Current Events > Kemp: Ridiculous To Suggest I Step Down For Stalling 53K Voter Registrations

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/brian-kemp-ridiculous-step-down-holding-up-georgia-voter-registration

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) is going on the offensive against critics of his offices policy that blocked 53,000 Georgiansmost of them blackfrom registering to vote.

Calls for him to resign over the policy are ridiculous, Kemp, who is locked in a close race for governor, said Friday.

Speaking to the Forsyth County News, the GOP nominee for governor called claims of mass voter suppression fake news and a manufactured story from the Democrats.

Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams argued last week that Kemp had to step down so that Georgians can have confidence that their Secretary of State competently and impartially oversee this election.

Abrams call was taken up by protesters and several state civil rights groups. The Georgia NAACP, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Groups, and other organizations filed a lawsuit against Kemp on Thursday, arguing that his office discriminated against minority residents.

Under the exact match policy, Georgia is allowed to delay or block voter registrations if information on the registration form does not align exactly with existing state records.

An Associated Press review of state records found that some 70 percent of the 53,000 people affected by the policy are black.

Kemp has insisted that affected voters can still cast ballots in person on Election Day, and attacked outside agitatorsa term used by segregationists in the Southfor stirring up controversy about his policy.

The Republican nominee is also trying to shift attention back across the aisle. On Friday, he claimed for the first time that the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor should withdraw from the race over allegations made in an April complaint against her familys business.

Kemp said that the claims of racial discrimination at the Jack Cooper trucking firm are unacceptable and disqualifying for Sarah Riggs Amico, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Its obvious the Georgia GOP wants to distract voters from this weeks national news headlines, the Amico campaign said in a statement calling the lawsuits claims completely without merit.

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Bump.
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This fucking country...
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Election Fraud: It's OK If You Are Republican
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What a sack of shit
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so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?
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soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

So are you done being a caricature of a liberal now?
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This is possible because the Supreme Court ruled a few years back that southern states no longer need pre-approval for changes regarding election rules.
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Kineth posted...

soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

So are you done being a caricature of a liberal now?

i'm liberal

but i deal in facts
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So you deal oregano instead of dank nuggets of truth.
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you trying to go viral with the next meme?

we don't need libs like you
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soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

I would care because preventing people from voting right before an election is scummy.
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"We"? You should get that multiple personality disorder looked at.
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soylentgreen posted...

you trying to go viral with the next meme?

we don't need libs like you

This is a weird gimmick that shouldnt fool anyone
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soylentgreen posted...

Kineth posted...

soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

So are you done being a caricature of a liberal now?

i'm liberal

but i deal in facts

that's why you started a new troll account right?
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Tmaster148 posted...

soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

I would care because preventing people from voting right before an election is scummy.

you don't think its sketchy that 53,000 have conflicting information on their state records all of a sudden when its voting time?
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monkmith posted...

that's why you started a new troll account right?

this is also my first account on this site
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soylentgreen posted...

Tmaster148 posted...

soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

I would care because preventing people from voting right before an election is scummy.

you don't think its sketchy that 53,000 have conflicting information on their state records all of a sudden when its voting time?

No. Because it's pretty common that people forget to update their voter registration.
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its pretty common? what percentage is that 53,000 of total new voters int he state?

i'm sure a few are legit but the rest probably are shady
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soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

Yes.

A Democrat could do the same thing to Republican voters and I would have just as much a problem with it.
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Yes it's common.
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Gheb posted...

soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

Yes.

A Democrat could do the same thing to Republican voters and I would have just as much a problem with it.

and why would you have a problem with preventing voter fraud?
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soylentgreen posted...

monkmith posted...

that's why you started a new troll account right?

this is also my first account on this site

No one believes you
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soylentgreen posted...

so if it was 30% black instead of 70% would you guys care?

Yes? Voter suppression is bad no matter who is affected by it. Voting is an American right
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Alpha218 posted...

Voting is an American right

So it makes sense to make sure its Americans actually voting
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Conflict posted...

Stop feeding lifeamovie/Rick-C k thanks

Oh that was the guy who was a rape apologist.
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Conflict posted...

Stop feeding lifeamovie/Rick-C k thanks

Is this guy madfoot too? So many fucking new accounts flooding this board I legit cant tell anymore
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and just like that they turn and hide

more liberals need to stand up to the alt-left
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Kemp needs to step down.
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"I'm not corrupt, the democrats are and they made everything up.

Thing is if the democrats were not so spineless the republicans probably wouldn't be able to get away with saying stuff like that.
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soylentgreen posted...

and just like that they turn and hide

more liberals need to stand up to the alt-left

Dude whats going wrong in your life that you dedicate so much time to trolling on CE?
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@soylentgreen you've got to be reaching the end of your allotted troll posts today right? will you just make another troll account to keep pumping them out?
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King_Hellebuyck posted...

soylentgreen posted...

and just like that they turn and hide

more liberals need to stand up to the alt-left

Dude whats going wrong in your life that you dedicate so much time to trolling on CE?

Lack of attention from the opposite sex will do that to a man
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monkmith posted...

