Democrats urging voters to move to Georgia before Senate runoff election — is it fraud?

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  1. Bluesguy

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    Yep, Democrats are urging people to move to Georgia to live there temporarily and register and vote. Basically out-of-staters disfranchise actual citizens of the State of Georgia. This is outrageous and yes the Voting Rights Office of the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ should immediately look into this and if it does violate the law charge these people accordingly.

    Then every voter should look at this and ask themselves can I really support a party that will engage in such voter fraud?

    Democrats urging voters to move to Georgia before Senate runoff election — is it fraud?

    Liberals urging voters to move to Georgia to vote in the January Senate runoff elections may want to think twice — moving to Georgia for a short time just to vote is against state law.


    But how long a new arrival has to stay in the state without breaking the law is not clear, according to reports. Gov. Brian Kemp declined this week to get behind his fellow Republicans' push for a special session to tighten voting rules ahead of the runoff elections, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

    "I hope everybody moves to Georgia, you know, in the next month or two, registers to vote and votes for these two Democratic senators," New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman told CNN on Monday night.

    "These run-offs will decide which party controls the Senate, and this, whether we’ll have any hope of a large stimulus/climate bill. If you have the means and fervor to make a temporary move to GA, believe anyone who registers by Dec 7 can vote in these elections," Intelligencer's Eric Levitz wrote in a now-deleted tweet that was captured by Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy.........

    ...One-time presidential hopeful Andrew Yang said he would move to Georgia to push for Democratic candidats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-senate-election-runoffs-democrats-move-there
     
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    Maybe a bunch of Republicans along the AL, FL, SC statelines with Georgia could rent some apartments and move across into the GA, then all vote for the Republican candidates in the runoff and then move back over after the votes are counted.
     
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    Trump urged voters in North Carolina to vote twice.
     
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    Most states require that you live in the state at least 3 months before being allowed to register to vote. That said, I don't know what the residency law is in Georgia. But I would consider moving temporarily just to vote as election fraud. That Andrew Yang said what he did makes me glad that he didn't get the Dem ticket. I once thought he would have been a good second if Tulsi didn't get the nom. This however has permanently removed him from any consideration from me.
     
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    it all depends on Georgia election law.

    it may say one day residency is enough to register to vote.

    who knows.
     
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    You have till December 7th to register to vote in the Georgia run-off election.

    There is no residency minimum time limit to register. You simply need to have a residency in the state.
     
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    Not a bad idea actually... Georgia is surrounded by ruby red South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida (ruby red Pensacola) whose residents might find it much easier to move to Georgia for a day or two than say the residents of NY, NJ, Connecticut or Massachusetts.

    Hmm, these dems, they are clever, their scams might actually work LOL
     
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    Nope, he urged them to make sure their mail in ballots had been received and if not go down to their polling place and cast a vote, as state law allows. In some states that automatically cancels the mail in ballot in some it is provisional in case the mail in doesn't get their in time. Perfectly legal and PRUDENT advice.

    So stop dodging the issue here, it is against GA state law to do what the Democrats are urging.

    "A spokesman for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, which oversees voter registrations, declined to comment on how quickly someone could establish legal residency in Georgia, but cited state law that it is a felony to vote in Georgia elections if you are not a legal resident or if you are residing in the state briefly with the intention just to vote and then move away."
    https://www.nationalreview.com/corn...ove-to-georgia-to-vote-in-the-senate-runoffs/
     
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    Hey the Reps can take a lot of those millions that will be pouring in the and rent a bunch of apartments and motels and have thousands of people bused across the stateline and register and then vote for the Republicans and then bus them back.

    Welcome to the new leftist elections we are now having,
     
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    And you support this idea? This is how you want our elections to be run. My state was going Trump by a WIDE majority anyway, we could just flooded GA with AL voters by the thousands and turned that election. Is that what you want?
     
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    He was made out to be this brilliant guy but in reality quite stupid.
     
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    Here is how it works, it is only fraud if Republicans suggest it.
     
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    It's not fraud in a legal sense; it is gaming the system. Other forms of gaming the system include gerrymandering and voter suppression. Can we agree that all of these are against the spirit of our system of government?
     
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    It's dirty, but legal.

    Just to caution your title, it's not the Democrat party it's people that want the Democrats to win.

    the whole thing is a bit silly, obviously people aren't going to move around the country just to put in a vote.
     
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    Actually no, its not legal and people have been warned that if they do that then they will be prosecuted.
     
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    Democrats disenfranchising the people of Georgia in order to affect a political election. Say it ain't so.
     
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    For the January runoffs, the GA requirement is that you become a resident no later than Dec. 6.

    It isn't fraud. There is no law that forbids one from moving to GA, even if just temporary. I could do it easily ... my son owns four homes in the vicinity of Macon. I could call it a long visit, but I could both get a GA driver's license and register to vote at the local DMV, then move back to Colorado after the runoff.

    I won't do that, but I certainly could.
     
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    See above.
     
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    It's a low blow, but it isn't illegal. Wasn't that the mantra of the right whenever Trump did extremely questionable things? I can't count the number of times in this forum where a Trumpster posted "it wasn't illegal!"

    You guys really don't like it when the other side uses a tactic that wouldn't be above the right if they had the chance, and how do we know they aren't paying people to establish residences in GA, too?
     
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    The state would have to prove that you moved there for that purpose only. How would they do that? See my post above -- I could easily do this if I wanted to.
     
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    No offense, kids, but the number of people both willing and able to move to Georgia for a Senate election is miniscule...

    Btw, just because 2nd and 3rd rate writers write an editorial, that doesn't exactly make it policy. This is much ado about nothing.
     
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    How is it illegal? See #17.

    If I did that, on what charge could I be indicted? The state of GA would have to prove my intentions. How would they do that?
     
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    Saying this is legal. Trump would approve.



    "I hope everybody moves to Georgia, you know, in the next month or two, registers to vote and votes for these two Democratic senators," New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman told CNN on Monday night.
     
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    Go ahead and do that. You will have broken the law. It is illegal to move to GA to vote and then move back out. As such, yes, it is fraud.

    LINK: Consumer Alert: Georgia Residency Requirements for Voting in a Runoff
     
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    Actually it may be illegal to say that as it is encouraging someone to break the law. Which is probably why he took down his tweet from what I heard.

    LINK: Consumer Alert: Georgia Residency Requirements for Voting in a Runoff
     

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