The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in an important voting-rights case testing whether Ohio's so-called "use-it or lose-it" voter-registration rule violates federal law.
The state statute, which is the most aggressive voter-purge law in the country, strikes voters from the registration rolls if they fail to vote in two consecutive elections, and if they fail to return a mailed address confirmation form.
A voter feels stiffed on Election Day
The lead plaintiff in the case is Larry Harmon, a software engineer from the Akron area, who normally votes in presidential election years, but not the midterms. In 2012, neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney excited him, so he decided not to vote.
When he did decide to vote a couple of years later, he found he was no longer registered. He had been purged from the voter rolls because he hadn't voted in the previous two elections.
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2 comments:
That would definitely keep dead democrats from voting....
I tend to agree with this program and its timing. If you want to have a say, you need to vote in EVERY election. Study up and only vote for the ones you're sure of, but get out and DO SOMETHING!
Snooze... you lose. More work for you. I would add that every voter knocked off the rolls needs to be notified at their last known physical address, and there should be no reason their cell & email address shouldn't be a part of their registration this day and age.
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