Atlanta Progressive News is reporting that the case of as many as 40,000 voter registrations which have been held up by the Secretary of State's office may go to the Georgia Supreme Court in an expedited action.
Plaintiffs asked that the Fulton County court rule immediately that the Secretary of State add these voters to the rolls. The Secretary of State says there is some kind of mismatch between the voter registration application and federal and state databases, and that this allows him to hold up the registrations. Fulton County judge Christopher Brasher refused to order the registrations.
According to the Lawyers Committe for Civil Rights, the only reason a registration can be held up is if information is missing. These forms are completely filled out.
Judge Brasher also ruled that voters not on the rolls can cast provisional ballots.
However, the plaintiffs argue that is not a remedy because counties generally fail to clear these provisional ballots during the required 3 days.
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