 2019<br>A coming purge of Georgia\u2019s voter rolls has raised alarms among advocacy groups in the state and nationwide, many of whom see the issue of who gets to cast a ballot re-emerging with next year\u2019s election, particularly in battleground states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Georgia state officials said they would be removing about 300,000 names from their lists of eligible voters, a number that amounts to almost 4 percent of those registered to vote. The state said the move is a normal part of updating records after voters have moved away or stopped casting ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/30\/us\/politics\/georgia-voter-purge.html\">Continue reading at the New York Times website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=Voter_purge\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting rights advocates described the removals as troubling, saying it was just the beginning of efforts to suppress the vote in battleground states. 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