H.B. 652, Un-Accounted-For Voters
February 21, 2018
On February 16th I wrote about H.B. 652, and applied its contents to the Electoral College. Although everything I said about the Electoral College is accurate, the bill is not about the Electoral College. It’s about Georgia voters in primaries and elections.
If the subject of the bill had been the Electoral College, it would have affected only 18 electors. But, as it is written, it would repeal the law requiring the Secretary of State to find voters who have not up-dated their voter registration card when their names or addresses changed.
Current law requires the Secretary of State, during the first six months of odd-numbered years, to identify voters with whom there has been no contact during the preceding three calendar years, if they are not on a change-of-address list.
H.B. 652 would repeal that current law. Therefore, H.B. 652 should be defeated, so the Secretary of State can continue locating voters and confirming their information long before Election Day.
H.B. 652 is much more far-reaching than it would have been had it targeted only the 18 electors in the Electoral College. Call Representative Rynders at 404 656-6801 and ask him to keep H.B. 652 in committee.