Days after Georgia Democrats warned that the state’s new online portal for canceling voter registrations could be abused, officials have confirmed misuse attempts — including efforts to cancel the registrations of prominent Republicans.
“The state must send mail to those who appear to have moved. If the people don’t respond, they are moved to inactive status. But they can still vote and their registration isn’t removed unless they don’t vote in the next two federal general elections.”
It’s still an insanely dumb idea but not as exploitable as I initially thought.
Well certainly that warning comes with certain punishment, right?
The portal warns users that impersonating someone to cancel a voter registration is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Hassinger said the Secretary of State’s Office was consulting with in-house legal experts about whether to seek charges for the individuals who had attempted to cancel Raffensperger’s and Greene’s registrations.
Oh, nm.
"We want to protect voters’ personally identifiable information,” Hassinger said. “That’s part of running secure elections, and that’s the job that we take very seriously.”
…if you’re a US citizen…
…from a single IP and browser window…
…who will likely spot people who they know or who are registered for their party only…
…which won’t do much if their registration is canceled close enough to the election that they aren’t notified in time to actually get re-registered.
…meanwhile, they’ve published the information required to cancel voter registration for every registered voter in the state.
All those in addition to
“The state must send mail to those who appear to have moved. If the people don’t respond, they are moved to inactive status. But they can still vote and their registration isn’t removed unless they don’t vote in the next two federal general elections.”
It’s still an insanely dumb idea but not as exploitable as I initially thought.
That one actually seems reasonable to me. Relatively difficult to abuse in both directions.
Well certainly that warning comes with certain punishment, right?
Oh, nm.
Doubt.