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Syriel

Banned
Dec 13, 2017
11,088
Well, that's one way to discourage absentee voting...

The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp recently posted a public spreadsheet containing the home addresses and contact information of nearly 300,000 absentee voters, including disabled, elderly and active-duty military personnel. Shortly after releasing the information, he declared victory in his contentious race for governor against Democrat Stacy Abrams.

The public disclosure of this private information is standard practice, according to Kemp's office, but still raises the specter of voter intimidation just as his campaign for governor declares victory over Abrams.

Candace Broce, the spokeswoman for the secretary of state, said the office has been publishing the information for more than a decade – in compliance with state law. She said the office has never faced legal challenges or lawsuits for the practice.

Broce also said the state's VoteSafe program, enacted in 2009, is a way for voters to maintain their privacy in the face of the intrusive law.

Kemp, who was elected secretary of state in 2010, has been criticized for closing a number of polling places across Georgia during his tenure. An analysis by The Journal-Constitution found that nearly 8 percent of polling locations have shut their doors since 2012 -- that's 214 fewer precincts for Georgia voters to cast their ballots in.

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ormation-of-300000-absentee-voters/ar-BBPsGN2
 

Cation

The Fallen
Oct 28, 2017
3,603
User Banned (1 Day): Encouraging doxxing
If you rattle people enough, they will respond. I guess I can only hope someone doxxes this man
 

Cation

The Fallen
Oct 28, 2017
3,603
If you kill enough people, the state will respond. I guess I can only hope someone kills this man.

Wow, what a concept; revenge as justice. Can't see any issues with that.
Hold on to your horses. I never condoned killing this man. What a ridiculous way to escalate things lol
 

Ultron

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,763
Did the news source go and check that they've actually been doing this for a decade? If they have this seems like not a story at all.

Kemp has clearly been up to some bullshit, but this just seems like a "well if we make this normal thing seem nefarious we'll get some clicks" article.
 

AstronaughtE

Member
Nov 26, 2017
10,188
Brian Kemps slogan should've been:
If he can run an election this well, think how well he'll run the state!
 

Xx 720

Member
Nov 3, 2017
3,920
It's the law in Georgia unfortunatly, been this way for years but I think there's a way to opt out. Shitty as Kemp is, this would of happened even if Abrams had won.
 

TheAvatar

Member
Nov 4, 2017
695
What really upset me was how they handled a lot of black majority county voting polls, I was in and out in 10 minutes(which is how it should be) and apparently they were only given 3 voting systems and waiting hours! And the line was insane to the point some had to leave, and they were faulty systems as well. My friend said they only had 2 systems because some were messing up, insane.
 
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rainking187

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,146
"The public disclosure of this private information is standard practice, according to Kemp's office,"

Uh, why?
 

-PXG-

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
6,186
NJ
How is this legal? How did this become legal?

This better get tied up in court ASAP.
 

Ultron

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,763
How is this legal? How did this become legal?

This better get tied up in court ASAP.

It looks like it's been happening for indeed many years: http://elections.sos.ga.gov/Elections/voterabsenteefile.do

Voter registration info is generally available to the public nationwide, though the exact form of availability differs (http://voterlist.electproject.org/). Here in Ohio, for example, you can go and download county by county registration info for free (https://www6.sos.state.oh.us/ords/f?p=111:1). My address and name are in there quite accurately. So by the title of this thread every voter in the US is getting doxxed all the time I guess? I'll admit the one difference in this Georgia one is that the absentee info is a little more readily available for whatever reason.

Of all the shit that this guy has pulled, trying to paint this one as nefarious just seems to land somewhere between unneeded and "I bet people will click this story". We don't need to resort to such distortions to show that this guy is a villain.
 

floridaguy954

Member
Oct 29, 2017
3,631
What really upset me was how they handled a lot of black majority county voting polls, I was in and out in 10 minutes(which is how it should be) and apparently they were only given 3 voting systems and waiting hours! And the line was insane to the point some had to leave, and they were faulty systems as well. My friend said they only had 2 systems because some were messing up, insane.
Speaking of lack of machines...
 

djplaeskool

Member
Oct 26, 2017
19,726
This is standard procedure in GA...for some reason.
Going back five years, you can just download massive csv files with full name and address info by county.
I always assumed this is how these election/political group get enough info to spam us with mailers in the lead up to elections
Checked it out, and yup, ALL my details are in there.
 

Xiaomi

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,237
As an absentee voter... why? What possible good could come from this? You wouldn't change my vote; you'd just make a headache for my family who lives at my US address.
 

Josh378

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,521
I am wondering what will be the straw that breaks this country's back? It's going to be hell from this point on. I really do not want to see a Civil War in my lifetime, but if this keeps escalating like this, it might just happen.
 

WillyFive

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
6,976
I am wondering what will be the straw that breaks this country's back? It's going to be hell from this point on. I really do not want to see a Civil War in my lifetime, but if this keeps escalating like this, it might just happen.

The issue with a future civil war is that the split is not really geographic. It's not organized states vs the federal government, but cities vs rural areas within each state. It's much harder to start an organized war that way. The most likely option would be what can be observed in other developing countries, where armed militia get more and more popular that they challenge the existing government.
 

Omegasquash

Member
Oct 31, 2017
6,160

To say they're doxxed carries the implication that there's nefarious intent. I think Kemp is nothing if not nefarious, but this is standard, legal practice. It's also shitty, and should be legislated the hell out.

As noted earlier in the thread, data protection should be addressed, and addressed swiftly.
 

Anoregon

Member
Oct 25, 2017
14,014
Resigning from your old job after you abuse its power to get your new job. What a champion of accountability.