State to notify 4,770 their votes are 'challenged'(AJC)

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They may have to use paper ballot

By Mary Lou Pickel, Alan Judd
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Thousands of voters whose citizenship has been questioned should receive letters from the state this week telling them they may have to vote with a “challenged” paper ballot on Election Day.

On Wednesday, Secretary of State Karen Handel’s office sent letters to 4,770 registered voters believed to be noncitizens, Handel said in an interview Wednesday.

Handel’s office decided to send out the letters “as expeditiously as possible” to comply with a judge’s order, said Matt Carrothers, a spokesman for Handel.

Previously, it was up to each county to look up people whose citizenship was considered questionable and send them a letter. Many counties stopped this process after the U.S. Department of Justice questioned it this month, saying it had not been cleared in advance ...

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/10/30/citizen.html