Thursday, November 1, 2018

Federal judge halts one form of voter suppression in Georgia

A federal district judge in Georgia denied Secretary of State Brian Kemp's request to pause an injunction the judge ordered last week that prevents election officials from tossing out certain absentee ballots.

Judge Leigh Martin May said in an order filed late Tuesday that delaying the injunction “would only cause confusion, as Secretary Kemp has already issued guidance in accordance with the injunction to county elections officials," according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Kemp is also the GOP nominee for governor in next week's election.

May said last week that she was blocking election officials in the state from throwing out absentee ballots when a resident's signature doesn't exactly match the signature on their voter registration card.

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Kemp had requested that May delay the injunction while he appeals the decision to a higher court, the Journal-Constitution reported.

  The Hill
Yet another example of how Trump's packing of federal judgeships is so important.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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