BREAKING: #Georgia's Board of Elections is trying to sneak through a new rule that could block new registrations before the Senate runoff to people who don’t have a car registered in the state. https://www.gregpalast.com/georgia-tries-to-block-new-voters-ahead-of-runoff/

This knocks out students and lower income urban voters (i.e. Black Atlantans) without cars. Of course, you can’t force people to buy a car in order to vote. The voters will be allowed on the rolls after a hearing, which will of course be after the January 5 election.

UPDATE: During the Election Board meeting, officials declined to discuss this new rule after the General Counsel for the GA Secretary of State’s office advised the board that local officials *ALREADY* had the authority laid out in the proposed new rule. https://www.gregpalast.com/georgia-tries-to-block-new-voters-ahead-of-runoff/

It was therefore decided that the Secretary of State’s office would remind election officials of this existing power by issuing the information in an official election bulletin.

This bulletin has exactly the same effect. We are not fooled. https://www.gregpalast.com/georgia-tries-to-block-new-voters-ahead-of-runoff/

We know Georgia has already been using this tactic since it’s exactly how they tried to stop my daughter from registering to vote in Savannah before the 2018 election. Officials challenged her application on the grounds that she did not have in-state Georgia plates on her car.

My daughter was forced to jump through several hoops before her name was added to the #Georgia voter rolls. Most young people in her position would have just given up — which is exactly what they want. https://www.gregpalast.com/georgia-tries-to-block-new-voters-ahead-of-runoff/