The ruling is expected to affect 3,141 people who registered but whose registrations were considered pending because the state couldn’t verify their citizenship. If someone casts a provisional ballot, they have until Friday after the election to verify their citizenship. Voting rights have emerged as a major flashpoint in Georgia’s close gubernatorial race between Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams. But those whose citizenship status was in question had to show proof of citizenship to a deputy registrar to cast a ballot. “Judge Ross acknowledged that Georgia already has a process in place to check citizenship at the polls,” Kemp spokeswoman Candice Broce said in a statement Friday.

Source: Huffington Post November 02, 2018 19:04 UTC