Indiana Kicks Voters Off the Rolls and Isnt Telling Them
Indiana Kicks Voters Off the Rolls and Isnt Telling Them
A new law is letting the controversial interstate Crosscheck database comb election rollsand remove voters without any attempt to contact them or allow a chance to respond.
EMILIE PLESSET 08.29.17 1:00 AM ET
You might not be able to cast a vote on Election Day in Indiana, and now the Hoosier State doesnt even need to let you know.
A new Indiana law permits voters to be automatically removed from registration rolls without giving any notice or allowing for a waiting period for those purged to respond, and it could all be a mistake.
The statute, which went into effect last month, is in flagrant violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and operates with potentially discriminatory results, according to the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP and the League of Women Voters in a lawsuit filed last week.
No Hoosier should be silenced on Election Day, Barbara Bolling-Williams, president of the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP, said in a statement. Yet, under this new law, that will happen. Its vital that Indiana follow federal law and ensure that voters are not wrongfully removed from the rolls.
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