Article published Thursday, October 16, 2008
Judge won’t stop Georgia voter citizenship checks
ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — A federal judge denied a request by voting rights groups to stop Georgia from asking new voters to prove their identities and citizenship, saying Thursday that halting the checks could harm the integrity of the Nov. 4 election.

The groups argued in a lawsuit filed last week that the checks, which involve matching voting applications with driver’s license and Social Security data, amount to a “systematic purgingâ€