From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

Is it too much to ask voters to register?

Well, as Election Day approaches, many on the left are claiming that requiring voters to register with correct information is a way to suppress votes.

This is a country where we make it exceedingly hard to vote.

We do that because historically, the country of the United States of America has not wanted

black people or poor people to vote, so they've thrown up obstacles.

The miasma of fear that is created through voter suppression is as much about terrifying people about trying to vote as it is about actually blocking their ability to do so.

Imagine you show up at the polls on Election Day only to learn your registration is on hold simply because

there was a typo. You're still allowed to vote, but now there's this extra step involved,

and there's some concern that some voters will simply go home or not show up at all.

This narrative has spread like wildfire in the mainstream media, and it took off in Georgia.

Here to explain what is actually happening is manager of Heritage's election law reform initiative

and senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky.

Last year, Georgia passed a law, which makes perfect sense, saying that when you apply to register

to vote, the information on your voter registration form needs to substantially match either

a driver's license record, a state ID record, or social security information. And if it doesn't,

then your application will be considered

pending until election officials can investigate the discrepancy. That's not going to keep you

from voting. If you show up at your polling place and your registration application is still pending,

you're still going to be able to vote. It's just you're going to vote a provisional ballot, and they'll decide whether to counter ballot or not

once that discrepancy has been investigated and cleared up.

Democrats in the state, including the woman running for governor, are claiming this is an attempt to suppress votes since nobody's kept from voting.

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