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Opinion: Why purging the voter rolls isn’t as bad as it might sound

Alto resident Carolyn Garrison, far left, gets her voter access card from poll officer Angie Lowder at the Hall County Government Center in Gainesville, Thursday, July 19, 2018, during the penultimate day of early voting for the Republican primary runoff between Casey Cagle and Brian Kemp. - photo by David Barnes

07222018 GOVERNOR 04.jpg — Alto resident Carolyn Garrison, far left, gets her voter access card from poll officer Angie Lowder at the Hall County Government Center in Gainesville, Thursday, July 19, 2018, during the penultimate day of early voting for the Republican primary runoff between Casey Cagle and Brian Kemp. - photo by David Barnes

The incessant carping that seems to provide background noise for everything related to holding elections in Georgia these days rose to a new level last week with the announcement the state has identified some 330,000 names that need to be purged from its election rolls.