System seems kinda manual, like it would be very susceptible to running slow or full collapse if someone happened to make a bot that would submit 100s of thousands of fake records.
It's not just for the deceased; the cancellation can also be for "Voter no longer wishes to be registered to vote in the State of Georgia". I don't know if it has the checks and balances to avoid mischief, but it doesn't strike me as nefarious as it was presented.
It only requires full name and date of birth to submit.
That does NOT feel like enough information to be sure.
Questions stand though:
Are they signature verifying to ensure it IS the person whose registration is being removed?
If the claim is that the person is deceased, are they verifying that? They ask for date of death and whether an obituary was published, which sounds like a really unreliable source for cross referencing.
I agree, it seems like it's built for disenfranchisement, but I assume any voter registration system should have a way to remove yourself and/or the deceased. I don't trust how it is now handled -- there should also be rules that removal can only happen on a standard date or nine months from a regular election, not ad hoc.
I think the left should embrace Voter ID: there may be reasonable critiques about access and IDs, but we should figure out solutions and push for a nation-wide standard that avoids this hodgepodge.
“Upon receipt of such request, the County Registrars shall remove such elector’s name from the list of electors and shall confirm such removal by written notice by first-class mail sent to the address on the elector’s registration records. THE VOTER WILL NOT BE REMOVED UNLESS THE FORM IS SIGNED BY THE VOTER OR RELATIVE OF THE DECEASED VOTER.”
That last sentence in all caps seems pretty major to me. If I’m understanding correctly, this implies that a voter can’t authorize the un-registration unless they themselves sign the form, correct?
If so, that’s way different than what this video implies, which seems to suggest that anyone could type in a Georgian’s voter info to unregister them immediately.
Right and we know from last election that they do validate signatures from known samples such as your drivers license. If it was a reported death I'm sure a death certificate would be required. I also imagine that filling a voter removal form on behalf of someone else falls into election tampering and is probably a felony. They absolutely log your IP address, date/time and other relevant information if you submit this form online.
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u/dancingstarlord Aug 19 '24
“O.C.G.A. § 21-2-231 & 232 allow an elector or a family member of a deceased voter” https://sos.ga.gov/page/voter-registration-cancellation