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democrattotheend

(11,605 posts) Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:36 PM Sep 2016

Appeals court: Ohio elections chief wrongly purged voters

Source: Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court says Ohio’s elections chief has been wrongfully removing eligible voters from the swing state’s registration list.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the public advocacy group Demos had challenged the state’s process for maintaining its voter rolls, claiming it illegally drops registered voters based on their failure to vote.

A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled Friday that Ohio’s process violates the National Voter Registration Act.

Read more: http://ktar.com/story/1286762/appeals-court-ohio-elections-chief-wrongly-purged-voters/

Woo hoo! Another victory for voting rights!

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Appeals court: Ohio elections chief wrongly purged voters (Original Post) democrattotheend Sep 2016 OP

Let's hope both the full Circuit and SCOTUS upholds this BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #1

Good news Botany Sep 2016 #2

Rec. riversedge Sep 2016 #3

Interesting - in blue blue Minnesota, people are dropped from registration after 4 years progree Sep 2016 #4

Some statistics and maps on voter ID and other forms of voter suppression progree Sep 2016 #5

BumRushDaShow

(129,067 posts)

1. Let's hope both the full Circuit and SCOTUS upholds this

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:45 PM

Sep 2016

and they can "un-purge" those voters so they CAN vote without being challenged.

Seems they are trying to fool with this state again like what happened the last couple elections... Which makes me wonder whose side Rove is on this season given the Bush's have gone full anti-Trump.

Botany

(70,515 posts)

2. Good news

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:55 PM

Sep 2016

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-gops-stealth-war-against-voters-w435890

riversedge

(70,242 posts)

3. Rec.

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:02 PM

Sep 2016

progree

(10,908 posts)

4. Interesting - in blue blue Minnesota, people are dropped from registration after 4 years

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 04:54 PM

Sep 2016

In Minnesota, if you haven't voted in 4 years, you are dropped from the voter registration rolls. I don't know if they notify people who have been dropped or are about to be dropped.

I've never heard of any complaints about it -- but maybe that's because we've long had same day voter registration.

Don't ask me about the 4 year rule -- I presume it means that if you last voted in the last presidential election, and you are now trying to vote in this presidential election -- hopefully that would be OK even if this presidential election falls later on the calendar than the last presidential election. I wish they would be clear about that.

progree

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5. Some statistics and maps on voter ID and other forms of voter suppression

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:51 PM

Sep 2016

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Note that blacks lack valid photo ID at 3 times the rate of whites; Asians and Latinos at about 2.5 times the rate of whites, and so on down the list:

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Credit: Coyotl, whose LBN thread was locked
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1579757

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