DOJ Files Lawsuit Over Alleged Voter Roll Discrepancies
Washington, D.C. — The Department of Justice has escalated its efforts to prevent voter disenfranchisement by filing a lawsuit against a recent voter purge law in Georgia. The federal lawsuit underscores the government’s commitment to civil rights, specifically targeting measures that could disproportionately impact minority voters. The DOJ alleges that the Georgia law, which involved the removal of hundreds of thousands of voters from the rolls, was executed without proper notice to the affected voters, many of whom may not have realized they were deregistered. According to the lawsuit, this lack of notification violates the … Read more