Kemp argued that he was merely following state law and that the criterion for removal was simply that the voter had had no contact with election officials over a span of seven years, not, as his critics charged, because of non-voting. The hocus-pocus in that statement is obvious. If a citizen doesn’t move and doesn’t change his or her name, there is absolutely no reason to contact the secretary of state’s office. None. It is not about changes of address or even name changes; it’s realizing that people of color, the poor, and the young are less likely to vote than affluent whites are.
