The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Republican vigilante voters are asking local election boards to cancel thousands of voter registrations.  They rely on a law passed after the 2020 election.  It permits any voter to challenge the eligibility of other Georgia voters.  

Conservative voters are comparing voting lists with change-of-address records to locate individuals they suspect might cast illegal ballots in the future.  Currently, they have been unable to prove fraud.  And based on government records, the State Election Board has only ever reviewed a few cases of voting in two states.  But eight counties have removed 1,800 voters following 25,500 challenges to voter registration.

Georgia already boasts some of the most aggressive voter cancellation practices.  It removed almost one million registrations in the past five years.  Cancellations typically take several years, but voter challenges accelerate this process.  Elections officials warn about its impact:

“Fulton County election board Chairwoman Cathy Woolard, who was appointed by the chairman of the County Commission, said she’s worried that Georgia’s voting law pits residents against each other when bringing challenges.

‘I don’t think that’s how we do things in this country,’ Woolard said.  ‘We’re as interested as everybody else in having a clean voter list, but this piecemeal approach doesn’t really get us there.  It creates a lot of concern and anxiety among people that another citizen is doing something to challenge their right to vote.’”