Category: Voter Purges

Voter Purge Efforts in Texas and Colo. Found to Wrongfully Target Legitimate Voters

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Hysterical efforts to rid state voter rolls of “dead” or “noncitizen” voters before the November election has raised more red... Read more

Another Battleground State Plans Questionable Voter Roll Cleanup

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Kicking masses of voters off the rolls before the November election appears to be a troubling trend in battleground states.... Read more

Florida Plaintiffs File Suit to Protect Their Right to Vote Statewide

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, civil and voting rights organizations Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Project Vote... Read more

Fla. Official Insists on Purging Voters Despite Major Program Flaws

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On Wednesday, Florida’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner issued a letter to the Department of Justice stating that the state’s... Read more

DOJ Orders Florida to Stop Voter Purge

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Last night, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered Florida to halt its voter purge program, claiming that the state is... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Call on Florida to Stop Purging Voters

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A voting rights coalition sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner today, alerting him that Florida’s plan... Read more

Rep. Davis Dropped from the Voter Roll

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Former U.S. Congressman Lincoln Davis found out the hard way that voter suppression still exists in the U.S. He went... Read more

Election Reform Claims Don’t Pass Muster

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Remember that game where a message is passed from person to person (usually they’re girls, as I’ve observed), and the... Read more

Advocates Baffled By DOJ Approval of Controversial Voter Verification Law

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A two-year battle in the courts concluded this week when the Department of Justice approved Georgia’s controversial voter verification system... Read more

Archaic Voter Registration Procedures Leave Citizens Behind

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Access to voter registration—the basis of democratic participation—is still limited in the 21st century by overly restrictive, “horse-and-buggy” laws across... Read more