Critics of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp continued Monday to press him for answers about the state’s voter registration system, despite his insistence that no eligible voter has been left off the state’s voting rolls.
“When people lose confidence in the elections process, then that is damaging to democracy,” said former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, the president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, who spoke at the state Capitol in Atlanta.
Strickland’s visit came on the heels of an exhaustive records request by the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights as it pursues a lawsuit against Kemp and five Georgia counties: Chatham, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton and Muscogee. The suit seeks to ensure everyone who registered by the state’s Oct. 6 deadline will be able to vote in the Nov. 4 election.
The group has asked for voter-by-voter accounting of 55,000 people, plus records about the state’s ElectioNet voting system.
The request was made Friday, after Kemp said his office could account for the 55,000. The group, however, said it could not yet verify how Kemp tallied his list.
Kemp has urged any voter with questions about his or her registration status to contact a local registrar or check online at www.mvp.sos.ga.gov. He also has launched a new email address to accept voter registration queries —- Kemp@sos.ga.gov —- and said voters could call his office at 404-656-2871.
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