@soylentgreen you've got to be reaching the end of your allotted troll posts today right? will you just make another troll account to keep pumping them out?

If its actually madfoot he has several other accounts already on here
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King_Hellebuyck posted...

soylentgreen posted...

and just like that they turn and hide

more liberals need to stand up to the alt-left

Dude whats going wrong in your life that you dedicate so much time to trolling on CE?

you have 103 posts, why do you spend so much time on gamefaqs?
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soylentgreen posted...

King_Hellebuyck posted...

soylentgreen posted...

and just like that they turn and hide

more liberals need to stand up to the alt-left

Dude whats going wrong in your life that you dedicate so much time to trolling on CE?

you have 103 posts, why do you spend so much time on gamefaqs?

boredom mostly, easy to access on phone. i do only have one account though, if i need to say something that'll get me modded i do it with this account.
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soylentgreen posted...

King_Hellebuyck posted...

soylentgreen posted...

and just like that they turn and hide

more liberals need to stand up to the alt-left

Dude whats going wrong in your life that you dedicate so much time to trolling on CE?

you have 103 posts, why do you spend so much time on gamefaqs?

Because my day job is boring. But I just post my thoughts, rather than creating a troll gimmick for the sake of attention. So whats wrong in your life that makes you dedicate so much time to a troll gimmick?
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i just post my thoughts

not my fault i think about real truths
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soylentgreen posted...

i just post my thoughts

not my fault i think about real truths

No one believes that youre being genuine, everyone can tell youre trolling.
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i think its more that the alt-left hasn't upgraded their group think packet so its easier to dismiss points against it as trolling
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Just proving my point
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no you're proving my point

the sole purpose of this topic was fake outrage, and to call opposing views trolling
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Tmaster148 posted...

Under the exact match policy, Georgia is allowed to delay or block voter registrations if information on the registration form does not align exactly with existing state records.

An Associated Press review of state records found that some 70 percent of the 53,000 people affected by the policy are black.

The policy itself isn't racist. Enforcing the policy isn't racist either, unless intentional discrimination was shown. But since 30% were non-black, that doesn't appear to be the case. When a racial demographic is over represented in some manner the reason isn't necessarily racism. That's a baseless assumption.
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Funbazooka posted...

The policy itself isn't racist. Enforcing the policy isn't racist either, unless intentional discrimination was shown. But since 30% were non-black, that doesn't appear to be the case.

Jim Crow prevented a lot of whites from voting too. Generally these things hit the poor hardest, and that's a group that is disproportionately black.
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Funbazooka posted...

Tmaster148 posted...

Under the exact match policy, Georgia is allowed to delay or block voter registrations if information on the registration form does not align exactly with existing state records.

An Associated Press review of state records found that some 70 percent of the 53,000 people affected by the policy are black.

The policy itself isn't racist. Enforcing the policy isn't racist either, unless intentional discrimination was shown. But since 30% were non-black, that doesn't appear to be the case. When a racial demographic is over represented in some manner the reason isn't necessarily racism. That's a baseless assumption.

What you quoted doesn't even use the word "racist".
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Tmaster148 posted...

Funbazooka posted...

Tmaster148 posted...

Under the exact match policy, Georgia is allowed to delay or block voter registrations if information on the registration form does not align exactly with existing state records.

An Associated Press review of state records found that some 70 percent of the 53,000 people affected by the policy are black.

The policy itself isn't racist. Enforcing the policy isn't racist either, unless intentional discrimination was shown. But since 30% were non-black, that doesn't appear to be the case. When a racial demographic is over represented in some manner the reason isn't necessarily racism. That's a baseless assumption.

What you quoted doesn't even use the word "racist".

That's obviously the implication.
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Funbazooka posted...

Tmaster148 posted...

Funbazooka posted...

Tmaster148 posted...

Under the exact match policy, Georgia is allowed to delay or block voter registrations if information on the registration form does not align exactly with existing state records.

An Associated Press review of state records found that some 70 percent of the 53,000 people affected by the policy are black.

The policy itself isn't racist. Enforcing the policy isn't racist either, unless intentional discrimination was shown. But since 30% were non-black, that doesn't appear to be the case. When a racial demographic is over represented in some manner the reason isn't necessarily racism. That's a baseless assumption.

What you quoted doesn't even use the word "racist".

That's obviously the implication.

Sounds like you are just making an assumption.
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Antifar posted...

Funbazooka posted...

The policy itself isn't racist. Enforcing the policy isn't racist either, unless intentional discrimination was shown. But since 30% were non-black, that doesn't appear to be the case.

Jim Crow prevented a lot of whites from voting too. Generally these things hit the poor hardest, and that's a group that is disproportionately black.

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.[1] Enacted by white Democrat-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period, in the late 19th century, the laws were enforced until 1965. In practice, Jim Crow laws mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America, starting in the 1870s and 1880s, and were upheld in 1896, by the U.S. Supreme Court's "separate but equal" legal doctrine for African Americans, established with the court's decision in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson. Moreover, public education had essentially been segregated since its establishment in most of the South, after the Civil War (186165).
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