It's important to make clear that under Georgia law passed in 2017, these 53,000 can still vote if they bring ID to their polling place. It would be tragic and counterproductive if media coverage dissuaded those people from turning out. Tweet added by Jay Bookman @jaysbookman

Jay Bookman

6 years

It's important to make clear that under Georgia law passed in 2017, these 53,000 can still vote if they bring ID to their polling place. It would be tragic and counterproductive if media coverage dissuaded those people from turning out.

Rachel Maddow MSNBC

@maddow

6 years

"Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s (R) office is blocking 53,000 people from registering to vote, according to records obtained by the AP, a huge number that could sway his gubernatorial race against Democrat Stacey Abrams."

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GeustGeoff

@hanksgeoff

6 years

@jaybookmanajc How do the 53,000 know who they are?

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Jay Bookman

@jaysbookman

6 years

@hanksgeoff If you check your status at the SoS office, it will say "pending."

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Charles P. Pierce

@CharlesPPierce

6 years

@jaybookmanajc @ggreeneva Provisional ballots, Jay, or no?

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Jay Bookman

@jaysbookman

6 years

@CharlesPPierce @ggreeneva According to state elections officials and the state elections website, "pending" voters who show state-issued ID will be able to vote a normal ballot:

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Suzanne Anzalone

@suzannamimi

6 years

@jaybookmanajc Rachel made it clear in her report that they could vote provisional ballots.

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Jay Bookman

@jaysbookman

6 years

@suzannamimi Good.

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@makingitblue

6 years

@jaybookmanajc Can they vote on a regular ballot? Can they early vote? Can they vote by mail? Or, do you mean they can show up on election day only and cast a provisional ballot that may or may not actually be counted based on Kemp's whims? #gapol #CorruptKemp #LyinBrian

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Jay Bookman

@jaysbookman

6 years

@makingitblue They can vote by mail, by regular ballot and vote early, without a provisional ballot.

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KJ Howard

@KA9NYA

6 years

@jaybookmanajc @zeynep Jay, can we add this for anyone turned away from voting. They should ask, "Give Me A Provisional Ballot With A Receipt as required by Law."

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David Lewicki

@dlewicki

6 years

@jaybookmanajc Has anyone parsed this 53k number? Who are they? How many still live here? Etc? It’s a shocking number, but we deserve to know more...

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Joe Duffy 🇺🇸

@AtlantaGrubber

6 years

@jaybookmanajc Doesn't matter. We progs are just setting up our usual narrative of we didn't lose, the election was stolen from us. Then we'll come up with a study that showed the people who voted for the loser are so much smarter than those who voted for the winner. Our script doesn't change.

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Erica B.

@SaneDaysFan

6 years

@jaybookmanajc Jay, do you know the name or number of the law. I want to arm people with that info.

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Jen #VoteBlueSaveDemocracy Mulvaney

@jenmulvaney

6 years

@jaybookmanajc @lmrcnow She clearly said on her show last night that voters could complete a provisional ballot.

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Pam Parker☮️

@PamParker7

6 years

@jaybookmanajc Everybody better call their local election board. @baldyparker read the training manual and it doesn't mention "exact match" anywhere calls it "direct match." I'm thinking the 80 year old poll workers in Columbus are not going to know what this means if they encounter it.

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T Flaherty

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6 years

@jaybookmanajc There is still no excuse that 70% of these people are black. No excuse.

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james

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@jaybookmanajc Lock him up!

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@makingitblue

6 years

@jaybookmanajc Have poll workers been trained on this? Most of the ones I know think that these voters will NOT be able to vote on a regular ballot and must ask for a provisional ballot. Does @BrianKempGA plan to provide training to all the county election offices and the poll workers? #gapol

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