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States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal - NYTimes.com <br />Ir ~'~vcr ~~k Ltm~~ <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />z~aNr~a.sei~He~av~arta~r° 13.4SF:] <br />srm~zsrek~cafiā¢ ~I'FIF\ <br />t.~ _- <br />October 9, 2008 <br />States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal <br />By IAN URBINA <br />Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been <br />blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and <br />Social Security data by The New York Times. <br />The actions do not seem to be coordinated by one party or the other, nor do they appear to be the result of <br />election officials intentionally breaking rules, but are apparently the result of mistakes in the handling of the <br />registrations and voter files as the states tried to comply with a 2002 federal law, intended to overhaul the <br />way elections are run. <br />Still, because Democrats have been more aggressive at registering new voters this year, according to state <br />election officials, any heightened screening of new applications may affect their party's supporters <br />disproportionately. The screening or trimming of voter registration lists in the six states -Colorado, Indiana, <br />Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina -could also result in problems at the polls on Election Day: <br />people who have been removed from the rolls are likely to show up only to be challenged by political party <br />officials or election workers, resulting in confusion, long lines and heated tempers. <br />Some states allow such voters to cast provisional ballots. But they are often not counted because they require <br />added verification. <br />Although much attention this year has been focused on the millions of new voters being added to the rolls by <br />the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, there has been far less notice given to the number of voters being <br />dropped from those same rolls. <br />States have been trying to follow the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and remove the names of voters who <br />should no longer be listed; but for every voter added to the rolls in the past two months in some states, <br />election officials have removed two, a review of the records shows. <br />The six swing states seem to be in violation of federal law in two ways. Michigan and Colorado are removing <br />voters from the rolls within 9o days of a federal election, which is not allowed except when voters die, notify <br />the authorities that they have moved out of state, or have been declared unfit to vote. <br />Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio seem to be improperly using Social Security data to verify <br />registration applications for new voters. <br />In addition to the six swing states, three more states appear to be violating federal law. Alabama and Georgia <br />seem to be improperly using Social Security information to screen registration applications from new voters. <br />And Louisiana appears to have removed thousands of voters after the federal deadline for taking such action. <br />http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09voting.html?_r=1 &sq=purge&st=cse&... 10/16/2008 <br />
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