After three weeks of controversy over the handling of Winder's list of voters to challenge, the city today submitted only 250 names. That is only a small fraction of the 3,000 names it had planned to challenge before a public outcry forced officials to reconsider the city's purge process, a process that had led to a number of errors.
The city got the list of registered voters earlier this week and working with both city employees and an outside consultant, went through the names to get the final number of 250.
The voter challenge list was due back to county officials Oct. 14. The 250 challenge voters will now get a letter from the county notifying them that their voting status has been challenged. Those on the list who do show up to vote on Nov. 8 will have to vote a provisional ballot.
Meanwhile in Bethlehem, the city submitted one voter name to be challenged.
For the list of names being challenged, click on this link to jump to the full list.
Winder submits just 250 challenged voter names
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10/15/11 at 11:44 PM
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I saw on the news where the Lovejoy, Ga. mayor resigned due to messing with the voters list. To bad Chip doesn't have that much dignity.
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why?
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10/16/11 at 07:13 PM
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Why resign? He still thinks he is going to win. He is in the same boat as as some of our commissioners and all of the BOE. They just don't get it.
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far cry
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10/16/11 at 04:22 PM
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Well, I have to say this is a far cry from the last list we saw. Too little too late for me ever to vote for Chip. I hope they run Ms. Wall out on a rail.
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10/17/11 at 11:01 AM
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i don't know what is the issue with the 3 councilmen that continue to cater to Chip and not have a backbone to voice their opinion. "Miss Wall" should have been fired a long time ago.
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Maynard's my man
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10/19/11 at 01:38 AM
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There's something really sad and obviously ironic about the Chip Thompson signs in that big vacant building downtown...like Chip where have you been while our downtown continued to die? As for the voter list debacle, if Sabrina had any class (and didn't need medical insurance) she'd resign. And, Chip, why are you still in the race? Save yourself an ass-whoopin' and step out now...You'll be a bigger man for having done that.