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Earlier this summer, when the Brennan Center released a report examining voter purge data through 2016, we found that four million more people were purged from the rolls between the federal elections of 2014 and 2016 than between 2006 and 2008. Much of that increase came from states that were previously required under the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to get election changes cleared in advance, before that part of the law was eviscerated by the Supreme Court in 2013.
Although comparable data for the two years ending in 2018 wont be available until early next year, we were able to use different data sources to figure out how many voters have been purged over the past two years in three states we had studied Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. A preliminary analysis supports our initial alarm over the purge processes in these three states, showing that they continued to have high purge rates.
Purges in and of themselves arent bad. Theyre commonly used to clean up voter lists when someone has moved, passed away, and more. But too often, names identified for removal are determined by faulty criteria that wrongly suggests a voter be deleted from the rolls. When flawed, the process threatens to silence eligible voters on Election Day especially in states where purge rates are high.
Florida
From November 2008 to November 2010, the median purge rate in the Sunshine State was 0.2 percent. That number jumped to 3.6 percent from 2012 to 2014. And new data show its jumped again: Between December 2016 and September 2018, Florida has purged more than 7 percent of its voters.
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https://truthout.org/articles/florida-georgia-north-carolina-still-purging-voters-at-high-rates/
LBM20
(1,580 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)and the process was much stricter than my previous residence states of Washington and Illinois.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)the state. State wide positions (governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state senators etc) would be alright if each state wants its own election systems.
But for POTUS, US senator, and US House reps, there should be one uniform standard to register and to vote. After all these positions control national issues, not just individual state issues. How can a senator from Illinois can be elected with different standards than a senator from Florida?
manor321
(3,344 posts)Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)register as REPUBLICAN...
Please trust the less vulnerable to select a primary candidate, and then after a few cycles, changes could be made to allow everyone to identify openly
as long as too many openly wear a bullseye on their shirts (registering as a D), it's unlikely that the wretched can avoid targeting them
pat_k
(9,313 posts).. perhaps they can do something to reverse some of the damage.
If either of them makes it to the governors office, it'll give me some hope for this broken nation.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)If you want to get really depressed, check out the maps on the Republican Secretaries of State Committee site.
https://rslc.gop/map-center/
Things went all to hell in 2008 for democracy when the right took control of SOS offices in a vast majority of states.
They have systematically worked to take over SOS offices for one reason, and one reason only. To keep Democratic voters out of the voting booth by any means necessary.
We took our eye off the ball. It's past time to fight back!
This is worth a read:
Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-secretary-state-races-2018.html
DFW
(54,379 posts)Thus they know exactly what they wish to prevent, and that is people voting.