It should not matter if you haven’t voted in 30 years. You should still be eligible to vote. People don’t lose their drivers license if they haven’t drove in X years. The conspiracy here is that our government is taking away one of the most powerful tools citizens have in order for them to stay in power
via thehill:
Georgia officials removed an estimated 107,000 people from voter rolls because they decided not to vote in prior elections, according to a new report.
An APM Reports analysis found the voters were removed under the state’s “use it or lose it” law, which starts a process for removing people from voter rolls if they fail to vote, respond to a notice or make contact with election officials over a three-year period.
After that three-year span, those who don’t vote or make contact with authorities in two elections can be purged from the voter rolls under the Georgia law.
Such laws, generally enacted by GOP governments, have been growing more common, with at least nine states now having them, according to APM Reports.
Voter suppression has become a big issue in the Georgia governor’s race, where Republican Brian Kemp is running against Democrat Stacy Abrams. Abrams would become the first black woman to serve as a U.S. governor in history if elected.
Kemp is Georgia’s secretary of state, and his office oversees elections. Abrams has argued that Georgia laws and Kemp’s office have acted to suppress the votes of African-Americans in the state. Kemp says his office is following Georgia law and that he has acted to prevent voter fraud.
h/t kyanite09