VOTING RIGHTS

[HairOfTheDog]

What the heck is so hard about voting? Show an I.D. vote and go the fuck home and eat jalapeno poppers. WTF. 

Exactly.  It should be possible for all American citizens to do so.  But, it's not.  That's the problem we're discussing.

The GOP tried to close down voting stations in predominantly African American communities in Georgia.  Fortunately, it was taken to court and the GOP lost.  So, those Georgian citizens won't have to travel long distances just to cast their votes.

But, closing down voting stations is not the only tactic in the book of voter suppression dirty tricks. Read the links about what Kemp is doing to 50,000 Georgia citizens if you really want to understand.

Kemp is also the only state supervisor of voting processes who refused federal/DHS assistance in analyzing the state's voting systems for hacking potential in 2016.  Later, it was proven that the Georgia electronic voter systems had in fact been a target of attempted hacking by Russians.

I remember you saying that paper ballots should be required to back up electronic votes, as a security/audit measure against hacking.  I agreed with you.  Kemp does not.

Georgia is the most populous of just 14 states that use electronic-only voting machines without a paper trail voters can verify for themselves. Cybersecurity experts agree this leaves elections more exposed to potential hacking and technical problems.