But it’s unusual to remove voter registrations this close to an election given the risk of disenfranchising people who intend to vote but simply missed the memo that they had been flagged for removal. In fact, if this was a national election rather than a state-level contest, what LaRose’s office has done would have been illegal. The National Voter Registration Act prohibits elections offices from systematically removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election.
Looks Ohio will have to pass ANOTHER state Constitutional amendment forcing politicians to follow a reasonable requirement of 90 days.
Hopefully someday it will be a federal law. I think disenfranchised voters ought to be able to sue the governors and\or attorneys general who removed them from the rolls.
I think the federal government should throw those officials in jail without the voters having to file a lawsuit. They’re flagrantly violating the literal most important rule in any democratic society.
But it’s unusual to remove voter registrations this close to an election given the risk of disenfranchising people who intend to vote but simply missed the memo that they had been flagged for removal. In fact, if this was a national election rather than a state-level contest, what LaRose’s office has done would have been illegal. The National Voter Registration Act prohibits elections offices from systematically removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election.Looks Ohio will have to pass ANOTHER state Constitutional amendment forcing politicians to follow a reasonable requirement of 90 days.
Hopefully someday it will be a federal law. I think disenfranchised voters ought to be able to sue the governors and\or attorneys general who removed them from the rolls.
I think the federal government should throw those officials in jail without the voters having to file a lawsuit. They’re flagrantly violating the literal most important rule in any democratic society.
The idea of wrecking them financially appeals to me