The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to states that seek to prune their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while.
The justices heard arguments in a case from Ohio, among a handful of states that use voters' inactivity to trigger a process that could lead to their removal from voter rolls. A ruling for Ohio could prompt other states to adopt the practice, which generally pits Democrats against Republicans.
Signaling support for Ohio's defense of the process, Justice Anthony Kennedy said states are "trying to protect their voter rolls...What we're talking about is the best tools for that purpose." Kennedy's vote often is decisive in voting cases that otherwise split conservative and liberal justices.
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4 comments:
Purging people from the voter roles who haven't voted for many election cycles is not new or unusual. I remember Archie Bunker on All in the Family having the same issue when he went to vote and found out he wasn't on the rolls due to inactivity.
I thought Worcester County removed the names of people who did not vote for 10 years, or am I mistaken?
Think that was also the practice in Pennsylvania a number of years back. At a minimum it culls those dead voters who haven't voted recently, and thereby reduces potential for fraud.
Voting needs to be subject to the same common sense protections as others aspects of daily life. Purging, IDs, etc
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