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U.S. Supreme Court hears Ohio voter purge case
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:07 am
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:07 am
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court returned to the issue of voting rights on Wednesday as the justices began hearing arguments over whether Ohio’s policy of purging infrequent voters from its registration rolls disenfranchises thousands of people and violates federal law.
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States try to maintain accurate voter rolls by removing people who have died or moved away. Ohio is one of seven states, along with Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, that purge infrequent voters from registration lists, according to plaintiffs who sued Ohio in 2016.
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They called Ohio’s policy the most aggressive. Registered voters in Ohio who do not vote for two years are sent registration confirmation notices. If they do not respond and do not vote over the following four years, they are purged.
Wow so draconian!
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Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:12 am to Jbird
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policy of purging infrequent voters from its registration rolls
How is "infrequent" determined exactly?
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:12 am to Jbird
Why do I have a feeling they had a bunch of people purged who lived at the same nonexistent address?
I seem to remember that being the case in Wisconsin when they started checking the rolls.
I seem to remember that being the case in Wisconsin when they started checking the rolls.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:13 am to idlewatcher
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How is "infrequent" determined exactly?
I would assume this.
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Registered voters in Ohio who do not vote for two years are sent registration confirmation notices. If they do not respond and do not vote over the following four years, they are purged.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:13 am to idlewatcher
Per the article, if you go two years without voting the process starts.
The process in total takes four years, meaning you have to go six years without voting.
The process in total takes four years, meaning you have to go six years without voting.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:16 am to teke184
Ok thanks. For some reason the article didn't pull up on my end when I clicked it.
Six years is a good amount of time that you should have to re-register to be put back on the rolls.
Six years is a good amount of time that you should have to re-register to be put back on the rolls.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:20 am to teke184
If you can't respond with a "I'm alive" in SIX years, you don't deserve to vote.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:29 am to Jbird
quote:So it takes 6 years to purge someone from the records. Sounds like a typical government program, very efficient.
who do not vote for two years are sent registration confirmation notices. If they do not respond and do not vote over the following four years, they are purged.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:33 am to Jbird
So the process takes 6 years?
Sorry. If you missed elections for 6 years, you are either dead or moved away.
Sorry. If you missed elections for 6 years, you are either dead or moved away.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 10:48 am to Jbird
It takes 6 years of silence to be "purged" and you still have the opportunity to re-register to vote after that? I don't see the problem here.
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