Federal judge stops Indiana from implementing law that would disenfranchise voters

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JOHN BOWDEN - 06/09/18 04:17 PM EDT

A federal judge in Indiana blocked the state on Friday from implementing a law that would purge Indiana voters from the state's voter rolls if they appeared on a controversial voter tracking system.

Reuters reports that U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Friday that the law, which relies on Kansas's Crosscheck system that matches voters by name and date of birth and flags potential duplicate voters, could disenfranchise voters. Critics of the Crosscheck system say it reports a majority of false positives, and disenfranchises eligible voters. Pratt ruled in her decision that the law's reliance on Crosscheck violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

“While the defendants have a strong public interest in protecting the integrity of voter registration rolls and the electoral process, they have other procedures in place that can protect that public interest that do not violate the NVRA,” Pratt wrote in granting a preliminary injunction.

The ACLU celebrated the court victory in a statement to Reuters, accusing officials administering the Crosscheck system of trying to "suppress the vote."



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/391503-federal-judge-stops-indiana-from-implementing-law-that-would

[pnwmom]

1. It also is racially discriminatory because members of minority groups have fewer surnames,

and therefore more chances for fake "duplicates," than white people.

[Sadie5]

2. The're running scared

In Indiana. The Repigs have had control of this state for so long that they are now willing to do anything necessary to hold on to that power. Hope the blue wave drowns those rats.