Reply #32: MO: Secretary of State Refers Boone County to U.S. Department of Justice [View All]

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Secretary of State Refers Boone County to U.S. Department of Justice to Enforce Help America Vote Act
PoliticsSecretary of State Robin Carnahan's office announced that the Secretary of State's office has referred Boone County to the United States Department of Justice for enforcement of the federal law known as the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Jefferson City, Mo. - infoZine - The federal law requires each state to implement a "single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered at the state level..." Previously, each county and local election authority was responsible for keeping their own, separate list of the registered voters in their jurisdiction. However, under the federal Help America Vote Act, the State of Missouri is required to have one list of all the registered voters in the state.

So far, 115 of Missouri's 116 election jurisdictions have agreed to be part of this voter registration database. Boone County is the only jurisdiction not participating in the statewide system.

"Federal law requires Missouri to have one, comprehensive list of all the registered voters in the state," said Carnahan. "With one county refusing to participate, it could jeopardize the integrity and accuracy of the entire statewide voter list. Therefore we are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to step in and take the appropriate legal action."

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