Nev. Move to Block Some Dem Voters Fails

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By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS - Elections officials have rebuffed an attempt by a former GOP operative to purge about 17,000 Democrats from the voter rolls in the battleground state of Nevada, where the two presidential candidates are in a dead heat.


Larry Lomax, the Clark County registrar of voters, rejected the challenge filed by former state Republican Party Chair Dan Burdish last week that claimed the Democrats should be removed from the rolls because they were inactive voters.


Lomax said Burdish could only challenge voters in his precinct, and then only if he has personal knowledge that they are inactive.


"I don't think pulling names off a database equates to personal knowledge," Lomax said.

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