Tag Archives: voter registration

Kemp says feds have okayed citizenship requirement

The state’s chief elections officer says Georgia’s law requiring persons to prove they are U.S. citizens before registering to vote has been pre-cleared by the Justice Department . . .

Tags: proof of citizenship , voter registration , Voting Rights pre-clearance

Federal court overturns voter citizenship law

An Arizona law requiring persons to prove citizenship before they can register to vote, which is similar to a new law in Georgia, is overturned by a federal appeals court . . .

Tags: Arizona law , Georgia law , proof of citizenship , voter registration

Political Notes: Perdue aide is new GRTA director

Perdue names a new director for GRTA; Preston Smith vows to fight Obamacare in court; GALEO intervenes in a voter registration lawsuit . . .

Tags: GALEO , GRTA , Jannine Miller , Preston Smith , Sonny Perdue , voter registration