Federal judge dismisses challenge to Georgia’s citizenship verification process
ATLANTA – A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a challenge to a Georgia policy requiring new citizens to provide ID in order to vote.
The New Georgia Project is one of seven groups in a coalition that have been fighting the state’s voter verification process in court since 2018. They say they’re worried about how this could impact those who have just become U.S. Citizens.
Stephanie Jackson Ali, policy director for the New Georgia Project, says her family knows firsthand how difficult it can be to get registered to vote before becoming a new citizen of the U.S.
“As the wife of a naturalized citizen who did just this, he registered to vote on the day he got his citizenship, had to prove citizenship for his registration. I was disappointed,” Ali told FOX 5. “I know that he got flagged the first time he applied, even with that proof.”
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